"The Whisperer in Darkness"is a story by the American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft, which belongs to the cycle "The Myths of Cthulhu". Just like the story "Color from Other Worlds", it combines elements of horror and science fiction. Although the story draws many parallels with The Myths of Cthulhu, it does not play a central role in them, but rather shows Lovecraft's gravitation towards science fiction at that time. The story first mentions Mi-Go - a race of intelligent alien mushrooms.
Other famous works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft: "Ridges of Madness", "Dreams in the Witch House", "Horror in Red Hook", "Beyond Time", "Shadows over Innsmouth", "Alchemist", "Reanimator", "Oblivion", "Azathoth", "Call of Cthulhu", "Cats of Ultar", "Horror of Dunwich", "Punishing Doom over Sarnath", "Festival", "Silver Key", "Other Gods", "Outcast", "Temple", "Painting in the house", "Abandoned house", "Terrible old man", "Crypt", "Dagon", "From outside", "What the moon brings".

Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft, (20 августа 1890, Провиденс, Род-Айленд, США — 15 марта 1937, там же) — американский писатель и журналист, работавший в жанрах ужасов, мистики, фэнтези и научной фантастики, совмещая их в оригинальном стиле