Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family

Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family is a horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in 1921. It follows a family line and the unsettling information that gradually comes to light about it, with Lovecraft focusing less on action and more on mood, dread, and the sense that some knowledge should never surface. The story is built around inherited taint, hidden history, and the strain created when reality becomes hard to accept.

It fits readers who like compact horror with a slow, eerie build rather than fast plot turns or direct scares. If you enjoy fiction that keeps its attention on atmosphere, ancestry, and forbidden knowledge, this is a strong match. It also sits naturally alongside other psychological and Gothic horror works that turn family history into something uneasy and hard to shake.