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This edition examines “The Tomb” in depth, including the historical context inwhich Lovecraft was writing, as well as the social and technological changesthat occurred. It exposes multilayered ghosts housed within the text. It alsoexamines Lovecraft’s fascination with the supernatural and the developmentof the horror genre, which he modeled after Poe’s work.

This article explores an aspect of haunting and terror that surfaced after the Columbine schoolshooting, a specter crafted and refined through the journalistic practice of framing. This ghostinhabits the house of media, where it still continues to surface. American Horror Story: Murder House presents an incarnation of this ghost, opening a new way of thinking about bothjournalistic framing and the specter of mass violence.