The Outsider is a short story by American horror writer H P Lovecraft Written between March and August 1921 it was first published in Weird Tales April 1926 In this work a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light The Outsider is one of Lovecrafts most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Wei...