Miskatonic University's most infamous student, Herbert West, is driven by a single purpose: to bring life to the dead. But what begins as a relentless pursuit to produce a medical marvel slowly devolves into a reckless obsession that creates the stuff of nightmares.

Renowned American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft wrote "Herbert West—Reanimator" between October 1921 and June 1922. The short story was serialized from February 1922 to July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew.