A Cthulhu Mythos anthology is a type of

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

collection that contains stories written in, or related to, the Cthulhu Mythos genre of

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launched by H. P. Lovecraft. Such anthologies have helped to define and popularize the genre.

''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos''

''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'', edited by writer

August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and th ...

and published by

Arkham House Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

, is considered the first Cthulhu Mythos anthology. It contained two stories by Lovecraft, a number of reprints of pieces written by members of Lovecraft's circle of correspondents, and several new tales written for the collection by a new generation of Cthulhu Mythos writers. It was published in an edition of 4,024 copies. Derleth prefaced the collection with "The Cthulhu Mythos", an outline of his (sometimes controversial) views on the development and content of the Mythos. In this introduction, Derleth prematurely declared the genre to be dead--"for certainly the Mythos as an inspiration for new fiction is hardly likely to afford readers with enough that is new and sufficiently different in execution to create a continuing and growing demand".

Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. L ...

later wrote that ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'' "marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the Mythos for many reasons, and one of the most important was that it introduced a number of new writers in the Mythos."

The contents of the original 1969 edition are: *"The Cthulhu Mythos" by

The Call of Cthulhu "The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in February 1928. Inspiration The first seed of the story's first chapter '' ...

" by H. P. Lovecraft *" The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith *"Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith *"

The Black Stone "The Black Stone" is a horror short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, first published in the November 1931 issue of ''Weird Tales''. The story introduces the mad poet Justin Geoffrey and the fictitious ''Unaussprechlichen Kulten'' by ...

" by Robert E. Howard *"

The Hounds of Tindalos A Hound of Tindalos is a fictional creature created by Frank Belknap Long and later incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos when it was codified by August Derleth. They first appeared in Long's short story "The Hounds of Tindalos", first published in ...

" by

Frank Belknap Long Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known ...

*"The Space-Eaters" by Frank Belknap Long *"The Dweller in Darkness" by August Derleth *"Beyond the Threshold" by August Derleth *"The Shambler from the Stars" by Robert Bloch *"

The Haunter of the Dark "The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5–9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of ''Weird Tales'' (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538–53). It was the last written ...

" by H. P. Lovecraft *"The Shadow from the Steeple" by Robert Bloch *" Notebook Found in a Deserted House" by Robert Bloch *"The Salem Horror" by Henry Kuttner *"The Haunter of the Graveyard" by J. Vernon Shea* *"

Cold Print ''Cold Print'' is a collection of H. P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian horror (genre), horror stories by British writer Ramsey Campbell, first published in 1985 by Scream/Press, reprinted in 1987 by Tor Books, and reissued in an expanded edition in 1993 ...

" by

J. Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...

* *"The Sister City" by

Brian Lumley Brian Lumley (born 2 December 1937) is an English author of horror fiction. He came to prominence in the 1970s writing in the Cthulhu Mythos created by American writer H. P. Lovecraft but featuring the new character Titus Crow, and went on to ...

* *"Cement Surroundings" by Brian Lumley* *"The Deep Ones" by James Wade* *"The Return of the Lloigor" by

Colin Wilson Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English writer, philosopher and novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his phil ...

* *First appeared in the collection

Reprints

* New York: Ballantine, 1971 (two volumes). * London: Grafton, 1988. * Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, November 1990 (variant contents). This later revised edition, edited and introduced by Jim Turner, drops the stories by Shea and Wade and the two by Lumley and adds the following seven tales: ** "The Terror from the Depths" by

Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Rober ...

** "Rising with Surtsey" by

** "My Boat" by

Joanna Russ Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as ''How to Suppress Women's Writing'', as w ...

** "Sticks" by

Karl Edward Wagner Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 – 14 October 1994) was an American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. He ...

** "The Freshman" by

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** "

Jerusalem's Lot "Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in King's 1978 collection '' Night Shift''. The story was also printed in the illustrated 2005 edition of King's 1975 novel Salem's Lot''. Setting and style "Jerusalem's Lo ...

" by Stephen King ** "Discovery of the Ghooric Zone" by Richard A. Lupoff For the full details of the 1990 revised edition, see ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Golden Anniversary Anthology'' below.

'' The Spawn of Cthulhu''

''The Spawn of Cthulhu'' is an anthology of

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short stories, edited by

. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1971 as the 36th volume of its ''

Ballantine Adult Fantasy series The Ballantine Adult Fantasy series was an imprint of American publisher Ballantine Books. Launched in 1969 (presumably in response to the growing popularity of Tolkien's works), the series reissued a number of works of fantasy literature which w ...

''. It was the fifth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series. The book collects 12 fantasy tales and poems by various authors that either influenced or were influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H. P. Lovecraft, including one story by H. P. Lovecraft himself, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.

The contents are: *"Introduction: About The Spawn of Cthulhu and H. P. Lovecraft" (

) *"

The Whisperer in Darkness ''The Whisperer in Darkness'' is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in ''Weird Tales'', August 1931. Similar to '' The Colour Out of Space'' (1927), it is a blen ...

" ( H. P. Lovecraft) *"

An Inhabitant of Carcosa "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in the ''San Francisco Newsletter'' of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections '' ...

" (

Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book '' The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by ...

) *"The Yellow Sign" (from '' The King in Yellow'') (

Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled '' The King in Yellow'', published in 1895. Life Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, t ...

) *"Cordelia’s Song from ''The King in Yellow''" (

Vincent Starrett Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (; October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974), known as Vincent Starrett, was a Canadian-born American writer, newspaperman, and bibliophile. Biography Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett was born above his grandfathe ...

) *"The Return of Hastur" (

) *"Litany to Hastur" (from '' Dreams from R'lyeh'') (

) *"The Children of the Night" ( Robert E. Howard) *"K’n-yan" ( Walter C. DeBill, Jr.) *"

The Tale of Satampra Zeiros "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" is a short story written in 1929 by American author Clark Ashton Smith as part of his Hyperborean cycle, and first published in the November 1931 issue of ''Weird Tales''. It is the story in which Smith created the Ct ...

" ( Clark Ashton Smith) *"The Hounds of Tindalos" (

) *"

The Curse of Yig "The Curse of Yig" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop in which Yig, "The Father of Serpents", is first introduced. Plot In 1889, upon arriving in Oklahoma, a couple learn about local legends surrounding a "snake god" called Y ...

" ( Zealia Brown Reed Bishop) *"The Mine on Yuggoth" (

Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...

)

''The Disciples of Cthulhu''

''The Disciples of Cthulhu'' was edited by Edward P. Berglund and published by DAW Books in

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. Berglund later described it as "the first professional, all-original, Cthulhu Mythos anthology". Perhaps responding to the introduction to Derleth's collection, Berglund wrote in his preface: "Whether or not there is a market for the Cthulhu Mythos stories, established and amateur writers will continue to write them for their own and their friends' amusement and enjoyment. It is inevitable that one or more readers of this volume will be influenced into trying his hand at writing within the Cthulhu Mythos genre."

The contents are: *"Editor's Foreword" by Edward P. Berglund *"Introduction" by Robert Bloch *"The Fairground Horror" by

*"The Silence of Erika Zann" by James Wade *"All-Eye" by Bob Van Laerhoven *"The Tugging" by

*"Where Yidhra Walks" by Walter C. DeBill, Jr. *"The Feaster from Afar" by Joseph Payne Brennan *" Zoth-Ommog" by

*"Darkness, My Name Is" by Eddy C. Bertin *"The Terror from the Depths" by

When the collection was reprinted by

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include '' Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft'', RuneQuest Glorantha'', ''Pendragon ...

in 1996, the Carter and Brennan stories were replaced by "Dope War of the Black Tong", a new

Robert M. Price Robert McNair Price (born July 7, 1954) is an American New Testament scholar. His most notable stance is arguing in favor of the Christ myth theorythe claim that a historical Jesus did not exist. Price is the author of a number of books on bi ...

pastiche of Carter and Robert E. Howard, and "Glimpses" by

A. A. Attanasio Alfred Angelo Attanasio, born on September 20, 1951, in Newark, New Jersey, is an author of fantasy and science fiction. His science fiction novel ''Radix'', winner of the French literary award, the Prix Cosmos 2000, was also nominated for th ...

, which was supposed to be published in the original ''Disciples'' but ended up in the Arkham House anthology ''Nameless Places'' instead.

''New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos''

''New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'' was edited by

and published by

in 1980 in an edition of 3,647 copies. In his introduction, Campbell noted that " recent years the Mythos at times has seemed in danger of becoming conventionalized," despite the fact that "Lovecraft's intention and achievement was precisely to avoid the predictability and resultant lack of terror which beset the conventional macabre fiction of his day." Therefore, Campbell wrote, "in this anthology I have tended to favor less familiar treatments or uses of the Mythos.... They contain few erudite occultists, decaying towns, or stylistic pastiches.... Indeed, one of our tales hints at the ultimate event of the Mythos without ever referring to the traditional names." One story in the book is an expansion, by Martin S. Warnes, of Lovecraft's fragment " The Book".

The contents are: *"Introduction" *"

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" by Stephen King *"The Star Pools" by

*"The Second Wish" by

*"Dark Awakening" by

*"Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper *" Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein *" The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes *"Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake *"The Faces at Pine Dunes" by

*"Notes on Contributors"

''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Golden Anniversary Anthology''

released a revised edition of ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'' in November

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, edited by Jim Turner with a substantially different selection of stories, reflecting the editor's disdain for "Mythos pastiches in which eccentric

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recluses utter the right incantations in the wrong books and are promptly eaten by a giant frog named

Cthulhu Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story " The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the p ...

." It was released in an edition of 7,015 copies. Turner eliminates some authors from the earlier edition (totalling four stories, those by Wade, Shea and two by Lumley) --while still suggesting that "a few of the earliest pieces in this volume...now seem like pop-cultural

kitsch Kitsch ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as naïve imitation, overly-eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal taste. The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodramatic and superficial affiliation wi ...

." The added seven stories, he writes, are from "the relative handful of successful works that have been influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos...exemplifying the darkly enduring power of H. P. Lovecraft over a disparate group of writers who have made their own inimitable contributions to the Mythos."

The contents of the 1990 revised edition are: *"Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!", by Jim Turner *"

" by H. P. Lovecraft *" The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith *"Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith *"

" by Robert E. Howard *"The Hounds of Tindalos" by

*"The Space-Eaters" by Frank Belknap Long *"The Dweller in Darkness" by

*"Beyond the Threshold" by August Derleth *"The Shambler from the Stars" by Robert Bloch *"

" by H. P. Lovecraft *"The Shadow from the Steeple" by Robert Bloch *" Notebook Found in a Deserted House" by Robert Bloch *"The Salem Horror" by Henry Kuttner *"The Terror from the Depths" by

*"Rising with Surtsey" by

*"Cold Print" by

*"The Return of the Lloigor" by

*"My Boat" by

*" Sticks" by

*"The Freshman" by

" by Stephen King *"Discovery of the Ghooric Zone" by Richard A. Lupoff

Reprints

Arkham House

*second printing, 2000 (no print numbers given).

Others

*New York: Ballantine/Del Rey, 1998.

''Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos''

''Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos'' was edited by

and published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1992. In an introduction, Price provides a "sketch of the Lovecraft Mythos and its evolution into the Cthulhu Mythos"—raising a defense of

's interpretation of the Mythos along the way. Price writes that his intent in making selections was to assemble "an alternate version" of Derleth's ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'', though limited in scope to the writers of the

pulp Pulp may refer to: * Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit Engineering * Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture * Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper * Molded pulp, a packaging material ...

era. He included several pieces long out of print or reprinted only in obscure fanzines, and tried to focus on "stories in which certain important Mythos names or items are either first mentioned or most fully explained by the author who created them".

The contents are: *"Preface", by Robert Bloch *"Introduction", by

*"The Thing on the Roof" by Robert E. Howard *"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" by Robert E. Howard *"The Seven Geases" by Clark Ashton Smith *"Fane of the Black Pharaoh" by Robert Bloch *"The Invaders" by Henry Kuttner *"Bells of Horror" by Henry Kuttner *"The Thing That Walked on the Wind" by

*" Ithaqua" by August Derleth *"The Lair of the Star-Spawn" by August Derleth & Mark Shorer *"The Lord of Illusion" by E. Hoffmann Price *"The Warder of Knowledge" by Richard F. Searight *"The Scourge of B'Moth" by Bertram Russell *"The House of the Worm" by Mearle Prout *"Spawn of the Green Abyss" by C. Hall Thompson *"The Guardian of the Book" by Henry Hasse *"The Abyss" by Robert A. W. Lowndes *"Music of the Stars" by Duane W. Rimel *"The Aquarium" by Carl Jacobi *"The Horror Out of Lovecraft" by Donald A. Wolheim *"

To Arkham and the Stars "To Arkham and the Stars" is a short story by American writer Fritz Leiber, belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction. It was written for the 1966 Arkham House anthology ''The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces''. Set in H. P. Lovecra ...

" by

''Cthulhu's Heirs''

''Cthulhu's Heirs'' was edited by Thomas M. K. Stratman and published by

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. With the exception of contributions by

and Hugh B. Cave, the stories included are original to the collection. Stratman describes the tales as "more than 20 writers' visions into the landscape of

Lovecraft Country Lovecraft Country is a term coined for the New England setting used by H. P. Lovecraft in many of his weird fiction stories, which combines real and fictitious locations. This setting has since been elaborated on by other writers working in the ...

The contents are: *"Watch the Whiskers Sprout" by D. F. Lewis *"The Death Watch" by Hugh B. Cave *"The Return of the White Ship: The Quest for Cathuria" by Arthur William and Lloyd Breach *"Kadath/The Vision and the Journey" by T. Winter-Damon *"The Franklyn Paragraphs" by

*"Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock" by

*"1968 RPI" by Joe Murphy *"Those of the Air" by

Darrell Schweitzer Darrell Charles Schweitzer (born August 27, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and critic in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror fiction, horror, although he does also work in science fictio ...

and Jason van Hollander *"Mr. Skin" by Victor Milán *"Just Say No" by Gregory Nicoll *"The Scourge" by Charles M. Saplak *"Pickman's Legacy" by Gordon Linzner *"Of Dark Things & Midnight Places" by David Niall Wilson *"The Likeness" by Dan Perez *"An Early Frost" by Scott David Aniolowski *"Scene: A Room" by Craig Anthony *"The Seven Cities of Gold" by Crispin Burnham *"Shadows of Her Dreams" by Cary G. Osborne *"The Herald" by Daniel M. Burrello *"Typo" by Michael D. Winkle *"Star Bright, Star Byte" by Marella Sands ''Cthulhu's Heirs'' won the

Origins Award The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so (for example) the 1979 a ...

for ''Best Game-Related Fiction of 1994''.

''The Starry Wisdom''

''The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H. P. Lovecraft'' was edited by D. M. Mitchell and published by Creation Books in

. Declaring that "Lovecraft has suffered much at the hands of unmindful critics and even more from uninspired and talentless imitators," Mitchell declares that the collection's goal is "to dig deeper, to bypass the superficial and access the subterranean channels of archetype and inspiration with which Lovecraft was connected.... ovecraftcrafted morbid and disturbing allegories of social and biological upheaval--cryptically prophetic and spiritually exploratory--this latent content of his work now needs excavating." Some of the stories in the collection — such as those by Burroughs and Ballard — were not inspired by Lovecraft, but were seen by Mitchell as sharing his "visions of cosmic alienation". In those stories that make direct references to the Cthulhu Mythos, they are "used only in passing--in the same informal way in which Lovecraft himself intended."

The contents are: *" Lovecraft in Heaven" by

Grant Morrison Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, humanist philosophy and countercultural leanings. Morrison has written extensively for th ...

*"Third Eye Butterfly" by James Havoc and Mike Philbin *"A Thousand Young" by

*"The Night Sea-Maid Went Down" by

*"From this Swamp" by Henry Wessels *"Prisoner of the Coral Deep" by

J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist known for provocative works of fiction which explored the relations between human psychology, technology, sex, and mass med ...

*"Black Static" by David Conway *"Red Mass" by Dan Kellett *"Wind Die. You Die. We Die" by

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

*"The Call of Cthulhu" by John Coulthart & H. P. Lovecraft *"Potential" by

*"Walpurgisnachtmusik" by Simon Whitechapel *"Meltdown" by D. F. Lewis *"Beyond Reflection" by John Beal *"This Exquisite Corpse" by C. G. Brandrick & D. M. Mitchell *"Extracted from the Mouth of the Consumer, Rotting Pig" by

Michael Gira Michael Rolfe Gira (; born February 19, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and artist. He is the main force behind the New York City musical group Swans and fronted Angels of Light. He is also the founder of ...

*"Hypothetical Materfamilias" by Adele O. Gladwell *"The Sound of a Door Opening" by Don Webb *" The Courtyard" by

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including '' Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', '' The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and '' From He ...

*"The Dreamers in Darkness" by Peter Smith *"Pills for Miss Betsy" by Rick Grimes *"23 Nails" by Stephen Sennitt *"Ward 23" by D. M. Mitchell

''Cthulhu 2000''

''Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology'' was edited by Jim Turner and published by Arkham House in

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in an edition of 4,927 copies. As in his earlier collection, Turner criticizes the "latter-day Mythos pastiche" as simply "a banal modern horror story, preceded by the inevitable ''

Necronomicon The ', also referred to as the ''Book of the Dead'', or under a purported original Arabic title of ', is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first men ...

'' epigraph and indiscriminately interspersed with sesquipedalian deities, ichor-oozing tentacles, sundry eldritch abominations, and then the whole sorry mess rounded off with a cachinnating chorus of "Iä! Iä!"-chanting frogs." He declares that "the works collected in the present volume are not great Lovecraft stories; they rather are great stories in some way inspired by Lovecraft."

The contents are: *"Cthulhu 2000", by Jim Turner *"The Barrens" by F. Paul Wilson *"Pickman's Modem" by

Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer). Biography Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...

*"Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper *"His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" by Poppy Z. Brite *"The Adder" by

Fred Chappell Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1 ...

*"Fat Face" by Michael Shea *"The Big Fish" by

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula'' at ...

*"'I Had Vacantly Crumpled It Into My Pocket...But by God, Eliot, ''It Was a Photograph from Life!'''" by

*"H.P.L." by

Gahan Wilson Gahan Allen Wilson (February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019) was an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations. Biography Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was inspired by th ...

*"The Unthinkable" by Bruce Sterling *"Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein *"Love's Eldritch Ichor" by Esther M. Friesner *"The Last Feast of Harlequin" by Thomas Ligotti *"The Shadow on the Doorstep" by James P. Blaylock *"Lord of the Land" by

Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and nove ...

*"The Faces at Pine Dunes" by

*"On the Slab" by Harlan Ellison *"24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by

Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...

Reception

Paul Pettengale reviewed ''Cthulhu 2000'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it an 8 out of 10 overall. Pettengale comments that "''Cthulhu 2000'' is a strong collection ndit's a damn fine read."

''The New Lovecraft Circle''

''The New Lovecraft Circle'' was edited by

and published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1996 in an edition of 2,000 copies. Presenting the book as a sequel to ''Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos'', which focused on the circle of writers around Lovecraft that were collected in the first half of Derleth's ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'', Price declares that "the present collection means to ape the second half, to commemorate that dawn of a new era of Mythos fiction." He describes the contents as "little known and seldom seen stories by most of the seven members of the New Lovecraft Circle numbered by

and by other, more recent adepts as well, for the tradition grows. The cult will not be stamped out."

The contents are: *"Preface", by

*"Introduction", by

*"The Plain of Sound" by

*"The Stone on the Island" by Ramsey Campbell *"The Statement of One John Gibson" by

*"Demoniacal" by David Sutton *"The Kiss of Bugg-Shash" by Brian Lumley *"The Slitherer from the Slime" by H. P. Lowcraft *"The Doom of Yakthoob" by

*"The Fishers from Outside" by Lin Carter *"The Keeper of the Flame" by Gary Myers *"Dead Giveaway" by J. Vernon Shea *"Those Who Wait" by James Wade *"The Keeper of Dark Point" by

John Glasby John Stephen Glasby (23 September 1928 – 5 June 2011) was a British author born in East Retford in Nottinghamshire whose work spanned a range of popular genres. A professional research chemist and mathematician,Robert M. Price, "About ''The ...

*"The Black Mirror" by John Glasby *"I've Come to Talk with You Again" by

*"The Howler in the Dark" by Richard L. Tierney *"The Horror on the Beach" by

Alan Dean Foster Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts. Career ''Star Wars'' Foster was the ghost ...

*"The Whisperers" by Richard Lupoff *"Lights! Camera! Shub-Niggurath!" by Richard Lupoff *"Saucers from Yaddith" by

*"Vastarien" by Thomas Ligotti *"The Madness out of Space" by Peter H. Cannon *"Aliah Warden" by Roger Johnson *"The Last Supper" by Donald R. Burleson *"The Church at Garlock's Bend" by David Kaufman *"The Spheres Beyond Sound (Threnody)" by Stephen Mark Rainey

''Song of Cthulhu''

''Song of Cthulhu'' was published by

in July 2001, edited by Stephen Mark Rainey. This themed anthology featured stories about using music to interact with the various entities from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, as typified in Lovecraft's story, "The Music of Erich Zann", which is included in the anthology. Cover art by Harry Fassl.

The contents are: *"The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft *"The Dark Beauty of Unheard Horrors" by Thomas Ligotti *"In the Rue d'Auseil" by

*"The Plain of Sound" by

*"The Last Show at Verdi's Supper Club" by Stephen Mark Rainey *"Water Music for the Tillers of Soil" by

Tom Piccirilli Thomas Piccirilli (May 27, 1965 – July 11, 2015) was an American novelist and short story writer. Career Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Some of his stories were include ...

*"Shallow Fathoms" by M. Christian *"How Nyarlathotep Rocked Our World" by Gregory Nicoll *"Listen" by James Robert Smith *"Mud" by Brian McNaughton *"Paedomorphosis" by Caitlin R. Kiernan *"Intruders" by Hugh B. Cave *"Chant" by Robert Weinberg *"Ghoul's Tale" by

*"The Next Big Thing" by Rob Suggs *"The Flautists" by Edward P. Berglund *"Fall From Grace" by D. F. Lewis *"Drums" by William R. Trotter *"The Enchanting of Lila Woods" by E. A. Lustig *"Yog-Sothoth, Superstar" by

Thomas F. Monteleone Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946) is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author."Monteleone, Thomas F(rancis)", by Don D'Ammassa in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. London : S ...

''The Children of Cthulhu''

''The Children of Cthulhu'', published by Ballantine Books in 2002, was edited by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams. In the introduction, the editors wrote: All the stories are original to the volume with the exception of Poppy Z. Brite's "Are You Loathsome Tonight?", which originally appeared in her 1998 collection of the same name.

The contents are: *" Details" by

China Miéville China Tom Miéville ( ; born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic. He often describes his work as '' weird fiction'' and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called '' New Weird''. M ...

*"Visitation" by James Robert Smith *"The Invisible Empire" by James Van Pelt *"A Victorian Pot Dresser" by L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims *"The Cabin in the Woods" by Richard Laymon *"The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking" by

Tim Lebbon Tim Lebbon (born 28 July 1969, London) is a British horror and dark fantasy writer. Life Lebbon was born in London. He lived in Devon until he was eight and then in Newport until the age of 26. He now lives in Goytre, Monmouthshire with his ...

*"Sour Places" by Mark Chadbourn *"Meet Me on the Other Side" by

Yvonne Navarro Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author who has published over twenty novels. Of those twenty, the titles ''AfterAge'', ''deadrush'', ''Final Impact'', ''Red Shadows'', ''DeadTimes'', ''That's Not My Name'' and ''M ...

*"That's the Story of My Life" by John Pelan & Benjamin Adams *"Long Meg and Her Daughters" by Paul Finch *"A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At..." by

*"Dark of the Moon" by James S. Dorr *"Red Clay" by J. Michael Reaves *"Principles and Parameters" by

Meredith L. Patterson Meredith L. Patterson (born April 30, 1977) is an American technologist, science fiction writer, and journalist. She has spoken at numerous industry conferences on a wide range of topics. She is also a blogger and software developer, and a lead ...

*"Are You Loathsome Tonight?" by Poppy Z. Brite *"The Serenade of Starlight" by

W. H. Pugmire Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire (born William Harry Pugmire; May 3, 1951 – March 26, 2019), was a writer of weird fiction and horror fiction based in Seattle, Washington. His works typically were published as W. H. Pugmire (his adopted middle name deriv ...

, Esq. *"Outside" by Steve Rasnic Tem *"Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"The Spectacle of a Man" by Weston Ochse *"The Firebrand Symphony" by Brian Hodge *"Teeth" by Matt Cardin

''Cthulhu Unbound''

''Cthulhu Unbound'' was published by Permuted Press on March 30 2009. It was edited by John Sunseri and

Thom Brannan The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas. Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation " Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h". People with the surnam ...

. The volume is a “cross-genre” anthology, telling Lovecraft-inspired comedies, space opera, hardboiled noir, etc.

*"Noir-lathotep" by Linda Donahue *"The Invasion Out of Time" by Trent Roman *"James and the Dark Grimoire" by

Kevin Lauderdale Kevin Lauderdale (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American science fiction author primarily known for his ''Star Trek'' short stories, which began with publication in the '' Strange New Worlds'' anthology series. His stories appeared in th ...

*"Hellstone and Brimfire" by Doug Goodman *"Star Crossed" by Bennet Reilly *"The Covenant" by

Kim Paffenroth Kim Paffenroth (born 1966) is an American religious scholar, professor, and contemporary American horror author, best known for his Bram Stoker Award-winning book ''Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth''. Biogr ...

*"The Hindenburg Manifesto" by Lee Clark Zumpe *"In Our Darkest Hour" by Steven Graham *"Blood Bags and Tentacles" by DL Snell *"Bubba Cthulhu's Last Stand" by Lisa Hilton *"Turf" by Richard D. Moore *"The Menagerie" by Ben Thomas *"The Patriot" by John Goodrich *"The Shadow over Las Vegas" by John Claude Smith *"Locked Room" by CJ Henderson

''Cthulhu Unbound 2''

''Cthulhu Unbound 2'' was published by Permuted Press on July 31, 2009. It was edited by John Sunseri and

. The volume is a “cross-genre” anthology, telling Lovecraft-inspired stories that are comedies, space operas,

hardboiled Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence o ...

noir, etc. Cover art by Michael Dashow.

The contents are: *"Passing Down" by Inez Schaechterle *"The Tenants of Ladywell Manor" by Willie Meikle *"The Hunters Within the Corners" by Douglas P. Wojtowicz *"Surely You Joust" by Patrick Thomas *"References in Cthonic, Eldritch, Roiling Creations are Recondite" by Warren Tusk *"New Fish" by Kiwi Courters *"Tomb on a Dead Moon" by Tim Curran *"The Long, Deep Dream" by Peter Clines *"Santiago Contra el Culto de Cthulhu" by Mark Zirbel *"Stomach Acid" by

David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Convers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Me ...

and Brian M. Sammons *"Sleeping Monster Futures" by Brandon Alspaugh *"Nemo at R'lyeh" by Joshua Reynolds *"What's a Few Tentacles Among Friends?" by Sheila Crosby *"An Incident Occurring in the Huachuca Mountains, West of Tombstone" by Gary Vehar *"Abomination With Rice" by

Rhys Hughes Rhys Henry Hughes (born 1966, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh fantasy writer and essayist. Career Born in Cardiff, Hughes has written in a variety of forms, from short stories to novels. His long novel ''Engelbrecht Again!'' is a sequel to Mauric ...

''Cthulhu's Reign''

''Cthulhu's Reign'' was published by DAW in April 2010. It was edited by

. The volume's twist is that the dreaded revival of the fearsome "Great Old Ones" who once ruled the Earth is not a future possibility, but an event that has actually come to pass.

The contents are: *"Introduction" by

*"The Walker in the Cemetery" by Ian Watson *"Sanctuary" by Don Webb *"Her Acres of Pastoral Playground" by Mike Allen *"Spherical Trigonometry" by Ken Asamatsu *"What Brings the Void" by

Will Murray William Murray (born 1953) is an American novelist, journalist, short story, and comic book writer. Much of his fiction has been published under pseudonyms. With artist Steve Ditko, he co-created the superhero Squirrel Girl. Biography Early ...

*"The New Pauline Corpus" by Matt Cardin *"Ghost Dancing" by

*"This Is How the World Ends" by John R. Fultz *"The Shallows" by

John Langan John Langan (born July 6, 1969) is an American author and writer of contemporary horror. Langan has been a finalist for International Horror Guild Award. In 2008, he was a Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection, and in 2016, a Bram Stoke ...

*"Such Bright and Risen Madness in Our Names" by

Jay Lake Joseph Edward "Jay" Lake, Jr. (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first-place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for B ...

*"The Seals of New R'lyeh" by

Gregory Frost Gregory Frost (born May 13, 1951) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. A g ...

*"The Holocaust of Ecstasy" by

Brian Stableford Brian Michael Stableford (born 25 July 1948) is a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped ...

*"Vastation" by Laird Barron *"Nothing Personal" by Richard A. Lupoff *"Remnants" by

''Historical Lovecraft''

''Historical Lovecraft'' was published by Innsmouth Free Press on April 20, 2011. It was edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles. Subtitled ''Tales of Horror Through Time'', this is a history-themed anthology with stories taking place in various time periods, chronologically ordered into three sections: "Ancient History", "Middle Ages" and "Modern Era". The theme was partly inspired by the editors' historical interests and partly from Lovecraft's extrapolations of frightening pasts for humanity that extended back to the Paleolithic and even further. This was a popular theme in ''

Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, pri ...

'' at the time and used by many other authors, including Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. “Found in a Trunk from Extremadura” was first published as “Manuscrit trouvé dans une malle d'Estrémadure” in the French anthology ''HPL 2007''. This is its first appearance in an English translation. All other stories are original to this anthology.

The contents are: *"Introduction" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles *"Ancient History" **"The God Lurking in Stone" by Andrew Dombalagian **"The Seeder From the Stars" by

Julio Toro San Martin Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

**"Deus ex Machina" by Nathaniel Katz **"If Only to Taste Her Again" by E. Catherine Tobler **"Shadows of the Darkest Jade" by Sarah Hans **"The Chronicle of Aliyat Son of Aliyat" by Alter S. Reiss *"Middle Ages" **"Silently, Without Cease" by Daniel Mills **"The Good Bishop Pays the Price" by Martha Hubbard **"The Saga of Hilde Ansgardóttir" by

Jesse Bullington Jesse Bullington is an American fantasy writer from Boulder, Colorado. He has also published as Alex Marshall. Biography Bullington grew up in Pennsylvania, before his family moved to the Netherlands, and then back to the United States. In 2 ...

**"An Interrupted Sacrifice" by

Mae Empson Mae is an American rock band that formed in Norfolk, Virginia in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for "Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience", based on a course taken by drummer Jacob Marshall while a student at Old Dominion University. History ...

**"Pralaya: The Disaster" by Y.W. Purnomosidhi **"The City of Ropes" by Albert Tucher *"Modern Era" **"Inquisitor" by

William Meikle William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

**"The Far Deep" by Joshua Reynolds **"City of Witches" by Regina Allen **"Ahuizotl" by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas **"An Idol for Emiko" by

Travis Heermann Travis may refer to: People and fictional characters * Travis (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Travis (surname), a list of people Places in the United States * Travis, Staten Island, a neighborhood *Travis Air Force Base, ...

**"The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins" by Molly Tanzer **"Black Leaves" by

Mason Ian Bundschuh Mason may refer to: Occupations * Mason, brick mason, or bricklayer, a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork, or who lays any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces * Stone mason, a craftsman in the stone-cut ...

**"The Second Theft of Alhazred’s Manuscript" by Bradley H. Sinor **"Ngiri’s Catch" by Aaron Polson **"What Hides and What Returns" by Bryan Thao Worra **"Black Hill" by Orrin Gray **"Amundsen’s Last Run" by Nathalie Boisard-Beudin **"Red Star, Yellow Sign" by

Leigh Kimmel Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Staf ...

**"Found in a Trunk from Extremadura" by Meddy Ligner

''The Book of Cthulhu''

''The Book of Cthulhu'' was published by

Night Shade Books Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel '' ...

in September 2011. It was edited by Ross E. Lockhart. Two stories, Laird Barron's "The Men from Porlock" and John Hornor Jacobs's "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife", are original to the volume.

The contents are: *"Introduction" by Ross E. Lockhart *"Andromeda among the Stones" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"The Tugging" by

*"A Colder War" by

Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine '' ...

*"The Unthinkable" by Bruce Sterling *"Flash Frame" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia *"Some Buried Memory" by

*"The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins" by Molly Tanzer *"Fat Face" by Michael Shea *"Shoggoths in Bloom" by

Elizabeth Bear Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo ...

*"Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein *"Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake *"Jerobam Henley's Debt" by Charles R. Saunders *"Nethescurial" by Thomas Ligotti *"Calimari Curls" by

Kage Baker Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010Obituary: Kage Baker
" SF Site, January ...

*"Jihad over Innsmouth" by Edward Morris *"Bad Sushi" by

Cherie Priest Cherie Priest (born July 30, 1975) is an American novelist and blogger living in Seattle, Washington. Biography Priest is a Florida native, born in Tampa in 1975. She graduated from Forest Lake Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school ...

*"The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife" by John Hornor Jacobs *"The Doom that Came to Innsmouth" by Brian McNaughton *"Lost Stars" by

Ann K. Schwader Ann K. Schwader is an American poet and writer of short fiction based in Westminster, Colorado. Schwader is a grand master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, a multiple winner of the Rhysling Awards,Rau, Christina M. (September 2 ...

*"The Oram County Whoosit" by Steve Duffy *"The Crawling Sky" by Joe R. Lansdale *"The Fairground Horror" by

*"Cinderlands" by Tim Pratt *"Lord of the Land" by

*"To Live and Die in Arkham" by

Joseph S. Pulver Joseph S. Pulver Sr. (July 5, 1955 – April 24, 2020) was an author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror fiction, noir fiction / hardboiled, and dark fantasy genres. He lived in Germany, and died from COPD and other issues in a ...

*"The Shallows" by

*"The Men from Porlock" by Laird Barron

''New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird''

''New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird'' was published by

Prime Books Sean Wallace (born January 1, 1976) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologist, editor, and publisher best known for founding the publishing house Prime Books and for co-editing three magazines, '' Clarkesworld Magazine'', '' ...

in November 2011. It was edited by

Paula Guran Paula or PAULA may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Paula, in video game ''EarthBound'' * Paula, in ''The Larry Sanders Show'' * Paula Campbell (''EastEnders''), in 2003 Film and television * ''Paula'' (1915 film), a si ...

. The volume collects stories by those Guran identifies as "New Lovecraftians" who, Guran says, "re-imagine, re-energize, renew, re-set, and make Lovecraftian concepts relevant for today."

*"Introduction" by

*"Pickman's Other Model (1929)" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"Fair Exchange" by

Michael Marshall Smith Michael Paul Marshall Smith (born 3 May 1965) is an English novelist, screenwriter and short story writer who also writes as Michael Marshall, M. M. Smith and Michael Rutger. Biography Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Smith moved with his family a ...

*"Mr. Gaunt" by

*"The Vicar of R'lyeh" by Marc Laidlaw *"The Crevasse" by Dale Bailey and Nathan Ballingrud *"Bad Sushi" by

*"Old Virginia" by Laird Barron *"The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft" by

Nick Mamatas Nick Mamatas ( el, Νίκος Μαμματάς) (born February 20, 1972) is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for Haikasoru's line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media. His fiction has been ...

and Tim Pratt *"The Oram County Whoosit" by Steve Duffy *"The Fungal Stain" by

A Study in Emerald "A Study in Emerald" is a short story written by British fantasy and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman. The story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche transferred to the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Gaiman describes it as ...

" by Neil Gaiman *"Buried in the Sky" by

John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...

*"Bringing Helena Back" by

Sarah Monette Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story author, writing mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror. Under the name Katherine Addison, she published the fantasy novel '' The Goblin Emperor'', which ...

*"Take Me to the River" by Paul J. McAuley *"The Essayist in the Wilderness" by William Browning Spencer *"The Disciple" by

David Barr Kirtley David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) is an American short story writer and the host of the ''Geek's Guide to the Galaxy'' podcast. Writing His short fiction appears in magazines such as ''Realms of Fantasy'' and ''Weird Tales'', in online magazines ...

Shoggoths in Bloom "Shoggoths in Bloom" is a science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear, originally published in the March 2008 issue of the American magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', and subsequently republished in Bear's 2012 collection ''Shoggoths in Bloom ...

" by

*"Cold Water Survival" by Holly Phillips *"The Great White Bed" by Don Webb *"Lesser Demons" by

Norman Partridge Norman Partridge (born May 28, 1958) is an American author of horror and mystery fiction. He has written two detective novels about retired boxer Jack Baddalach, ''Saguaro Riptide'' and ''The Ten Ounce Siesta''. He is also the author of a C ...

*"Grinding Rock" by Cody Goodfellow *"Details" by

*"Another Fish Story" by

*"Head Music" by Lon Prater *"Tsathoggua" by Michael Shea *"Mongoose" by

and

A Colder War "A Colder War" is an alternate history novelette by Charles Stross written c. 1997 and originally published in 2000. The story fuses the Cold War and the Cthulhu Mythos. The story is set in the early 1980s and explores the consequences of the ...

" by

''Black Wings''

''Black Wings'' was published by PS Publishing on May 1, 2010. It was edited by S. T. Joshi. In this anthology as editor, Joshi's goal was to assemble a collection of stories influenced by the works and core tenets of H. P. Lovecraft, while avoiding the rigid structure of the Cthulhu Mythos as defined by

and others. In his introduction, Joshi states that "It is to be noted how many stories in this anthology do not mention a single such name from the Lovecraft corpus; and yet they remain intimately Lovecraftian on a far deeper level. Indeed, the very notion of writing a "''pastiche''" that does little but rework Lovecraft's own themes and ideas have now become ''passé'' in serious weird writing". Three of the stories are direct or indirect sequels to Lovecraft's story "Pickman's Model" and Lovecraft himself appears as a character in several tales. Only one story, Stanley C. Sargent's "The Black Brat of Dunwich" is a reprint, all other stories are original to this anthology. The book was republished by

Titan Books Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of Titan Entertainment Group, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and c ...

on March 20,

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. Their reprint changed the title to ''Black Wings of Cthulhu'', a practice Titan continued for all their reprints of the ''Black Wings'' series.

The contents are: *"Introduction" by S. T. Joshi *"Pickman’s Other Model (1929)" by Caitlin R. Kiernan *"Desert Dreams" by Donald R. Burleson *"Engravings" by

Joseph S. Pulver, Jr. Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

*"Copping Squid" by Michael Shea *"Passing Spirits" by

Sam Gafford Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional ...

*"The Broadsword" by Laird Barron *"Usurped" by William Browning Spencer *"Denker’s Book" by David J. Schow *"Inhabitants of Wraithwood" by W.H. Pugmire *“The Dome” by

Millie L. Burleson Millie is a feminine given name or diminutive form of various other given names, such as Emily, Millicent, Mildred, Camilla or sometimes Amelia. People with the given name Notable people with the given name include: * Millie Bailey (1918–20 ...

*“Rotterdam” by

Nicholas Royle Nicholas Royle (born 20 March 1963 in Manchester) is an English novelist, editor, publisher, literary reviewer and creative writing lecturer. Literary career Author Royle has written seven novels: ''Counterparts'', ''Saxophone Dreams'', ''The Mat ...

*“Tempting Providence” by Jonathan Thomas *“Howling in the Dark” by

*“The Truth about Pickman” by

*“Tunnels” by

Philip Haldeman Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...

*“The Correspondence of Cameron Thaddeus Nash” annotated by

*“Violence, Child of Trust” by

Michael Cisco Michael Cisco (born October 13, 1970) is an American writer, Deleuzian academic, and teacher currently living in New York City. He is best known for his first novel, ''The Divinity Student,'' winner of the International Horror Guild Award for ...

*“Lesser Demons” by

*“An Eldritch Matter” by Adam Niswander *“Substitution” by

*“Susie” by

Jason Van Hollander Jason Van Hollander (born September 9, 1949) is an American illustrator, book designer and occasional author. His stories and collaborations with Darrell Schweitzer earned a World Fantasy Award nomination. Van Hollander's fiction and nonfiction h ...

''The Book of Cthulhu II''

''The Book of Cthulhu II'' was published by

in October

. It was edited by Ross E. Lockhart. Three stories, Paul Tobin's "The Drowning at Lake Henpin", Christopher Reynaga's "I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee" and Laird Barron's "Hand of Glory" are original to the volume.

The contents are: *"Introduction" by Ross E. Lockhart *"Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" by Neil Gaiman *"Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"This Is How the World Ends" by John R. Fultz *"The Drowning at Lake Henpin" by Paul Tobin *"The Ocean and All Its Devices" by William Browning Spencer *"Take Your Daughters to Work" by Livia Llewellyn *"The Big Fish" by

*"Rapture of the Deep" by Cody Goodfellow *"Once More, from the Top" by Adam Scott Glancy *"The Hour of the Tortoise" by Molly Tanzer *"I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee" by Christopher Reynaga *"Objects from the Gilman-Waite Collection" by

*"Of Melei, of Ulthar" by Gord Sellar *"A Gentleman from Mexico" by Mark Samuels *"The Hands That Reek and Smoke" by

*"Akropolis" by Matt Wallace *"Boojum" by

and

*"The Nyarlathotep Event" by Jonathan Wood *"The Black Brat of Dunwich" by Stanley C. Sargent *"

The Terror from the Depths "The Terror from the Depths" is a short story by American writer Fritz Leiber, part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction. It was begun in 1937 but not finished until 1975; it was first published in the anthology '' The Disciples of Cthu ...

" by

*"Black Hill" by Orrin Grey *"The God of Dark Laughter" by

Michael Chabon Michael Chabon ( ; born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, DC, he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, gr ...

*"Sticks" by

*"Hand of Glory" by Laird Barron

''Cthulhu Unbound 3''

''Cthulhu Unbound 3'' was published by Permuted Press on October 9,

. It was edited by Brian M. Sammons and

. The volume is a “cross-genre” anthology of four Cthulhu Mythos novellas.

The contents are: *"Unseen Empire" by Cody Goodfellow *"MirrorrorriM" by D.L. Snell *"Nemesis Theory" by Tim Curran *"The R’lyeh Singularity" by David Conyers and Brian M. Sammons

''Lovecraft's Monsters''

''Lovecraft's Monsters'' was published by

Tachyon Publications Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, Tachyon books have tended toward high-end literary works, short story collections, and anthologies ...

on April 15,

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. It was edited by

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her career ...

. The volume is a "cross-genre" anthology of Lovecraft-inspired stories and poems, with original art by

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...

–winning artist John Coulthart. Datlow's stated goal with the anthology was "to avoid the pastiches...to use stories that have not been overly reprinted... ndshowcase Lovecraftian-influenced stories by at least some authors not known for that kind of story." Only one story, John Langan's "Children of the Fang" is original to the volume.

The contents are: *"Foreword" by Stefan Dziemianowicz *"Introduction" by

*"Only the End of the World Again" by Neil Gaiman *"Bulldozer" by Laird Barron *"Red Goat Black Goat" by Nadia Bulkin *"The Same Deep Waters as You" by

Brian Hodge Brian Hodge is a prolific writer in a number of genres and subgenres, as well as an avid connoisseur of music. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he is working on his latest novel. Brian Hodge's novels are often dark in nature, containing t ...

*"A Quarter to Three" by

*"The Dappled Thing" by William Browning Spencer *"Inelastic Collisions" by

*"Remnants" by

*"Love is Forbidden, We Croak and Howl" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"The Sect of the Idiot" by Thomas Ligotti *"Jar of Salts" (poem) by

Gemma Files Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television ser ...

*"Black as the Pit From Pole to Pole" by

Howard Waldrop Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) is a science fiction author who works primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. Personal life Though born in Houston, Mississippi, Waldrop has spent ...

and

Steven Utley Steven Utley (November 10, 1948—January 12, 2013) was an American writer. He wrote poems, humorous essays and other non-fiction, and worked on comic books and cartoons, but was best known for his science fiction stories. Biography Utley was bor ...

*"Waiting at the Cross Roads Motel" by Steve Rasnic Tem *"I’ve Come to Talk With You Again" by

*"The Bleeding Shadow" by Joe R. Lansdale *"That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable" by

*"Haruspicy" (poem) by

*"Children of the Fang" by

*"Monster Index" by

Rachel Fagundes Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...

''New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird''

''New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird'' was published by

in April 2015. It was edited by

. The volume is a sequel to Guran's 2011 anthology ''New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird''.

*"Introduction" by Paula Guran *"The Same Deep Waters as You" by

*"Mysterium Tremendum" by Laird Barron *"The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"Bloom" by

*"At Home with Azathoth" by

*"The Litany of Earth" by Ruthanna Emrys *"Necrotic Cove" by Lois H. Gresh *"On Ice" by Simon Strantzas *"The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''" by

and

*"All My Love, A Fishhook" by Helen Marshall *"The Doom That Came to Devil Reef" by Don Webb *"Momma Durtt" by Michael Shea *"They Smell of Thunder" by

*"The Song of Sighs" by

Angela Slatter Angela Slatter is a writer based in Brisbane, Australia. Primarily working in the field of speculative fiction, she has focused on short stories since deciding to pursue writing in 2005, when she undertook a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing ...

*"Fishwife" by

Carrie Vaughn Carrie Vaughn (born January 28, 1973) is an American writer, the author of the urban fantasy '' Kitty Norville'' series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and ...

*"In the House of the Hummingbirds" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia *"Who Looks Back?" by

Kyla Ward Kyla (Lee) Ward is an Australian writer of speculative fiction, poet and actor. Her work has been nominated multiple times for the Ditmar Award, the Aurealis Award , the Australian Shadows Award , the Bram Stoker Award and the Rhysling Award. Sh ...

*"Equoid" by

*"The Boy Who Followed Lovecraft" by Marc Laidlaw

''Cthulhu Fhtagn!''

''Cthulhu Fhtagn!'' was published by

Word Horde A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no consen ...

on August 15, 2015. It was edited by Ross E. Lockhart. This anthology is a follow-up to Lockhart's previous books ''The Book of Cthulhu'' and ''The Book of Cthulhu 2'' but, unlike them, contains only previously unpublished stories. The stories are a mix of the serious and humorous and cross many genres. Some of the stories are based on specific works by H. P. Lovecraft. The title is taken from a chant spoken in Lovecraft's

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story "

" and, in Lockhart's interpretation, is taken to mean "House of Cthulhu". There are no reprints in this anthology; all the stories appear here for the first time.

The contents are: *"Introduction: In His House at R’lyeh..." by Ross E. Lockhart *"The Lightning Splitter" by Walter Greatshell *"Dead Canyons" by Ann K. Schwader *"Delirium Sings at the Maelstrom Window" by Michael Griffin *"Into Ye Smoke-Wreath’d World of Dream" by

*"The Lurker in the Shadows" by

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*"The Insectivore" by Orrin Grey *"The Body Shop" by

Richard Lee Byers Richard Lee Byers is an author of fantasy novels. Biography Richard Lee Byers holds a master's degree in Psychology. A resident of the Tampa Bay area, he worked in an emergency psychiatric facility for over a decade, then left the mental health f ...

*"On a Kansas Plain" by Michael J. Martinez *"The Prince of Lyghes" by

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*"The Curious Death of Sir Arthur Turnbridge" by G. D. Falksen *"Aerkheim’s Horror" by Christine Morgan *"Return of the Prodigy" by T.E. Grau *"The Curse of the Old Ones" by Molly Tanzer and

*"Love Will Save You" by

Cameron Pierce Cameron Pierce (born May 23, 1988, Bakersfield, California, United States) is an American author of bizarro fiction currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The ''Bizarro Starter Kit (Purple)'' described his work as "Surreal nightmares that are ...

*"Assemblage Point" by

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*"The Return of Sarnath" by Gord Sellar *"The Long Dark" by Wendy N. Wagner *"Green Revolution" by Cody Goodfellow *"Don’t Make Me Assume My Ultimate Form" by Laird Barron

''She Walks in Shadows''

''She Walks in Shadows'' was published by Innsmouth Free Press on October 13, 2015. It was edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles. Its publication was funded by a successful Indiegogo campaign and contains entirely original stories, all of them written by women. Writing for ''

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'', Jessica Lachenal stated that it "could be one of the neatest Lovecraftian anthologies to date."

The contents are: *"Bitter Perfume" Laura Blackwell *"Violet Is the Color of Your Energy" by Nadia Bulkin *"Body to Body to Body" by Selena Chambers *"Magna Mater" by

Arinn Dembo Arinn Dembo (born February 3, 1970) is an American author currently living and writing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dembo is best known for her work with Vancouver-based Kerberos Productions, where she was lead writer and has worked on ...

*"De Deabus Minoribus Exterioris Theomagicae" by Jilly Dreadful *"Hairwork" by

*"The Head of T’la-yub" by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas (translated by Silvia Moreno-Garcia) *"Bring the Moon to Me" by Amelia Gorman *"Chosen" by Lyndsey Holder *"Eight Seconds" by Pandora Hope *"Cthulhu of the Dead Sea" by Inkeri Kontro *"Turn Out the Lights" by Penelope Love *"The Adventurer’s Wife" by

Premee Mohamed Premee Mohamed is an Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She also works as Social Media Manager and Associate Editor for Escape Pod. Mohamed received her undergraduate degree in molecular genetics i ...

*"Notes Found in a Decommissioned Asylum, December 1961" by Sharon Mock *"The Eye of Juno" by Eugenie Mora *"Ammutseba Rising" by Ann K. Schwader *"Cypress God" by Rodopi Sisamis *"Lavinia’s Wood" by

*"The Opera Singer" by Priya Sridhar *"Provenance" by

Benjanun Sriduangkaew Benjanun Sriduangkaew is a Thai writer of science fiction and fantasy who is also known for controversial online criticism. She was a finalist for the 2014 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and the 2014 BSFA Award for Best Short Ficti ...

*"The Thing in the Cheerleading Squad" by Molly Tanzer *"Lockbox" by E. Catherine Tobler *"When She Quickens" by

Mary Turzillo Mary A. Turzillo (born 1940) is an American science fiction writer noted primarily for short stories. She won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2000 for her story ''Mars is No Place for Children'', published originally in ''Science Fiction ...

*"Shub-Niggurath’s Witnesses" by Valerie Valdes *"Queen of a New America" by Wendy N. Wagner

''Cthulhu Deep Down Under''

An anthology set in Australia, ''Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1'', edited by Steve Proposch,

Christopher Sequeira Christopher Sequeira (also published as Chris G.C. Sequeira, Christopher G.C. Sequeira, C.G.C. Sequeira) is a Sydney-based Australian editor, writer and artist who works predominantly in the speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, ...

, and

Bryce J. Stevens Bryce John Stevens (born 1957) is a horror writer, illustrator and editor. He grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand and moved to Sydney in the mid-1980s. From childhood he was fascinated with the supernatural and terrifying consequences of even ...

, was published in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in 2017. ''Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2'' followed in 2018.

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