''The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces'' is a collection of stories, poems and essays by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others, edited by

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 the ...

. It was released in

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

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 pr ...

in an edition of 3,460 copies. The dustjacket is by Frank Utpatel. Some controversy was raised by the publication of the Chalker bibliography (see below), as George T. Wetzel claimed with some plausibility that Chalker had pirated Wetzel's own bibliography of 1955.

''The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces'' contains the following pieces: # "Introduction", by

# "The Dark Brotherhood" by H. P. Lovecraft and

# "Suggestions for a Reading Guide", by H. P. Lovecraft # "Alfredo", by H. P. Lovecraft # "Amateur Journalism: Its Possible Needs and Betterment", by H. P. Lovecraft # "What Belongs in Verse", by H. P. Lovecraft # Six Poems, by H. P. Lovecraft #*"Bells" #*"Oceanus" #*"Clouds" #*"Mother Earth" #*"Cindy" #*"On a Battlefield in France" # Three Stories by C. M. Eddy, Jr. #*"The Loved Dead" #*"Deaf, Dumb, and Blind" #*"The Ghost-Eater" # "The Lovecraft "Books": Some Addenda and Corrigenda", by

William Scott Home William Scott Home (born January 2, 1940) is the pen name (and, later, legal name) of an American author, poet and biologist principally known for writing horror and dark fantasy. Best known for a short story that appeared in 1978 in ''The Year' ...

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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

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 Robert ...

# "Through Hyperspace With Brown Jenkin", by

# "Lovecraft and the New England Megaliths", by Andrew E. Rothovius # "Howard Phillips Lovecraft: A Bibliography", by

Jack L. Chalker Jack Laurence Chalker (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a m ...

# "Walks With H. P. Lovecraft", by C. M. Eddy, Jr. # "The Cancer of Superstition", by C. M. Eddy, Jr. # "The Making of a Hoax", by

# "Lovecraft's Illustrators", by John E. Vetter # "Final Notes", by

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