A Cthulhu Mythos anthology is a type of short story collection that contains stories written in, or related to, the

Cthulhu Mythos The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an ...

genre of horror fiction 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 and published by Arkham House in

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, 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 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 August Derleth *" The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft *" The Return of the Sorcerer" by

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*"Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith *" The Black Stone" by

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906June 11, 1936) was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subge ...

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 ...

" by Frank Belknap Long *"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

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*" The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft *"The Shadow from the Steeple" by Robert Bloch *"

Notebook Found in a Deserted House "Notebook Found in a Deserted House" is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by American writer Robert Bloch. It was first published in the May 1951 issue of'' Weird Tales''. Synopsis As the title implies, the entire text is that of a notebook found in ...

" by Robert Bloch *"The Salem Horror" by

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

*"The Haunter of the Graveyard" by J. Vernon Shea* *" Cold Print" by J. Ramsey Campbell* *"The Sister City" by Brian Lumley* *"Cement Surroundings" by Brian Lumley* *"The Deep Ones" by James Wade* *"The Return of the Lloigor" by Colin Wilson* *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 ** "Rising with Surtsey" by Brian Lumley ** "My Boat" by Joanna Russ ** "Sticks" by Karl Edward Wagner ** "The Freshman" by Philip Jose Farmer ** " Jerusalem's Lot" by

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

** "Discovery of the Ghooric Zone" by

Richard A. Lupoff Richard Allen Lupoff (February 21, 1935 – October 22, 2020) was an American science-fiction and mystery author, who also wrote humor, satire, nonfiction and reviews. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 short stories, he a ...

For the full details of the 1990 revised edition, see ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Golden Anniversary Anthology'' below.

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The Spawn of Cthulhu ''The Spawn of Cthulhu'' is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1971 as the thirty-sixth volume of its ''Ballantine Adult Fantasy series' ...
''

''The Spawn of Cthulhu'' is an

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of fantasy short stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by

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in October 1971 as the 36th volume of its '' Ballantine Adult Fantasy series''. 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" ( Lin Carter) *" The Whisperer in Darkness" ( H. P. Lovecraft) *" An Inhabitant of Carcosa" ( Ambrose Bierce) *"The Yellow Sign" (from '' The King in Yellow'') ( Robert W. Chambers) *"Cordelia’s Song from ''The King in Yellow''" ( Vincent Starrett) *"The Return of Hastur" ( August Derleth) *"Litany to Hastur" (from ''

Dreams from R'lyeh ''Dreams from R'lyeh'' is a collection of poems by Lin Carter. The book was released in hardcover by Arkham House in 1975 in an edition of 3,152 copies. It was Carter's only book published by Arkham House. The title sequence of sonnets, "Dreams fr ...

'') ( Lin Carter) *"The Children of the Night" (

) *"K’n-yan" (

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) *" The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" (

) *"The Hounds of Tindalos" ( Frank Belknap Long) *" The Curse of Yig" ( Zealia Brown Reed Bishop) *"The Mine on Yuggoth" ( Ramsey Campbell)

''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

*"The Fairground Horror" by Brian Lumley *"The Silence of Erika Zann" by James Wade *"All-Eye" by Bob Van Laerhoven *"The Tugging" by Ramsey Campbell *"Where Yidhra Walks" by Walter C. DeBill, Jr. *"The Feaster from Afar" by

Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (December 20, 1918 – January 28, 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. Of Irish ancestry, he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and he lived most of his life in New Haven, Conn ...

Zoth-Ommog The Xothic legend cycle is a series of short stories by American writer Lin Carter that are based on the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, primarily on Lovecraft's stories "The Call of Cthulhu" and " Out of the Aeons". The cycle is centered on ...

" by Lin Carter *"Darkness, My Name Is" by Eddy C. Bertin *"The Terror from the Depths" by Fritz Leiber When the collection was reprinted by Chaosium in

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, the Carter and Brennan stories were replaced by "Dope War of the Black Tong", a new Robert M. Price

pastiche A pastiche is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it ...

of Carter and

, and "Glimpses" by A. A. Attanasio, 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 Ramsey Campbell and published by Arkham House in

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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 "

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The contents are: *"Introduction" *" Crouch End" by

*"The Star Pools" by A. A. Attanasio *"The Second Wish" by Brian Lumley *"Dark Awakening" by Frank Belknap Long *"Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper *"

Black Man with a Horn "Black Man with a Horn" is a horror novella by American writer T. E. D. Klein; part of the Cthulhu Mythos cycle, it was originally published in '' New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos''. Plot The story opens with a quotation from a letter written by L ...

" by

T. E. D. Klein Theodore "Eibon" Donald Klein (born July 15, 1947) is an American horror writer and editor. Klein has published very few works, but they have all achieved positive notice for their meticulous construction and subtle use of horror: critic S. T. ...

*" The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes *"Than Curse the Darkness" by

David Drake David A. Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre. Biography Drake graduated Phi ...

*"The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell *"Notes on Contributors"

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

Arkham House 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 New England recluses utter the right incantations in the wrong books and are promptly eaten by a giant frog named Cthulhu." 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." 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 *" The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft *" The Return of the Sorcerer" by

*"Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith *" The Black Stone" by

*"The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long *"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

*" The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft *"The Shadow from the Steeple" by Robert Bloch *"

" by Robert Bloch *"The Salem Horror" by

*"The Terror from the Depths" by Fritz Leiber *"Rising with Surtsey" by Brian Lumley *"Cold Print" by Ramsey Campbell *"The Return of the Lloigor" by Colin Wilson *"My Boat" by Joanna Russ *" Sticks" by Karl Edward Wagner *"The Freshman" by Philip Jose Farmer *" Jerusalem's Lot" by

*"Discovery of the Ghooric Zone" by

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 Robert M. Price and published by

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. In an introduction, Price provides a "sketch of the

Lovecraft Mythos The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protégé of Lovecraft, to identify ...

and its evolution into the Cthulhu Mythos"—raising a defense of August Derleth'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 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

*"Introduction", by Robert M. Price *"The Thing on the Roof" by

*"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" by Robert E. Howard *"The Seven Geases" by

*"Fane of the Black Pharaoh" by

*"The Invaders" by

*"Bells of Horror" by Henry Kuttner *"The Thing That Walked on the Wind" by August Derleth *"

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" by August Derleth *"The Lair of the Star-Spawn" by August Derleth & Mark Shorer *"The Lord of Illusion" by

E. Hoffmann Price Edgar Hoffmann Price (July 3, 1898 – June 18, 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled "fictioneer") for the pulp magazine marketplace."Price, E. Hoffmann" in Server Lee. ''Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers''. ...

*"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 Henry Louis Hasse (February 7, 1913 – May 20, 1977) was an American science fiction author and fan. He is probably known best for being the co-author of Ray Bradbury's first professionally published story, "Pendulum", which appeared in Novemb ...

*"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 Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American people, American science fiction List of science fiction editors, editor, publisher, List of science fiction authors, writer, and science fiction fandom, fan. As an au ...

*" To Arkham and the Stars" by Fritz Leiber

''Cthulhu's Heirs''

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

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. With the exception of contributions by Ramsey Campbell and

Hugh B. Cave Hugh Barnett Cave (11 July 1910 – 27 June 2004) was an American writer of various genres, perhaps best remembered for his works of horror, weird menace and science fiction. Cave was one of the most prolific contributors to pulp magazines of t ...

, the stories included are original to the collection. Stratman describes the tales as "more than 20 writers' visions into the landscape of Lovecraft Country."

The contents are: *"Watch the Whiskers Sprout" by

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*"The Death Watch" by

*"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 Ramsey Campbell *"Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock" by Robert M. Price *"1968 RPI" by Joe Murphy *"Those of the Air" by Darrell Schweitzer 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 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 *"Third Eye Butterfly" by James Havoc and Mike Philbin *"A Thousand Young" by Robert M. Price *"The Night Sea-Maid Went Down" by Brian Lumley *"From this Swamp" by Henry Wessels *"Prisoner of the Coral Deep" by J. G. Ballard *"Black Static" by David Conway *"Red Mass" by Dan Kellett *"Wind Die. You Die. We Die" by William S. Burroughs *"The Call of Cthulhu" by

John Coulthart John Coulthart (born 15 March 1962) is a British graphic artist, illustrator, author and designer who has produced book covers and illustrations, CD covers and posters. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed Lovecraft-inspired book '' ...

& H. P. Lovecraft *"Potential" by Ramsey Campbell *"Walpurgisnachtmusik" by Simon Whitechapel *"Meltdown" by

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

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" by Alan Moore *"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'' 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 *"Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper *"His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" by

Poppy Z. Brite Billy Martin (born May 25, 1967), formerly Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author. He initially achieved fame in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections. He i ...

*"The Adder" by Fred Chappell *"Fat Face" by Michael Shea *"The Big Fish" by Kim Newman *"'I Had Vacantly Crumpled It Into My Pocket...But by God, Eliot, ''It Was a Photograph from Life!'''" by Joanna Russ *"H.P.L." by Gahan Wilson *"The Unthinkable" by

Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...

*"Black Man with a Horn" by

*"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 *"The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell *"On the Slab" by

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

*"24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny

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 Robert M. Price and published by

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

The contents are: *"Preface", by Ramsey Campbell *"Introduction", by Robert M. Price *"The Plain of Sound" by Ramsey Campbell *"The Stone on the Island" by Ramsey Campbell *"The Statement of One John Gibson" by Brian Lumley *"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 Lin Carter *"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 *"The Black Mirror" by John Glasby *"I've Come to Talk with You Again" by Karl Edward Wagner *"The Howler in the Dark" by

Richard L. Tierney Richard Louis Tierney (August 7, 1936 – February 1, 2022) was an American writer, poet and scholar of H. P. Lovecraft, probably best known for his heroic fantasy, including his series co-authored (with David C. Smith) of Red Sonja novels, fe ...

*"The Horror on the Beach" by Alan Dean Foster *"The Whisperers" by

Richard Lupoff Richard Allen Lupoff (February 21, 1935 – October 22, 2020) was an American science-fiction and mystery fiction, mystery author, who also wrote humor, satire, nonfiction and reviews. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 sh ...

*"Lights! Camera! Shub-Niggurath!" by Richard Lupoff *"Saucers from Yaddith" by Robert M. Price *"Vastarien" by Thomas Ligotti *"The Madness out of Space" by

Peter H. Cannon Peter H. Cannon (born 1951 in California) is an H. P. Lovecraft scholar and an author of Cthulhu Mythos fiction. Cannon works as an editor for ''Publishers Weekly'', specializing in thrillers and mystery. He lives in New York City and is marrie ...

*"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 Chaosium in July

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, 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 Fred Chappell *"The Plain of Sound" by Ramsey Campbell *"The Last Show at Verdi's Supper Club" by Stephen Mark Rainey *"Water Music for the Tillers of Soil" by Tom Piccirilli *"Shallow Fathoms" by M. Christian *"How Nyarlathotep Rocked Our World" by Gregory Nicoll *"Listen" by James Robert Smith *"Mud" by

Brian McNaughton Brian McNaughton (23 September 1935 – 13 May 2004) was an American writer of horror and fantasy fiction who mixed sex, satire and black humour. He also wrote thrillers. Biography Born at Red Bank, New Jersey, McNaughton attended Harvard and ...

*"Paedomorphosis" by

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*"Intruders" by

*"Chant" by Robert Weinberg *"Ghoul's Tale" by Robert M. Price *"The Next Big Thing" by Rob Suggs *"The Flautists" by Edward P. Berglund *"Fall From Grace" by

*"Drums" by

William R. Trotter William R. (Bill) Trotter (July 15, 1943 - February 28, 2018) was an American author and historian. Writings Trotter's work covered a variety of genres and markets. His first published work was "Sibelius and the Tides of Taste" for '' High Fide ...

*"The Enchanting of Lila Woods" by E. A. Lustig *"Yog-Sothoth, Superstar" by Thomas F. Monteleone

''The Children of Cthulhu''

''The Children of Cthulhu'', published by

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, was edited by

John Pelan John C. Pelan (July 19, 1957 – April 12, 2021) was an American author, editor and publisher in the small press science-fiction, weird and horror fiction genres. He first founded Axolotl Press in 1986 and published several volumes by authors su ...

and Benjamin Adams. In the introduction, the editors wrote: All the stories are original to the volume with the exception of

's "Are You Loathsome Tonight?", which originally appeared in her 1998 collection of the same name.

The contents are: *"

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" by China Miéville *"Visitation" by James Robert Smith *"The Invisible Empire" by

James Van Pelt James Van Pelt (born 1954 in Akron, Ohio) is an American science fiction author who began publishing in the mid-90s. He is also a teacher in the language arts department at Fruita Monument High School in Fruita, Colorado. __TOC__ Biography ...

*"A Victorian Pot Dresser" by L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims *"The Cabin in the Woods" by

Richard Laymon Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. Life and career Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...

*"The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking" by Tim Lebbon *"Sour Places" by Mark Chadbourn *"Meet Me on the Other Side" by Yvonne Navarro *"That's the Story of My Life" by

& Benjamin Adams *"Long Meg and Her Daughters" by Paul Finch *"A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At..." by Alan Dean Foster *"Dark of the Moon" by James S. Dorr *"Red Clay" by J. Michael Reaves *"Principles and Parameters" by Meredith L. Patterson *"Are You Loathsome Tonight?" by

*"The Serenade of Starlight" by W. H. Pugmire, 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

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. It was edited by

John Sunseri John Sunseri (born March 11, 1969) is a horror writer from Portland, Oregon in the United States. As well as writing traditional horror fiction he also writes Lovecraftian horror. John spent two years at Yale University studying a major in Englis ...

and

Thom Brannan The surname Thom is of Scotland, Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire and Angus, Scotland, Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas. Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation "Tom (given ...

. The volume is a “cross-genre” anthology, telling Lovecraft-inspired comedies,

space opera Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it features technological and soci ...

, hardboiled noir, etc.

*"Noir-lathotep" by Linda Donahue *"The Invasion Out of Time" by Trent Roman *"James and the Dark Grimoire" by Kevin Lauderdale *"Hellstone and Brimfire" by Doug Goodman *"Star Crossed" by Bennet Reilly *"The Covenant" by Kim Paffenroth *"The Hindenburg Manifesto" by

Lee Clark Zumpe Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

*"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,

. It was edited by

and

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

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*"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

''Cthulhu's Reign''

''Cthulhu's Reign'' was published by

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in April

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. It was edited by Darrell Schweitzer. 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 Darrell Schweitzer *"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 *"The New Pauline Corpus" by Matt Cardin *"Ghost Dancing" by Darrell Schweitzer *"This Is How the World Ends" by

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*"The Shallows" by John Langan *"Such Bright and Risen Madness in Our Names" by Jay Lake *"The Seals of New R'lyeh" by Gregory Frost *"The Holocaust of Ecstasy" by Brian Stableford *"Vastation" by Laird Barron *"Nothing Personal" by

*"Remnants" by Fred Chappell

''Historical Lovecraft''

''Historical Lovecraft'' was published by

Innsmouth Free Press Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 25 April 1981) is a Mexican Canadian novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher. Early life and education Moreno-Garcia was born 25 April 1981, and raised in Mexico. Both her parents worked for radio station ...

on April 20,

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. It was edited by

Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 25 April 1981) is a Mexican Canadian novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher. Early life and education Moreno-Garcia was born 25 April 1981, and raised in Mexico. Both her parents worked for radio stations. ...

and

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. 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'' at the time and used by many other authors, including

and

. “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

and

*"Ancient History" **"The God Lurking in Stone" by

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**"The Seeder From the Stars" by

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**"Deus ex Machina" by

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**"If Only to Taste Her Again" by

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**"Shadows of the Darkest Jade" by

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**"The Chronicle of Aliyat Son of Aliyat" by

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*"Middle Ages" **"Silently, Without Cease" by Daniel Mills **"The Good Bishop Pays the Price" by

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**"The Saga of Hilde Ansgardóttir" by Jesse Bullington **"An Interrupted Sacrifice" by

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**"Pralaya: The Disaster" by Y.W. Purnomosidhi **"The City of Ropes" by

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*"Modern Era" **"Inquisitor" by

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**"The Far Deep" by

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**"City of Witches" by

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**"Ahuizotl" by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas **"An Idol for Emiko" by

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**"The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins" by

Molly Tanzer Molly Tanzer (born October 29, 1981) is an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction writer. She won the Colorado Book Award for historical fiction, and has been nominated for the Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, and the Wonderland Book ...

**"Black Leaves" by Mason Ian Bundschuh **"The Second Theft of Alhazred’s Manuscript" by

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**"Ngiri’s Catch" by

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**"What Hides and What Returns" by

Bryan Thao Worra Bryan Thao Worra (born January 1, 1973) is a Laotian American writer. His books include ''On The Other Side Of The Eye'', ''Touching Detonations'', ''Winter Ink'', ''Barrow'' and ''The Tuk Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs''. He is the fi ...

**"Black Hill" by

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**"Amundsen’s Last Run" by

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**"Red Star, Yellow Sign" by

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

''The Book of Cthulhu''

''The Book of Cthulhu'' was published by Night Shade Books in September

. It was edited by

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. 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

*"Andromeda among the Stones" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"The Tugging" by Ramsey Campbell *"A Colder War" by Charles Stross *"The Unthinkable" by

*"Flash Frame" by

*"Some Buried Memory" by W. H. Pugmire *"The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins" by

*"Fat Face" by Michael Shea *"Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear *"Black Man with a Horn" by

*"Than Curse the Darkness" by

*"Jerobam Henley's Debt" by

Charles R. Saunders Charles Robert Saunders (July 12, 1946May 2020) was an African-American author and journalist, a pioneer of the "sword and soul" literary genre with his Imaro novels.Tattrie, Jon.The extraordinary inner world of Charles R. Saunders, father of ...

*"Nethescurial" by Thomas Ligotti *"Calimari Curls" by Kage Baker *"Jihad over Innsmouth" by Edward Morris *"Bad Sushi" by Cherie Priest *"The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife" by

John Hornor Jacobs John Hornor Jacobs is an American author, best known for the novel ''Southern Gods'', which began as a rough draft created through the NaNoWriMo process, and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2011. His 2015 novel ''For ...

*"The Doom that Came to Innsmouth" by

*"Lost Stars" by Ann K. Schwader *"The Oram County Whoosit" by

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*"The Crawling Sky" by

Joe R. Lansdale Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...

*"The Fairground Horror" by Brian Lumley *"Cinderlands" by

Tim Pratt Tim Pratt (born December 12, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He won a Hugo Award in 2007 for his short story " Impossible Dreams". He has written over 20 books, including the Marla Mason series and several Path ...

*"Lord of the Land" by Gene Wolfe *"To Live and Die in Arkham" by Joseph S. Pulver *"The Shallows" by John Langan *"The Men from Porlock" by Laird Barron

''New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird''

''New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird'' was published by Prime Books in November

. It was edited by Paula Guran. 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 Paula Guran *"Pickman's Other Model (1929)" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"Fair Exchange" by Michael Marshall Smith *"Mr. Gaunt" by John Langan *"The Vicar of R'lyeh" by

Marc Laidlaw Marc Laidlaw (born August 3, 1960) is an American writer of science fiction and horror, musician, and a former writer for the video game company Valve. He is most famous for working on Valve's ''Half-Life'' series. Biography Laidlaw was b ...

*"The Crevasse" by

Dale Bailey Dale Frederick Bailey is an American author of speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy and horror, active in the field since 1993. He writes as Dale Bailey. Biography Bailey grew up in Princeton, West Virginia and currently lives ...

and

Nathan Ballingrud Nathan Ballingrud (born December 31, 1970) is an American writer of horror and dark fantasy fiction. His novella, ''The Visible Filth'', was adapted into a feature film titled ''Wounds'' by Babak Anvari. The film is distributed by Annapurna Pictu ...

*"Bad Sushi" by Cherie Priest *"Old Virginia" by Laird Barron *"The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft" by Nick Mamatas and

*"The Oram County Whoosit" by

*"The Fungal Stain" by W. H. Pugmire *" A Study in Emerald" by

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

*"Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley *"Bringing Helena Back" by Sarah Monette *"Take Me to the River" by Paul J. McAuley *"The Essayist in the Wilderness" by

William Browning Spencer William Browning Spencer (born 1946) is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous. Awards and honors His novel ''Résumé With Mo ...

*"The Disciple" by David Barr Kirtley *" Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear *"Cold Water Survival" by

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*"The Great White Bed" by Don Webb *"Lesser Demons" by Norman Partridge *"Grinding Rock" by Cody Goodfellow *"Details" by China Miéville *"Another Fish Story" by Kim Newman *"Head Music" by

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*"Tsathoggua" by Michael Shea *"Mongoose" by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette *" A Colder War" by Charles Stross

''Black Wings''

''Black Wings'' was published by PS Publishing on May 1, 2010. It was edited by

S. T. Joshi Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers. Career His literary criticis ...

. 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

as defined by August Derleth 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 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

*"Pickman’s Other Model (1929)" by

*"Desert Dreams" by

Donald R. Burleson Lovecraft studies is the body of research that has emerged surrounding the works of H. P. Lovecraft. It began with the dissemination of Lovecraft's works by Arkham House during the decades after his death. The scholars in the field sought to estab ...

*"Engravings" by

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

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*"The Broadsword" by Laird Barron *"Usurped" by

*"Denker’s Book" by David J. Schow *"Inhabitants of Wraithwood" 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 derive ...

*“The Dome” by

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*“Rotterdam” by Nicholas Royle *“Tempting Providence” by

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*“Howling in the Dark” by Darrell Schweitzer *“The Truth about Pickman” by Brian Stableford *“Tunnels” by

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*“The Correspondence of Cameron Thaddeus Nash” annotated by Ramsey Campbell *“Violence, Child of Trust” by Michael Cisco *“Lesser Demons” by Norman Partridge *“An Eldritch Matter” by

Adam Niswander Adam Niswander (February 2, 1946 – August 12, 2012) was an American short story writer and novelist. He was a president of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society and a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Science Ficti ...

*“Substitution” by Michael Marshall Smith *“Susie” by Jason Van Hollander

''The Book of Cthulhu II''

''The Book of Cthulhu II'' was published by Night Shade Books in October

. It was edited by

. 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

*"Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" by

*"Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"This Is How the World Ends" by

*"The Drowning at Lake Henpin" by Paul Tobin *"The Ocean and All Its Devices" by

*"Take Your Daughters to Work" by

Livia Llewellyn Livia Llewellyn is an American short story horror writer from Alaska. Biography Livia Llewellyn was born in Anchorage, Alaska. She spent time working for Tor in New York and works as a secretary. She also worked as a theatre actor for twenty ...

*"The Big Fish" by Kim Newman *"Rapture of the Deep" by Cody Goodfellow *"Once More, from the Top" by

Adam Scott Glancy Adam Scott Glancy is an author and game designer known for co-developing ''Delta Green'', as well as penning game settings, source books, short fiction, and essays related to the H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. Career Adam Scott Glancy, with J ...

*"The Hour of the Tortoise" by

*"I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee" by

Christopher Reynaga Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...

*"Objects from the Gilman-Waite Collection" by Ann K. Schwader *"Of Melei, of Ulthar" by

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*"A Gentleman from Mexico" by

Mark Samuels Mark Samuels (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian choreographer, dancer and movement coach. As a professional dancer, he is known for performing with major recording artists such as Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, Mario, Maestro Fre ...

*"The Hands That Reek and Smoke" by W. H. Pugmire *"Akropolis" by

Matt Wallace Matt Wallace is an American record producer. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette *"The Nyarlathotep Event" by

Jonathan Wood Jonathan Patrick Moore, previously known as Jonathan Wood, is an Australian actor who has appeared in theatre, film and television. Early life Wood was born in Australia in 1982. His mother, Patricia Moore, was killed in a car accident in Adela ...

*"The Black Brat of Dunwich" by

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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 Fritz Leiber *"Black Hill" by

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*"The God of Dark Laughter" by Michael Chabon *"Sticks" by Karl Edward Wagner *"Hand of Glory" by Laird Barron

''Cthulhu Unbound 3''

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

. It was edited by

and David Conyers. 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 on April 15,

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. It was edited by Ellen Datlow. The volume is a "cross-genre" anthology of Lovecraft-inspired stories and poems, with original art by World Fantasy Award–winning artist

. 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

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*"Introduction" by Ellen Datlow *"Only the End of the World Again" by

*"Bulldozer" by Laird Barron *"Red Goat Black Goat" by

Nadia Bulkin Nadia Bulkin is an Indonesian-American political scientist and author of short stories, largely in the horror genre. Biography Bulkin was born in Indonesia to a Muslim father and Christian mother. Her parents decided to leave Indonesia soon after ...

*"The Same Deep Waters as You" by Brian Hodge *"A Quarter to Three" by Kim Newman *"The Dappled Thing" by

*"Inelastic Collisions" by Elizabeth Bear *"Remnants" by Fred Chappell *"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 *"Black as the Pit From Pole to Pole" by Howard Waldrop and Steven Utley *"Waiting at the Cross Roads Motel" by

Steve Rasnic Tem Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950) is an American author. He was born in Jonesville, Virginia. Rasnic attended college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and also at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned a B.A. in English educ ...

*"I’ve Come to Talk With You Again" by Karl Edward Wagner *"The Bleeding Shadow" by

*"That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable" by Nick Mamatas *"Haruspicy" (poem) by Gemma Files *"Children of the Fang" by John Langan *"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 aunt ...

''New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird''

''New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird'' was published by Prime Books in April

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. It was edited by Paula Guran. 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 Brian Hodge *"Mysterium Tremendum" by Laird Barron *"The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings" by Caitlín R. Kiernan *"Bloom" by John Langan *"At Home with Azathoth" by John Shirley *"The Litany of Earth" by

Ruthanna Emrys Ruthanna Emrys is an American science fiction and fantasy writer best known for The Innsmouth Legacy series: '' The Litany of Earth'', '' Winter Tide'', and '' Deep Roots''. Biography Emrys is a contributor to science fiction and fantasy magazi ...

*"Necrotic Cove" by

Lois H. Gresh Lois Harriet Gresh is a New York Times Best-Selling author of ten science fiction novels and story collections and seventeen popular science and pop culture books, some in collaboration with Robert Weinberg. Gresh has also written approximately ...

*"On Ice" by

Simon Strantzas Simon Strantzas (born 1972) is a weird fiction author from Toronto, Canada. He has written five story collections and been nominated for a British Fantasy Award in 2009. He has also edited three anthologies including ''Aickman's Heirs'' which won ...

*"The Wreck of the ''Charles Dexter Ward''" by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette *"All My Love, A Fishhook" by

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*"The Doom That Came to Devil Reef" by Don Webb *"Momma Durtt" by Michael Shea *"They Smell of Thunder" by W. H. Pugmire *"The Song of Sighs" by Angela Slatter *"Fishwife" by Carrie Vaughn *"In the House of the Hummingbirds" by

*"Who Looks Back?" by Kyla Ward *"Equoid" by Charles Stross *"The Boy Who Followed Lovecraft" by

''Cthulhu Fhtagn!''

''Cthulhu Fhtagn!'' was published by Word Horde on August 15,

. 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 " The Call of Cthulhu" 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

*"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 W. H. Pugmire *"The Lurker in the Shadows" by

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*"The Insectivore" by

*"The Body Shop" by Richard Lee Byers *"On a Kansas Plain" by

Michael J. Martinez Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

*"The Prince of Lyghes" by Anya Martin *"The Curious Death of Sir Arthur Turnbridge" by

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*"Aerkheim’s Horror" by

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*"Return of the Prodigy" by T.E. Grau *"The Curse of the Old Ones" by

and Jesse Bullington *"Love Will Save You" by Cameron Pierce *"Assemblage Point" by

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*"The Return of Sarnath" by

*"The Long Dark" by

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*"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

on October 13,

. It was edited by

and

. Its publication was funded by a successful Indiegogo campaign and contains entirely original stories, all of them written by women. Writing for '' The Mary Sue'', 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 *"De Deabus Minoribus Exterioris Theomagicae" by Jilly Dreadful *"Hairwork" by Gemma Files *"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

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*"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 Angela Slatter *"The Opera Singer" by Priya Sridhar *"Provenance" by Benjanun Sriduangkaew *"The Thing in the Cheerleading Squad" by Molly Tanzer *"Lockbox" by E. Catherine Tobler *"When She Quickens" by

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*"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, and Bryce J. Stevens, was published in Melbourne in 2017. ''Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2'' followed in 2018.

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''Song of Cthulhu''

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