Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/1998-short-story-collections

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

In Lovecraft's Shadow

Book by August Derleth


Summary

Book by August Derleth

FieldValue
nameIn Lovecraft's Shadow
imageIn lovecrafts shadow.jpg
captionJacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian for In Lovecraft's Shadow
authorAugust Derleth
illustratorStephen E. Fabian
cover_artistStephen E. Fabian
countryCanada
languageEnglish
genreFantasy, horror
publisherMycroft & Moran
release_date1998
media_typePrint (hardback)
pagesxiv, 351
isbn1-55246-003-7
oclc36693519

In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1998 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,051 copies.

The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos and several had appeared previously in the Arkham House collections: The Mask of Cthulhu (1958), The Trail of Cthulhu (1962) and Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People (with Mark Schorer, 1966).

Contents

In Lovecraft's Shadow contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction", by Joseph Wrzos
  2. "A Few Words About the Artist", by Joseph Wrzos
  3. Part I: Homage, Thricefold
  • "Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight"
  1. Part II: North Woods Stories: Ithaqua of the Snows & Others
  • "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"
  • "Ithaqua"
  • "Beyond the Threshold"
  • "The Dweller in Darkness"
  1. Part III: Collaborations: Non-Lovecraftian
  • "Lair of the Star-Spawn" (with Mark Schorer)
  • "Spawn of the Maelstrom" (with Mark Schorer)
  • "The Horror from the Depths" (with Mark Schorer)
  • "The House in the Oaks" (with Robert E. Howard)
  1. Part IV: The Old Ones Abroad
  • "Those Who Seek"
  • "The God-Box"
  • "Something from Out There"
  1. Part V: The Mythos in Verse
  • "Incubus"
  1. Part VI: Miskatonic Valley Tales: Arkham & Environs
  • "The Return of Hastur"
  • "The Passing of Eric Holm"
  • "The Sandwin Compact"
  • "Something in Wood"
  • "The Whippoorwills in the Hills"
  • "The House in the Valley"
  • "The Seal of R’lyeh"
  1. Part VII: On Cthulhu's Trail: The Laban Shrewsbury Stories
  • "The House on Curwen Street: The Manuscript of Andred Phelan"
  • "The Watcher from the Sky: The Deposition of Abel Keane"
  • "The Gorge Beyond Salapunco: "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd"
  • "The Keeper of the Key: The Statement of Nayland Colum"
  • "The Black Island: The Narrative of Horvath Blayne"
  1. Part VIII: Coda, Epistolary
  • "On Reading Old Letters. For H.P.L."
  1. Part IX: The Mythos in Miniature:
  • "A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos"
  1. Notes
  2. Appendix: The Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Stories (Excluding the Lovecraft Collaborations) in Order of Publication

Sources

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about In Lovecraft's Shadow — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report