In Lovecraft's Shadow

In Lovecraft's Shadow
Jacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian for In Lovecraft's Shadow
AuthorAugust Derleth
IllustratorStephen E. Fabian
Cover artistStephen E. Fabian
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, horror
PublisherMycroft & Moran
Publication date
1998
Publication placeCanada
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"
  4. 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"
  5. 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)
  6. Part IV: The Old Ones Abroad
    • "Those Who Seek"
    • "The God-Box"
    • "Something from Out There"
  7. Part V: The Mythos in Verse
    • "Incubus"
  8. 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"
  9. 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"
  10. Part VIII: Coda, Epistolary
    • "On Reading Old Letters. For H.P.L."
  11. Part IX: The Mythos in Miniature:
    • "A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos"
  12. Notes
  13. Appendix: The Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Stories (Excluding the Lovecraft Collaborations) in Order of Publication

Sources

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 846.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.