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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > H. P. Lovecraft > Cthulhu Mythos
H. P. Lovecraft created a rich mythological background to his fiction stories including the Great Old Ones which are ancient alien entities worshipped as gods by their human followers, and the Necronomicon, a fantastic (but evil) book.
This background was greatly expanded by other authors, most especially August Derleth who coined the term "Cthulhu Mythos" to describe it.
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Cthulhu Mythos
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By Kent Kelly
Wonderland Imprints
Released: 2010-10-26
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Horrors! While out on a lovely boating jaunt with her sister Lorina and Charles Dodgson (otherwise known as Lewis Carroll), poor Alice finds herself caught up in the tentacles of madness. Inspired by the brilliant and haunting Dreamlands works of the pre-eminent author of horror-fantasy, H.P. Lovecraft, CTHULHU IN WONDERLAND: The Madness of Alice hurls the reader down the Zoog Hole and into Wonderland to experience the sanity-leeching terror of Cthulhu, Shoggoths, the Jabberwock, the demoniac Duchess, the tyrannical Queen in Crimson and the King in Yellow himself. Filled with macabre, sophisticated and antediluvian humor, CTHULHU IN WONDERLAND is certain to leave a permanent aethereal scar upon the reader's already frail and faltering psyche.
From the author of THE NECRONOMICON ~ THE CTHULHU REVELATIONS and the editor of THE COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
(Disclaimer: Publisher not responsible for death, dread metamorphosis, transmogrification, loss of sanity, permanent neural damage or horrific titillation. If you experience a trans-dimensional journey lasting longer than 4 hours, cease all bodily activity and go the emergency room immediately. Read at your own risk. Ingredients: Earth-Shattering Revelation 43.6%, Apocalyptic Waking Nightmare 33.1%, Things Man Was Not Meant to Know 23.3%. May contain trace amounts of morbid amusement and partially hydrogenated peanut oil.) |
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By Neil Gaiman, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith & Rafael Tavares
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For more than 80 years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - remain not only viable motifs, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction - bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters - eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly appealing. |
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By Carrie Cuinn, Kenneth Hite, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Matthew Marovich, Richard Baron & K.V. Taylor
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The first title from independent publisher Dagan Books, Cthulhurotica is an exciting new anthology of erotic horror, inspired by the writing of H. P. Lovecraft. This decadent collection contains unique creations of Mythos fiction, orignal art, and academic essays. With work by Cody Goodfellow, Kenneth Hite, Steven J. Scearce, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gabrielle Harbowy, Matthew Marovich, Kirsten Brown, Richard Baron, Don Pizarro, K.V. Taylor, Jennifer Brozek, Galen Dara, Mae Empson, Nathan Crowder, Leon J. West, and many more ... Contents 1 • Astrophobos • by H.P. Lovecraft 2 • Introduction • by Carrie Cuinn 10 • Descent of the Wayward Sister • by Gabrielle Harbowy 22 • The C-Word • by Don Pizarro 35 • Infernal Attractors • by Cody Goodfellow 46 • Daddy's Girl • by Madison Woods 54 • Victim of Victims • by Anonymous 55 • Whateley Family Portrait • interior artwork by Kirsten Brown 57 • The Cry in the Darkness • by Richard Baron 71 • Riemannian Dreams • by Juan Miguel Marin 84 • Turning On, Tuning In, and Dropping Out at the Mountains of Madness • by Ahimsa Kerp 97 • Song of the Catherine Clark • by Maria Mitchell 105 • Between a Rock and an Elder Goddess • by Mae Empson 118 • The Fishwives of Sean Brolly • by Nathan Crowder 131 • Deep Ones • interior artwork by Galen Dara 133 • Flash Frame • by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 147 • Transfigured Night • by K.V. Taylor 163 • Love from the Black Lagoon • interior artwork by Galen Dara 164 • The Lake at Roopkund • by Andrew Scearce 181 • Ipsa Scientia • by Constella Espj 196 • Amid Disquieting Dreams • by Leon J. West 208 • Your Fisheater • interior artwork by Stephen Stanley 209 • The Dreamlands of Mars • by Travis King 223 • The Assistant from Innsmouth • by Steven J. Scearce 239 • The Brides of Tindalos • interior artwork by Kirsten Brown 240 • The Summoned • by Clint Collins 253 • Sense • by Matthew Marovich 266 • Lovecraftian Love • interior artwork by Galen Dara 267 • Optional On The Beach At The Festival Of Shug Niggurath • by Gary Mark Bernstein 275 • Le Ciél Ouvert • by Kirsten Brown 288 • Cthulhu's Polymorphous Perversity • essay by Kenneth Hite 302 • The Sexual Attraction Of The Lovecraftian Universe • essay by Jennifer Brozek 313 • Cthulhurotica, Female Empowerment, and the New Weird • essay by Justin Everett |
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By H. P. Lovecraft
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Released: 1998-09-14
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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
--H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre.
In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition:
¸  The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals.
¸  Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch: A lone farmboy chronicles his last stand against a hungering backwoods evil.
¸  Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell: An avid reader of forbidden books finds a treasure trove of deadly volumes--available for a bloodcurdling price.
¸  The Freshman by Philip José Farmer: A student of the black arts receives an education in horror at notorious Miskatonic University.
PLUS EIGHTEEN MORE SPINE-TINGLING TALES! |
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By H. P. Lovecraft
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The Call of Cthulu, the tale of a horrifying underwater monster coming to life and threatening mankind, is H.P. Lovecraft's most famous and most widely popular tale, spawning an entire mythology, with the power to strike terror into the hearts of even the Great Old Ones. |
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The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century''s most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil. The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales. From weird fiction masters to enigmatic rising stars, The Book of Cthulhu demonstrates how Mythos fiction has been a major cultural meme throughout the 20th century, and how this type of story is still salient, and terribly powerful today.
Table of Contents:
Caitlin R. Kiernan - Andromeda among the Stones
Ramsey Campbell - The Tugging
Charles Stross - A Colder War
Bruce Sterling - The Unthinkable
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Flash Frame
W. H. Pugmire - Some Buried Memory
Molly Tanzer - The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins
Michael Shea - Fat Face
Elizabeth Bear - Shoggoths in Bloom
T. E. D. Klien - Black Man With A Horn
David Drake - Than Curse the Darkness
Charles Saunders - Jeroboam Henley''s Debt
Thomas Ligotti - Nethescurial
Kage Baker - Calamari Curls
Edward Morris - Jihad over Innsmouth
Cherie Priest - Bad Sushi
John Hornor Jacobs - The Dream of the Fisherman''s Wife
Brian McNaughton - The Doom that Came to Innsmouth
Ann K. Schwader - Lost Stars
Steve Duffy - The Oram County Whoosit
Joe R. Lansdale - The Crawling Sky
Brian Lumley - The Fairground Horror
Tim Pratt - Cinderlands
Gene Wolfe - Lord of the Land
Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. - To Live and Die in Arkham
John Langan - The Shallows
Laird Barron - The Men from Porlock |
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By Daniel Harms
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The third edition of this popular and extensive encyclopedia of the Cthulhu Mythos—updated with more fiction listings and recent material—this unique book spans the years of H. P. Lovecraft’s influence in culture, entertainment, and fiction. The expansive entries make this reference invaluable for anyone knowledgeable about the Cthulhu Mythos and a much-needed resource for those longing to learn about the cosmic horrors from past and present decades. |
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By Rachel Gray
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Providing insight into the famed Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft as well as the countless mythical threats that creep among Earth’s population, this comprehensive handbook explores the transdimensional beings, subterranean creatures, and fantastical beasts that lurk in the corners of time. From encounters with Barnabas Marsh and Wilbur Whateley to dangerous seaside communities, this witty exploration covers the multitude of imaginary dangers, escape options, and chances of survival when confronting these horrors. Shoggoths, Nightgaunts, ghouls, and Cthulhu all have ventured into popular culture in the form of cuddly toys, but as this entertaining overview proves, these monsters are not so warm and fuzzy when met face-to-face, face-to-muzzle, or face-to-tentacles. Authoritative and hilarious, this “survival guide” sheds light on the mysterious and often unimaginable world of Cthulhu. |
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By Kent David Kelly
Wonderland Imprints
Released: 2012-01-15
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That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons, even Death may die.
(Al Azif, Necronomicon, Scroll 50, fin.)
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THE GREATEST NECROMANCER of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, Abdul Alhazred, comes to vivid and haunting life in this compelling first codex from the most fabled and infamous grimoire of black magic that the world has ever known: THE NECRONOMICON. Herein lie the terrible secrets of Great Cthulhu and his cult, of the sunken city of R’lyeh, of Alhazred’s necromantic incantations, of the Nameless City, of Nyarlathotep, and the horrible cannibalistic Ghuls who stalk the storm-wrought wastelands of Yemen and Arabia. But know this: where horrors stride from between the spheres, there rises beauty as well. Experience the wonders of the life of Alhazred: the spice caravans, the Tower of Babel, the Hanging Gardens, the unearthly paradise of doomed Sarnath within the Dreamlands, and share in his dark adventures as he seeks to resurrect his lost beloved, the murdered Adaya. What is the horrible secret of Adaya’s second life, and how did Alhazred come to be the death-sworn enemy of the Cult of Cthulhu? All of the answers are to be found in THE NECRONOMICON, CODEX ONE: THE CTHULHU REVELATIONS.
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Part epic horror, part dark fantasy, part love story and part tomb-delving adventure, THE NECRONOMICON, CODEX ONE: THE CTHULHU REVELATIONS is a vast and ambitious chronicle which has taken fifteen years to come to light. From the author of the dark fantasy epic ARACHNE BOOKS I & II and the editor of the bestselling five-star Amazon ebook, THE COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND. A Wonderland Imprints exclusive.
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(An epic novel presented in its complete edition. 80,000 words, 50 chapters, 325 pages. The first of a new epic series of tales exploring the revelations of the Cthulhu Mythos, meticulously researched as never before.)
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Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn ~
In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. |
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By H.P. Lovecraft
Trilogus Classics
Released: 2010-12-27
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This collection represents the tales H.P. Lovecraft penned in his lifetime regarding the macabre universe he created, and filled with ancient gods and primordial creatures from the abyss. They deal with subjects who, through delving too deep into the shadowy manifestations of magic and hidden lore of the grimoire called the Necromonicon, have unleashed horrors beyond imagination.
Although utilized as themes by other writers and musicians through the years, the stories included in this compilation remain the core root of Lovecraft's vision:
The Nameless City
The Festival
The Colour Out of Space
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Dreams in the Witch-House
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark
he Thing on the Doorstep
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward |
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