In Lovecraft’s Shadow by August Derleth (Mycroft & Moran, November 1998, 1-55246-003-7, $60.00, 351pp, hc, co, cover by Stephen Fabian)
Collection of all 23 of Derleth’s complete Lovecraftian Mythos stories (excluding his actual Lovecraft collaborations), three poems (one previously unpublished), and essay “A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos”. Illustrated by Stephen Fabian. Introduction and comments on the artist by Joseph Wrzos.
- iii · Introduction · Joseph Wrzos · in
- xiii · A Few Words About the Artist · Joseph Wrzos · pr
- · Part 1: Homage, Thricefold
- 2 · Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight · August Derleth · pm The Arkham Sampler Autumn 1948
- · Part II: North Woods Stories: Ithaqua of the Snows & Others
- 7 · The Thing That Walked on the Wind [Cthulhu] · August Derleth · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933
- 15 · Ithaqua [Cthulhu] · August Derleth · ss Strange Stories February 1941
- 23 · Beyond the Threshold [Cthulhu] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales September 1941
- 39 · The Dweller in Darkness [Cthulhu] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales November 1944
- · Part III: Collaborations: Non-Lovecraftian
- 63 · The Lair of the Star-Spawn [Cthulhu] · August Derleth & Mark Schorer · nv Weird Tales August 1932
- 75 · Spawn of the Maelstrom · August Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales September 1939
- 85 · Horror from the Depths [Cthulhu] · August Derleth & Mark Schorer · nv Strange Stories October 1940, as “The Evil Ones”
- 101 · The House in the Oaks [Cthulhu] · August Derleth & Robert E. Howard · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971
completed by Derleth from an unfinished story entitled “The House” (The Howard Reader, #8, 2003).
- · Part IV: The Old Ones Abroad
- 112 · Those Who Seek · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales January 1932
- 119 · The God-Box · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1945
- 125 · Something from Out There · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales January 1951
- · Part V: The Mythos in Verse
- 135 · Incubus · August Derleth · pm Weird Tales May 1934
- · Part VI: Miskatonic Valley Tales: Arkham & Environs
- 138 · The Return of Hastur · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales March 1939
- 153 · Passing of Eric Holm · August Derleth · ss Strange Stories December 1939, as by Will Garth
- 157 · The Sandwin Compact · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales November 1940
- 171 · Something in Wood · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1948
- 181 · The Whippoorwills in the Hills · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales September 1948
- 199 · The House in the Valley · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1953
- 217 · The Seal of R’lyeh · August Derleth · nv Fantastic Universe July 1957, as “The Seal of the Damned”
- · Part VII: On Cthulhu’s Trail: Tha Laban Shrewsbury Stories
- 234 · The House on Curwen Street [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales March 1944, as “The Trail of Cthulhu”
- 259 · The Watcher from the Sky [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1945
- 281 · The Gorge Beyond Salapunco [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales March 1949, as “The Testament of Claiborne Boyd”
- 301 · The Keeper of the Key [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales May 1951
- 321 · The Black Island [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales January 1952
- · Part VIII: Coda, Epistolary
- 341 · On Reading Old Letters. For H.P.L. · August Derleth · pm 1997
- · Part IX: The Mythos in Miniature
- 345 · A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos · August Derleth · ar The Trail of Cthulhu by August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962
- 347 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 351 · Appendix: The Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Stories (Excluding the Lovecraft Collaborations) in Order of Publication · [uncredited] · bi
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