Dagon and Other Macabre Tales is a collection of stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....

. It was originally published in 1965 by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

 in an edition of 3,471 copies.

The collection was revised in 1986 by S.T. Joshi replacing the introduction by August Derleth

August Derleth

August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

 for one by Joshi and another by T. E. D. Klein

T. E. D. Klein

Theodore "Eibon" Donald Klein 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 bulk of the tales were also reordered chronologically, while some tales were moved to appendices. It was released in an edition of 4,023 copies.

Contents

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales contains the following tales:

1. Introduction by August Derleth
   August Derleth
   August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
   
   
2. Dagon
   Dagon (short story)
   "Dagon" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in July 1917, one of the first stories he wrote as an adult. It was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant .-Inspiration:...
   
   
3. The Tomb
   The Tomb (short story)
   "The Tomb" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It is the first work of fiction that Lovecraft wrote as an adult.-Plot summary:...
   
   
4. Polaris
   Polaris (short story)
   "Polaris" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1918 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the amateur journal The Philosopher...
   
   
5. Beyond the Wall of Sleep
   Beyond the Wall of Sleep (short story)
   "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft written in 1919 and first published in the amateur publication Pine Cones in October 1919.-Inspiration:...
   
   
6. The Doom That Came to Sarnath
   The Doom that Came to Sarnath
   "The Doom that Came to Sarnath" is an early short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It is written in a mythic/fairy tale style and is associated with his Dream Cycle...
   
   
7. The White Ship
8. Arthur Jermyn
9. The Cats of Ulthar
   The Cats of Ulthar
   "The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who...
   
   
10. Celephaïs
    Celephaïs
    "Celephaïs" is a fantasy story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early November 1920 and first published in the May 1922 issue of the Rainbow.The title refers to a fictional city that later appears in H. P...
    
    
11. From Beyond
    From Beyond (short story)
    "From Beyond" is a short story by science fiction and horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920 and was first published in The Fantasy Fan in June 1934 .-Synopsis:...
    
    
12. The Temple
    The Temple (short story)
    "The Temple" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920, and first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1925. It was the first story Lovecraft published in Weird Tales, and indeed was his first publication in any professional outlet.-Synopsis:The story is narrated as a...
    
    
13. The Tree
    The Tree (short story)
    "The Tree" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1920 and first published in the October 1921.-Background:...
    
    
14. The Moon-Bog
    The Moon-Bog
    "The Moon Bog" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in or before March 1921 and first published in the June 1926 issue of Weird Tales....
    
    
15. The Nameless City
    The Nameless City
    "The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine...
    
    
16. The Other Gods
    The Other Gods
    "The Other Gods" is a short story written by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft on August 14, 1921. It was first published in the November 1933 issue of The Fantasy Fan.-Synopsis:...
    
    
17. The Quest of Iranon
    The Quest of Iranon
    "The Quest of Iranon" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on February 28, 1921, and was first published in the July/August 1935 issue of the magazine Galleon. It was later reprinted in Weird Tales in 1939.-Plot summary:...
    
    
18. Herbert West--Reanimator
    Herbert West--Reanimator
    "Herbert West—Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew...
    
    
19. The Hound
    The Hound
    This page deals with the H. P. Lovecraft short story. For the character from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, see Sandor Clegane"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales...
    
    
20. Hypnos
    Hypnos (short story)
    "Hypnos" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, penned in March 1922 and first published in the May 1923 issue of National Amateur.-Synopsis:...
    
    
21. The Lurking Fear
    The Lurking Fear
    "The Lurking Fear" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew.-Origin:...
    
    
22. The Festival
    The Festival (short story)
    "The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.-Inspiration:...
    
    
23. The Unnamable
    The Unnamable (short story)
    "The Unnamable" is a short story by science fiction and horror author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in September of 1923 and was first published in the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales.-Plot summary:...
    
    
24. Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
    Under the Pyramids
    "Under the Pyramids", also published as "Entombed with the Pharaohs" and "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs", is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in February 1924. Commissioned by Weird Tales founder and owner J. C...
    
    
25. He
    He (short story)
    "He" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written August 1925, it was first published in Weird Tales, September 1926.-Plot summary:...
    
    
26. The Horror at Red Hook
    The Horror at Red Hook
    "The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on August 1–2, 1925, it was first published in the January 1927 issue of Weird Tales.-Inspiration:...
    
    
27. The Strange High House in the Mist
    The Strange High House in the Mist
    "The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales.-Inspiration:An H. P...
    
    
28. In the Walls of Eryx
    In the Walls of Eryx
    "In the Walls of Eryx" is a short story by the pulp fiction author H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling, written in January 1936 and first published in Weird Tales magazine in October 1939...
    
    
29. The Evil Clergyman
    The Evil Clergyman
    "The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story....
    
    
30. The Beast in the Cave
    The Beast in the Cave
    "The Beast in the Cave" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft written in 1905, when Lovecraft was fourteen. It was first published in the June 1918 issue of the amateur press journal the Vagrant.-Plot synopsis:...
    
    
31. The Alchemist
    The Alchemist (short story)
    "The Alchemist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November 1916 issue of the United Amateur.-Plot summary:...
    
    
32. Poetry and the Gods
33. The Street
    The Street (short story)
    "The Street" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1919 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the Wolverine amateur journal.-Synopsis:...
    
    
34. The Transition of Juan Romero
    The Transition of Juan Romero
    "The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 16, 1919, and first published in the 1944 Arkham House volume Marginalia.-Plot summary:...
    
    
35. Azathoth
    Azathoth (short story)
    "Azathoth" is the beginning of a never-completed novel written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in June 1922 and published as a fragment in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death...
    
    
36. The Descendant
    The Descendant (short story)
    "The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.-Inspiration:...
    
    
37. The Book
    The Book (short story)
    "The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death....
    
    
38. The Thing in the Moonlight
    The Thing in the Moonlight
    The Thing in the Moonlight is a short story by J. Chapman Miske, based on a letter from H. P. Lovecraft to Donald Wandrei, dated November 24, 1927. This letter describes a dream that Lovecraft had. The story was prepared for publication by Miske, who filled in the story surrounding the description...
    
    
39. Supernatural Horror in Literature
    Supernatural Horror in Literature
    "Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a long essay by the celebrated horror writer H. P. Lovecraft surveying the field of horror fiction. It was written between November 1925 and May 1927 and revised in 1933-1934. It was first published in 1927 in the one-shot magazine The Recluse...
    
    

Arkham House

• 2nd printing, 1969 - 1,988 copies.
• 3rd printing, 1971 - 3,054 copies.
• 4th printing, 1975 - 4,024 copies.
• corrected 5th printing, 1986 - 4,023 copies.
• corrected 6th printing, 1987 - 3,932 copies.
• corrected 7th printing, 1991 - 3,996 copies.
• corrected 8th printing, 1997 - 3,025 copies.
• corrected 9th printing, 2001 - 2,500 copies.