In Lovecraft's Shadow
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In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth is a collection of fantasy and horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by author 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...

. It was released in 1998
1998 in literature
The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 5 - Tennessee Williams' 1938 play, Not About Nightingales, receives its stage première....

 by Mycroft & Moran
Mycroft & Moran
Mycroft & Moran was an imprint of Arkham House publishers and was created in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1945. The imprint was created to publish weird detective stories and the Solar Pons stories by August Derleth...

 in an edition of 2,051 copies.

The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...

 and several had appeared previously in the 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...

 collections: The Mask of Cthulhu
The Mask of Cthulhu
The Mask of Cthulhu is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1958 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,051 copies....

(1958), The Trail of Cthulhu
The Trail of Cthulhu
The Trail of Cthulhu is a series of interconnected short stories written by August Derleth as part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction...

(1962) and Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People
Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People
Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People is a collection of stories by authors August Derleth and Mark Schorer writing in collaboration. It was released in 1966 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,405 copies. The stories were written while the two authors shared a cabin on the Wisconsin River in...

(with Mark Schorer
Mark Schorer
Mark Schorer was an American writer, critic, and scholar born in Sauk City, Wisconsin.-Biography:Schorer earned an MA at Harvard and his Ph.D. in English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1936...

, 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
      Mark Schorer
      Mark Schorer was an American writer, critic, and scholar born in Sauk City, Wisconsin.-Biography:Schorer earned an MA at Harvard and his Ph.D. in English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1936...

      )
    • "Spawn of the Maelstrom" (with Mark Schorer)
    • "The Horror from the Depths" (with Mark Schorer)
    • "The House in the Oaks" (with Robert E. Howard
      Robert E. Howard
      Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....

      )
  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
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