The book collects 12 fantasy tales and poems by various authors that either influenced or were influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H. It was the fifth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1971 as the 36th volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. The Spawn of Cthulhu is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by Lin Carter. Lupoffįor the full details of the 1990 revised edition, see Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Golden Anniversary Anthology below. 'Discovery of the Ghooric Zone' by Richard A.'The Terror from the Depths' by Fritz Leiber.This later revised edition, edited and introduced by Jim Turner, drops the stories by Shea and Wade and the two by Lumley and adds the following seven tales: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, November 1990 (variant contents).New York: Ballantine, 1971 (two volumes).'The Return of the Lloigor' by Colin Wilson*.' Notebook Found in a Deserted House' by Robert Bloch.'The Shadow from the Steeple' by Robert Bloch.'The Shambler from the Stars' by Robert Bloch.'Beyond the Threshold' by August Derleth.'The Dweller in Darkness' by August Derleth.

'The Space-Eaters' by Frank Belknap Long.' The Hounds of Tindalos' by Frank Belknap Long.' The Return of the Sorcerer' by Clark Ashton Smith.The contents of the original 1969 edition are: Lin Carter later wrote that Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 'marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the Mythos for many reasons, and one of the most important was that it introduced a number of new writers in the Mythos.' Contents In this introduction, Derleth prematurely declared the genre to be dead-'for certainly the Mythos as an inspiration for new fiction is hardly likely to afford readers with enough that is new and sufficiently different in execution to create a continuing and growing demand'. It was published in an edition of 4,024 copies.ĭerleth prefaced the collection with 'The Cthulhu Mythos', an outline of his (sometimes controversial) views on the development and content of the Mythos. It contained two stories by Lovecraft, a number of reprints of pieces written by members of Lovecraft's circle of correspondents, and several new tales written for the collection by a new generation of Cthulhu Mythos writers. Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, edited by writer August Derleth and published by Arkham House in 1969, is considered the first Cthulhu Mythos anthology.

Cthulhusattva by Scott R. Jones