The Mask of Cthulhu

The Mask of Cthulhu

Infobox Book
name = The Mask of Cthulhu
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image_caption = Jacket illustration by Richard Taylor for "The Mask of Cthulhu"
author = August Derleth
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cover_artist = Richard Taylor
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1958
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 201 pp
isbn = NA
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"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.

The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos and most had appeared in the magazine "Weird Tales" between 1939 and 1953.

Contents

"The Mask of Cthulhu" contains the following tales:

# "Introduction"
# "The Return of Hastur"
# "The Whipporwills in the Hills"
# "Something in Wood"
# "The Sandwin Compact"
# "The House in the Valley"
# "The Seal of R'lyeh"

Reprints

*London: Consol, 1961.
*New York: Beagle, 1971.
*Jersey, UK: Neville Spearman, 1974.
*London, Grafton, 1988.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=48| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=35-36 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=65 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=78 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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