In Lovecraft's Shadow

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name = In Lovecraft's Shadow
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image_caption = Jacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian for "In Lovecraft's Shadow"
author = August Derleth
illustrator = Stephen E. Fabian
cover_artist = Stephen E. Fabian
country = Canada
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Mycroft & Moran
release_date = 1998
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xiv, 351 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-55246-003-7
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"In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1998 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,051 copies.

The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos and several had appeared previously in the Arkham House collections: "The Mask of Cthulhu" (1958), "The Trail of Cthulhu" (1962) and "Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People" (with Mark Schorer, 1966).

Contents

"In Lovecraft's Shadow" contains the following tales:

# "Introduction", by Joseph Wrzos
# "A Few Words About the Artist", by Joseph Wrzos
# Part I: Homage, Thricefold
#* "Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight"
# 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"
# Part III: Collaborations: Non-Lovecraftian
#* "Lair of the Star-Spawn" (with Mark Schorer)
#* "Spawn of the Maelstrom" (with Mark Schorer)
#* "The Horror from the Depths" (with Mark Schorer)
#* "The House in the Oaks" (with Robert E. Howard)
# Part IV: The Old Ones Abroad
#* "Those Who Seek"
#* "The God-Box"
#* "Something from Out There"
# Part V: The Mythos in Verse
#* "Incubus"
# 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"
# 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"
# Part VIII: Coda, Epistolary
#* "On Reading Old Letters. For H.P.L."
# Part IX: The Mythos in Miniature:
#* "A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos"
# Notes
# Appendix: The Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Stories (Excluding the Lovecraft Collaborations) in Order of Publication

References

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