In Lovecraft's Shadow
In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer 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, The Trail of Cthulhu and Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People.
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"
- * "Spawn of the Maelstrom"
- * "The Horror from the Depths"
- * "The House in the Oaks"
- 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 in Order of Publication