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:
  1. "Introduction", by Joseph Wrzos
  2. "A Few Words About the Artist", by Joseph Wrzos
  3. Part I: Homage, Thricefold
  4. * "Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight"
  5. Part II: North Woods Stories: Ithaqua of the Snows & Others
  6. * "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"
  7. * "Ithaqua"
  8. * "Beyond the Threshold"
  9. * "The Dweller in Darkness"
  10. Part III: Collaborations: Non-Lovecraftian
  11. * "Lair of the Star-Spawn"
  12. * "Spawn of the Maelstrom"
  13. * "The Horror from the Depths"
  14. * "The House in the Oaks"
  15. Part IV: The Old Ones Abroad
  16. * "Those Who Seek"
  17. * "The God-Box"
  18. * "Something from Out There"
  19. Part V: The Mythos in Verse
  20. * "Incubus"
  21. Part VI: Miskatonic Valley Tales: Arkham & Environs
  22. * "The Return of Hastur"
  23. * "The Passing of Eric Holm"
  24. * "The Sandwin Compact"
  25. * "Something in Wood"
  26. * "The Whippoorwills in the Hills"
  27. * "The House in the Valley"
  28. * "The Seal of R’lyeh"
  29. Part VII: On Cthulhu's Trail: The Laban Shrewsbury Stories
  30. * "The House on Curwen Street: The Manuscript of Andred Phelan"
  31. * "The Watcher from the Sky: The Deposition of Abel Keane"
  32. * "The Gorge Beyond Salapunco: "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd"
  33. * "The Keeper of the Key: The Statement of Nayland Colum"
  34. * "The Black Island: The Narrative of Horvath Blayne"
  35. Part VIII: Coda, Epistolary
  36. * "On Reading Old Letters. For H.P.L."
  37. Part IX: The Mythos in Miniature:
  38. * "A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos"
  39. Notes
  40. Appendix: The Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Stories in Order of Publication