Tales of the Great Old Ones: The Collected Cthulhu Mythos (Illustrated)

Cthulhu, Azathoh, Nyarlathotep, Dagon, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth... names that evoke terror and heart-quavering nightmares. These and many more are The Great Old Ones. Among them are the Outer Gods, the Great Ones, the Elder Gods, and other nameless horrors from the darkest imaginings.These are their stories. Here are the tales of the Great Old Ones.Gathered in Tales of the Great Old Ones: The Collected Cthulhu Mythos are the many fascinating horrific tales of the Lovecraft Mythos, the imaginary mythical backdrop, settings, stories, characters, lore, and themes developed by H. P. Lovecraft in his "Cthulhu Mythos".Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is the foundation of a fictional myth-cycle first recognized and developed by the writer August Derleth, placing some of Lovecraft's stories into a distinct category. These stories focus on The Great Old Ones, elder gods, and unspeakable horrors, along with lost civilizations and the fate of man when faced with unfathomable and unspeakable truths. Lovecraft's peers built on and around this mythos just as he built on his predecessors.Collected in Tales of the Great Old Ones: The Collected Cthulhu Mythos are the following tales of weird fiction, cosmic horrors, and soul-crushing madness:Pre-Lovecraft MythosHaïta the Shepherd, 1893 by Ambrose BierceThe King in Yellow, 1895 by Robert W. Chambers, including:The Repairer of ReputationsThe MaskIn the Court of the DragonThe Yellow SignThe Demoiselle d'YsThe Prophets' ParadiseThe Street of the Four WindsThe Street of the First ShellThe Street of Our Lady of the FieldsRue BarréeLovecraft's Cthulhu MythosDagon, 1919Nyarlathotep, 1920The Statement of Randolph Carter, 1920The Crawling Chaos, 1921The Nameless City, 1921The Picture in the House, 1921Herbert West: Reanimator, 1922The Hound, 1922The Festival, 1923Under the Pyramids, 1924The Colour Out of Space, 1927The Call of Cthulhu, 1926The Dunwich Horror, 1929The Whisperer in Darkness, 1931The Dreams in the Witch-House, 1933From Beyond, 1934Through the Gates of the Silver Key, 1934, by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann PriceAt the Mountains of Madness, 1936The Haunter of the Dark, 1936The Shadow Out of Time, 1936The Shadow Over Innsmouth, 1936The Thing on the Doorstep, 1937Azathoth, 1922The Descendant, 1938The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, 1927The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, 1926-27Cthulhu Mythos of Lovecraft's ContemporariesThe Thing From—"Outside", 1923 by George Allan EnglandThe Space-Eaters, 1928 by Frank Belknap LongThe Hounds of Tindalos, 1929 by Frank Belknap LongThe Curse of Yig, 1929 by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia BishopPeople of the Dark, 1932 by Robert E. HowardThe Horror in the Museum, 1933 by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel HealdThe Haunter of the Ring, 1934 by Robert E. HowardThe Challenge from Beyond, 1935 by Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, H. P. Lovecraft, A. Merrit and C. L. MooreThe Secret of Kralitz, 1936 by Henry KuttnerThe Horror in the Burying-Ground, 1937 by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel HealdDig Me No Grave, 1937 by Robert Ervin HowardMedusa's Coil, 1939 by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia BishopThis extensive volume includes numerous custom haunting illustrations inspired by the Cthulhu mythos and its cosmic horrors. Also included is an interactive table of contents so readers do not lose their minds or get lost in other dimensions. Read more