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A recurring theme in Lovecraft's work is the complete irrelevance of humanity in the face of the cosmic horrors that exist in the universe, with Lovecraft constantly referring to the "Great Old Ones": a loose pantheon of ancient, powerful deities from space who once ruled the Earth and who have since fallen into a death-like sleep.
Aphoom-Zhah (the Cold Flame) debuted in Lin Carter's short story "The Acolyte of the Flame" (1985)—although the being was first mentioned in an earlier tale by Carter, "The Horror in the Gallery" (1976). Aphoom-Zhah is also mentioned in Carter's "The Light from the Pole" (1980), a story Carter wrote from an early draft by Clark Ashton Smith ...
For collections of short stories that are not merely influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, but are set within it and might be considered a part of it (or as forming a "Cthulhu Mythos genre"), see Cthulhu Mythos anthology. For works that are stylistically Lovecraftian, including comics and film adaptations influenced by Lovecraft, see Lovecraftian ...
Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror [2] or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror, fantasy fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible [3] more than gore or other elements of shock. [4] It is named after American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).
Richard L. Tierney, a writer who also wrote Mythos tales, later applied the term "Derleth Mythos" to distinguish Lovecraft's works from Derleth's later stories, which modify key tenets of the Mythos. [2] [3] Authors of Lovecraftian horror in particular frequently use elements of the Cthulhu Mythos. [4]: viii–ix
A creation of Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow is a play featured in a collection of short stories also named The King in Yellow, published in 1895. According to the stories, the play was widely censored. The author is unknown, and is believed to have committed suicide after publishing it in 1889.
This is a complete list of works by H. P. Lovecraft.Dates for the fiction, collaborations and juvenilia are in the format: composition date / first publication date, taken from An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia by S. T. Joshi and D. E. Schultz, Hippocampus Press, New York, 2001.
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, edited by writer August Derleth and published by Arkham House in 1969, is considered the first Cthulhu Mythos anthology.It contained two stories by Lovecraft, a number of reprints of pieces written by members of Lovecraft's circle of correspondents, and several new tales written for the collection by a new generation of Cthulhu Mythos writers.