Crypt of Cthulhu, A Pulp Thriller and Theological Journal, Vol 2. No. 3. Candlemas
Bloomfield, NJ: Cryptic Publications, 1983. cover art by Robert M. Price. First. illustrated stapled wraps, 56 pp.
A popular and long running literary magazines devoted to the writings of H. P. Lovecraft the Cthulhu Mythos and Lovecraftian scholarship. Established in 1981 by Robert M. Price who edited it throughout its run. Oddly, it appeared as frequently as eight times a year, based on an “ecclesiastical” calendar:
A companion volume to the then forthcoming CRYPT OF CTHULHU #11 ("The Revisions Issue").
One of about 50 first printing copies with Halloween orange wrappers.
Ref: Joe Bell, FUBAR #6.
Contents
Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial]
Lovecraft’s Revisions: How Much of Them Did He Write? by S. T. Joshi [essay]
Marginal Readings from Yith [notice]
The Revision Mythos by Robert M. Price [essay]
Crypt-O-Clulu-Gram by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle]
Mu in “Bothon” and “Out of the Eons” by William Fulwiler [essay]
The Elder Thing by William Lumley [poetry]
“Yig,” “The Mound” and American Indian Lore by Michael DiGregorio [essay]
Who Wrote “The Mound”? by S. T. Joshi [essay]
“The Mound”: An Appreciation by Peter H. Cannon [essay]
Dark Passion: A Comparison of “Medusa’s Coil” and “Black Canaan” by Marc A. Cerasini [essay]
A Factual Basis for “The Green Meadow”? by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay]
Did Lovecraft Revise “Doom Around the Corner”? by Will Murray [essay]
Doom Around the Corner by Wilfred Blanch Talman [fiction]
Who Were the Boupa Priests? by Robert M. Price [essay]
Imprisoned with Hazel Heald by Robert M. Price [essay]
The Allegory of Yig by Robert M. Price [essay]
Fun Guys From Yuggoth [fiction]
Did Lovecraft Revise This Article? by Robert “Theobald” Price [fiction]
Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letters]
Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [essay]
From the estate of prolific collector of Lovecraftiana, Eivind Jensen.
Price: $40.00