Crypt of Cthulhu, A Pulp Thriller and Theological Journal, Vol 2. No. 4. Eastertide
Bloomfield, NJ: Cryptic Publications, 1983. cover art by Nick Petrosino. First. illustrated stapled wraps, 44 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]
My Debt to H.P. Lovecraft by Robert Anton Wilson [essay]
H.P. Lovecraft, Prose Stylist by Steve Mariconda [essay]
The Chesuncook Witch-Cult by Will Murray [essay]
A Lovecraftian Taxonomy by Robert M. Price [essay]
H.P. Lovecraft on the Screen (or, Yog-Slob and Other Disasters) by Denise Dumars [essay]
Godzilla versus Cthulhu (What Would Happen if Toho Studios Ever Discovered Lovecraft?) by Crispin Burnham [essay]
Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle]
Lovecraft and Antarctica by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay]
What Face Wears Nyarlathotep? by Edward DeGeorge [essay]
Limericks from Yuggoth by Lin Carter [poetry]
Kadath by Brian Lumley [poetry]
Fun Guys From Yuggoth [fiction]
The Nameless Bookseller by Scott D. Briggs [fiction]
R’lyeh Review [review]
Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter]
Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [essay]
From the estate of prolific collector of Lovecraftiana, Eivind Jensen.
Price: $40.00