Crypt of Cthulhu, A Pulp Thriller and Theological Journal, Vol 3. No. 4. Eastertide
Bloomfield, NJ: Cryptic Publications, 1984. cover art by Jim Garrison. First. illustrated stapled wraps, 52 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:
Contents
Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial]
H.P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth by David E. Schultz [essay]
Two Discarded Drafts of “The Well” by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry]
The Story in Fungi from Yuggoth by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay]
Preference by Clark Ashton Smith [poetry]
The Lack of Continuity in Fungi from Yuggoth by David E. Schultz [essay]
Nepenthe by Samuel Loveman [poetry]
Illuminating “The Elder Pharos” by Will Murray [essay]
Wings of Dream by Duane Rimel [poetry]
“St. Toad’s” Revisited by Robert M. Price [essay]
Poet of the Unknown by Dirk W. Mosig [essay]
Quatrain by Samuel Loveman [poetry]
Two Spurious Lovecraft Poems by S. T. Joshi [essay]
The First Cthulhu Mythos Poem by Will Murray [essay]
An Errata List to A Winter Wish by S. T. Joshi [essay]
R’lyeh Review [review]
The Frozen Waterfall by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction]
Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter]
Untitled by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction]
Above the Loud Sea by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction]
The Ship by Duane Rimel [poetry]
The Questioner by R. H. Barlow [fiction]
To Heine by Samuel Loveman [poetry]
The Lake of Enchanted Silence by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction]
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