Crypt of Cthulhu, A Pulp Thriller and Theological Journal, Vol 3. No. 6. Roodmas
Bloomfield, NJ: Cryptic Publications, 1984. cover art by Allen Koszowski. First. illustrated stapled wraps, 60 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]
The Thing Under Memphis by Lin Carter [fiction]
The Priest of Mlok by Gary Myers [fiction]
The Fear-Master by Robert E. Howard [fiction]
John Buchan: A Possible Influence on Lovecraft by Sam Moskowitz [essay]
Comments on Robert M. Price’s “Brian Lumley—Reanimator” by Brian Lumley [essay]
Reuterdahl, Relativity and the “Aimless Waves” by Richard L. Tierney [essay]
Robert W. Chambers by S. T. Joshi [essay]
A Weird Tales Filmography by William Fulwiler [essay]
Lovecraft’s “Weird Families” by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay]
H.P. Lovecraft and Isadora Duncan: Contemporaries and Artists by Carolyn Lee Boyd [essay]
The Unpleasant Dreams of H.P. Lovecraft by M. Eileen McNamara, MD [essay]
Supernatural Horror in Lovecraft’s Literature by Charles Hoffman [essay]
Did Lovecraft Read Middlemarch? by Peter Cannon [essay]
Fun Guys from Yuggoth [essay]
Saved at Last! by Patrice deG. Joubert [essay]
R’lyeh Review [review]
Collected Poems: Nightmares and Visions (Arkham House, 1981) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by Lin Carter
“The Soul of Kephri” in Space & Time (number 66, Summer 1984) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by Robert M. Price
Advice to the Lovecraft-Lorn by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction]
Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter]
Price: $30.00