A CHRONOLOGY OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS

1984-1993

The following listing gives the stories published in the third decade after Ramsey Campbell's first collection was published that are considered integral to the Cthulhu Mythos. Some of these were not considered as Mythos stories when first published, but have subsequently been subsumed into the Mythos by more current authors. This chronology only gives the place of first publication and the byline as it appeared therein.

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NOTE: If for a particular publication the year and/or the date are blank, they are they same as above.

We wish to thank Phil Stecco for going over this portion of the chronology prior to our putting it online.

Year	Date	Publication	Story
1984	---	The Arkham Sampler	The Song of Cthulhu, Lew Cthew
	January	Fantasy and Terror	Morning Encounter, Darroll Pardoe
	Candlemas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Statement of One John Gibson, Brian Lumley
	March	Fantasy Book	The Return of the Deep Ones, Brian Lumley (part 1)
	Roodmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Thing Under Memphis, Lin Carter The Priest of Mlok, Gary Myers
	May	EODapa	Family Trouble, Margaret Angley Pearson (unsigned)
	June	Fantasy Book	The Return of the Deep Ones, Brian Lumley (part 2)
	St. John's Eve	Crypt of Cthulhu	Concerning Them from Outside, Lin Carter The Unbegotten Source, Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
	Summer	Doppleganger	The Thing on the Couch, Akrabu
		The Horror Show	Book for Sale, Glenn Odden
		The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine	Made in Hell, Rick Kennet
	---	Weirdbook Press	The Sorcerer's Dream, Brian Lumley
	August	EODapa	Just Outside, Crispin Burnham and Gary A. Braunbeck (part 1)
	Lammas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Seed of the Star-God, Richard L. Tierney The Howler in the Dark, Richard L. Tierney
	September	Fantasy Book	The Return of the Deep Ones, Brian Lumley (part 3)
	Michaelmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	Gateway to Forever, Frank Belknap Long The Hampdon Horror, Duane Rimel
	---	Etchings and Odysseys	The Road to Dunwich, Ben Indick (revised version) Sculpture, Lew Cthew The Dwellers in the Earth, Bruce G. Hallenbeck The Second Act, t. Winter-Damon Children of Cthulhu, Armas Salminen In an Inn in Innsmouth, Randall D. Larson The Life of the Master (A Biography of Abdul Alhazred by His Student, El Rashi), translated by David T. St. Albans The Mistress of Atlach-Nacha, Cagliostro's Last Will and Testament, Rodolfo A. Ferraresi The 'Calling', Stephen Studach The Man Who Collected Lovecraft, Gregory Nicoll (revised version) Saucers from Yaddith, Robert M. Price (revised version)
	October	Dagon	The Statement, Carl T. Ford
	Hallowmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Feaster from the Stars, Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
1985	---	Scream Press	Blacked Out, Ramsey Campbell
	---	The Arkham Sampler	Maker of Illusion, Lew Cthew
	---	The Arkham Sampler	Ule, Arthur William Lloyd Breach The Tombs of Neb, Billy Wolfenbarger The Dweller in the Attic, Bruce Hallenbeck, Jr.
	---	Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex	Zzzzzzzz!, P. R. McBride The Painting, Sam Gafford Synaptic Emissions, R.J. Zimmerman The Insolent Hubris of Chungar-Shan, Henry J. Vester III Arc Tanget, Paul Bastienne
	Candlemas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Vault Beneath the Mosque, Lin Carter The Gods of Drinen, Gary Myers The Waiting Dark, Eddy C. Bertin The Wedding of Sheila-Na-Gog, G. Arthur Rahman and Richard L. Tierney
	Spring	Fungi	Streams of Subconsciousness, Pierre Comtois
	Roodmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Tomb of Neb, Gary Myers Mnomquah, Lin Carter
	June	The Fantasy Book	Black Eons, Robert E. Howard and Robert M. Price
	[7-8]	Dagon	The Voice from the Well, Robert J. Curran (part 1)
	August	Weirdbook	The Throne of Achamoth, Richard L. Tierney and Robert M. Price Spaghetti, Brian Lumley
	September	Tales of Terror	School Prayer, Buzz Dixon (comic)
	[9-10]	Dagon	The Voice from the Well, Robert J. Curran (part 2)
	Winter	Fungi	Season of the Mermaid, Joe Doherty Pilot of the Aether, Henry J. Vester III
	---	Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex	Footsteps in the Sky, P.R. McBride Madness In Haiti, Areth Bey and Lew Cthew The Shortest Distance, R.J. Zimmerman The Tooth, W.H. Pugmire Metachronos, Paul Bastienne Innsmouth Gold, Henry J. Vester III
	---	Eldritch Tales	Shadow of the Immortal, Charles L. Baker (part 1)
	October	Doppelganger	The Abominable Man, Gary Lovisi
	---	Etchings and Odysseys	The Lake of No Living Thing, Armas T. Salminen The Shambler in the Shadows, Barry M. Radburn and Dave Reeder The Coming of N'rath-Gol, Arthur William Lloyd Breach The Canals of Delft, Jan Bee Landman
	---	Lovecraft Remembered	Aliah Warden, Roger Johnson
	November - December	Dagon	The Horror at Witches Hollow, Robert J. Curran (part 1)
	Yuletide	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Acolyte of the Flame, Lin Carter The Stone from Mnar, Lin Carter
	---	Fungi Christmas Supplement	Candlewax, W.H. Pugmire
1986	---	Fantasy Macabre	The Weird Woman, Richard L. Hanson
	---	Tales After Dark	The Kindly Elder, Peter Jeffery The Last Rite, Brian Lumley The Horror in the Boarding House, Robert Curran
	[2-3]	Dagon	The Horror at Witches Hollow, Robert J. Curran (part 2)
	[4-5]	Dagon	The Horror at Witches Hollow, Robert J. Curran (part 3)
	---	Etchings and Odysseys	An Incident at Diablo Grove, Alvin Lu Reflections from R'lyeh, Chris Pelletiere (comic) Sword of the Necromancer, Leon L. Gammell Garray's Landing, Armas Salminen
	Roodmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Madness Out of Time, Lin Carter
	May-June	Different Worlds	Dagon Manor, Robert E. Howard and C.J. Henderson
	---	Eldritch Tales	Through Outrageous Angles, David C. Kopaska-Merkel and Ronald R. McDowell
	August	EODapa	The Malodorous M. Macabi, Ronald F. Marshall
	September	Tales After Dark	A Darker Shade of White, Carl T. Ford The Secret of the Stanley House, John A. Crow
	[10]	Etchings and Odysseys	Nighttime, Ralph E. Vaughan Tales of Old Zid-Yargoth, Leon L. Gammell
	Hallowmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Tomb-Herd, Ramsey Campbell
	November - December	Dagon	Return to Arkham, Brian Lumley and Martin McKenna (comic)
	November	EODapa	Dreamer of Visions, Mark Mielke A Dangerous Meeting, Mark Mielke
1987	---	Tales After Dark Publications	The Dreaming City, Roger Johnson Custos Sanctorum, Roger Johnson Ishtaol, Roger Johnson
	Candlemas	EODapa	The Anniversary, Oliver Lottmann
	---	Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex	That Noble Dust, Henry J. Vester III The Winds of Yith, W.H. Pugmire The Eyes of Darkness, E.P. Berglund
	March	Cerebretron	The Deprogrammer, Robert M.Price
	[4]	W. Paul Ganley	Inception, Brian Lumley
	Roodmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Pool, Donald R. Burleson Behind the Mask, Lin Carter Curse of the Crocodile, Richard L. Tierney
	[5]	Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex	What the Sea Gives Up, Pierre Comtois The End, David Daniel The Kraulshavn Fragment, Dr. Vincent Baber The Kraulshavn Tablet: Facts and Speculations, Abraham R. Talmarsh, PhD. Doubts on the Authenticity of "The Kraulshavn Fragment", Robert M. Price The Kraulshavn Fragment: The Corruptor Elsewhere in Eibon, Sean Ramsey The Stature of "The Corruptor" in The Kraulshavn Fragment, Professor Robert Doyle Holt Phonetics and Consonation in Proper Names in the Kraulshavn Fragment, Prof. Judson T. Weinemann Mythopoeic Aspects of the Kraulshavn Fragment, Paul Bastienne The Resurrection of Kzadool-Ra, Henry J. Vester III Monster, R.J. Zimmerman
	May	EODapa	The Discovery, Marc Mielke Deux Ex Machina, Robert M. Eber
	St. John's Eve	Crypt of Cthulhu	Dreams of the Black Lotus, Lin Carter
	---	Eldritch Tales	You Can't Take It With You, C.J. Henderson
	Winter	Grue	Swamp Rising, W.H. Pugmire
	[10]	Tor Books	New Moon, by William Relling, Jr.
	October	Minnesota Fantasy Review	Nightshade Crossing, Mark Rainey
	November	Revelations from Yuggoth	Thy Cryptic Power, W.H. Pugmire Wilbur Whateley Waiting, Robert M. Price
1987 - 1988	November - January	Dagon	The Crossword Puzzle, N. Mark Gordon (comic)
	December	Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories	The Treasure of Horemkhu, Richard L. Tierney
1988	Eastertide	Crypt of Cthulhu	Strange Manuscript Found in the Vermont Woods, Lin Carter The Secret in the Parchment, Lin Carter Dead of Night, Lin Carter The Shadow from the Stars, Lin Carter The Fishers from Outside, Lin Carter The Papyrus of the Dark Wisdom, Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
	Roodmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Sect of the Idiot, Thomas Ligotti The Treasure of the Ancients, Gary Myers Perchance to Dream, Lin Carter
	May	Midnight Shambler	Dust to Dust, W.H. Pugmire Wine in Slimy Bottles, Bobby G. Warner The Screaming Stones, Ralph E. Vaughan The Feast, Gary J. Robinson Moles, Lisa Lepovetsky
		Revelations from Yuggoth	Headcase, Garrie Hall
	---	Charnal House	The Life of Eibon According to Cyron of Varaad, Lin Carter
	---	Fantasy Macabre	The Guardian of the Gate, James Grandillo Pages from Pickman's Notebook, Tony Patrick The Pacific High, Grant Fjermedal
	---	Weirdbook	The Worm of Urakhu, Richard L. Tierney
	June	Klarkash-Ton	Conclusion to "The Return of the Sorcerer", Clark Ashton Smith (original version)
		Tales of Lovecraftian Horror	The Sphere Beyond Sound, Mark Rainey Nighttime, Ralph Vaughan
	St. John's Eve	Crypt of Cthulhu	Rapture in Black, Mark Rainey
	October	Strange Eons	Scrawler, Ann K. Schwader (part 1)
	---	Parts	Slow Burn, C.K. Johnson
	November	Strange Eons	Scrawler, Ann K. Schwader (part 2)
	November	EODapa	Tales of the Lovecraft Collectors, Ken Faig Jr. (part 8)
1989	---	Ganley	Elysia, by Brian Lumley
	January	Tales of Lovecraftian Horror	Phoenix, R. David Ludwig
	[2]	New Infinities Productions	Heir of Darkness, Glenn Rahman
	February	Revelations from Yuggoth	In the Airlock, Ann K. Schwader
	Candlemas	Crypt of Cthulhu	Leapers, Robert A.W. Lowndes (2nd revised version) Settler's Wall, Robert A.W. Lowndes (2nd revised version)
	Spring	Strange Eons	A Monograph on Cthulhoid Manifestations in Australia by Norman Rouens, Penny Love Apocryphal Passage from a Suppressed Scripture taken from the papers of the late Professor Geisel, Paleographer, Denise Passarelli and Sean Branney The Black Crypt, Mark Williams
	---	Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex	The Dreams of Yig, Pierre Comtois and Henry J. Vester III The Oracle of Sadoqua, Ron Hilger An Opener of the Gate, Margaret L. Carter
	---	Eldritch Tales	The Artifacts from Quivira, Ross F. Bagby no room, Bill Hopkins
	St. John's Eve	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Gibbering Walls, Eddy C. Bertin
	Summer	After Hours	Ule, Arthur William Lloyd Breach
	Summer	Deathrealm	The Adder, Fred Chappell The Leering Surf, David Barker Terminal, John Brower
	Summer	Eldritch Tales	Old Glass, Ann K. Schwader
	August	Fear	What Happened to Eddie, A.E.B. Arkle
	Michaelmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Ring of the Hyades, John S. Glasby Drawn from Life, John S. Glasby The Old One, John S. Glasby The Dwellers in Darkness, John S. Glasby
	Fall	Deathrealm	The Nightmare of Robert Edwin Holt, Arthur William Lloyd Breach The Deprogrammer, Robert M. Price (revised version)
	Yuletide	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Bell in the Tower, H.P. Lovecraft and Lin Carter The Strange Doom of Enos Harker, Lin Carter
	---	Charnel House Publishers	The Stairs in the Crypt, Lin Carter [untitled] (Carcosa story about Hali), Lin Carter
1990	---	Unnameable Press	The Wind Has Teeth, G. Warlock Vance and Scott H. Urban
	Candlemas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Necronomicon, Lin Carter
	---	Dagger of the Mind	The Shattered Window, Margaret Frastley Symphonia Maledictus, Mark Rainey
	---	Fantasy Macabre	Oneric Moon, Simon MacCulloch
	Eastertide	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Shadow Over Redforde, John S. Glasby The Brooding City, John S. Glasby The Dweller Beyond the Gate, John S. Glasby A Shadow from the Aeons, John S. Glasby The Kh'yrog Tablets, John S. Glasby
	Spring	Arcanum	The Night Abbey, Peter Smith The Return, Peter Smith
	April	Churchyard	Many Are the Masks, Pierre Comtois (Part 1)
	Summer	Weird Tales	The Pronounced Effect, John Brunner
		Churchyard	Many Are the Masks, Pierre Comtois (Part 2)
		Space & Time	The Pillars of Melkarth, Richard L. Tierney
		The Sterling Web	The Devourers, Bobby G. Warner
	Michaelmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	Worms, W. Paul Ganley
	Winter	Eldritch Tales	The Man Who Would Be King, G.W. Thomas The Insider, J. Henry Johnson Let Us Humans Die, Norman Rudnick The Doom in the Room, J.E. Thomas The Primal Urge, Leon L. Gammell
	Fall	The Scream Factory	The Horror at Santa Alma, William Scheinman
	[10]	World Fantasy Convention 1990	Great Holes Secretly Are Digged, Katherine Ramsland
	November	Tor Books	Will, Graham Masterton Meryphylla, Brian McNaughton H.P.L., Gahan Wilson The Barrens, F. Paul Wilson
1991	St John's Eve	Crypt of Cthulhu	Inside the Bud. D.F. Lewis
	Summer	The Unspeakable Oath	Excerpts from the Journals of Mikhail Aksakov, Blair Reynolds (part 1)
	August	The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction	The Unthinkable, Bruce Sterling
	Fall	The Unspeakable Oath	From the Investigative Journals of Mikhail Aksakov, Blair Reynolds * (part 2) From the Journals of Alexander Hale, Ph.D.: The Tablets of Destiny by C. Raymond Lewis
	October	EODapa	Tales of the Lovecraft Collectors, Ken Faig Jr. (part 9)
	December	Swamp Thing	Pirate's Alley, Nancy A. Collins, Tom Mandrake, and Kim Mulder (comic)
1992	January	Swamp Thing	Rum, Necromancy, & the Lash, Nancy A. Collins, Tom Mandrake, and Kim Mulder (comic)
	[3]	Necronomicon Press Fiction	The Innsmouth Heritage, Brian Stableford
	[6]	Gryphon Books	The Dreaming Detective, Ralph E. Vaughan The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast, Ralph E. Vaughan
	[7]	Necronomicon Press Fiction	Decodings, Steve Rasnic Tem Guardian Angels, Steve Rasnic Tem
	Hallowmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	Mists of Death # 2, Richard F. Searight (fragment) The Night Abbey, Peter Smith (revised version)
	December	Diamond Books	The Things That Are Not There, Robert Morgan Some Things Never Die, Robert Morgan (excerpt)
1993	---	Dutton	The Forbidden Zone, Whitley Strieber
	---	Little Brown Company (UK) Limited	Mysteries of the Word, Stanley Wiater
	[2]	Fedogan & Bremer	The House of the Toad, Richard L. Tierney
	February	EODapa	Cult of the Star-God, Lew Cthew
	Eastertide	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Dreamers in Darkness, Peter Smith (revised version) The Return, Peter Smith (revised version) Half a Sixpence, D.F. Lewis
	Spring	Haunts	The Screech, Harrison Howe
	[7]	Coronet Australia	In the Light of the Lamp, Steven Paulsen
	August	EODapa	The Eye of Hlu-Hlu, Donald R. Burleson
	Autumn	After Hours	The Last Show at Verdi's Supper Club, Stephen Mark Rainey
	Fall	Deathrealm	Cells, Jeffrey Thomas
	Fall	The Unspeakable Oath	Trouble in Budapest: From the Journals of Alexander Hale, Ph.D., C. Raymond Lewis
	[10]	Chaosium Books	Tatters of the King, Lin Carter
	Hallowmas	Crypt of Cthulhu	The Space of Madness, Stephen Studach
1993 - 1994	---	The World of H.P. Lovecraft	The Caller from Oklahoma, Allen Mackey

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Created: March 29, 1998; Current Update: August 12, 2004