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HPL, edited by Meade and Penny Frierson, S. Herbert Arnold, and Stuart D. Schiff, was published by Meade and Penny Frierson in March 1972. The flyer stated that it had "144 pages, slick
magazine format: 18 full page illustrations, 24 articles, 20 short stories." There were 1,000 copies sold at $3.00 and 35 numbered, hardbound copies sold at $10.00.
The text was printed in reduced format. To get an idea of this, the first chapter of Brian Lumley's The Burrowers Beneath covered pages 83 through 87 (5 pages), with four pieces of artwork. When the novel was published by DAW Books in 1974 the first chapter covered pages 7 through 18 (11 1/2 pages), with no artwork.
Below is an unorthodox contents listing. The column on the left shows the inclusive page numbers of an item and the column on the right the items appearing on those pages.
| 1 (cover) | The Haunter of the Dark by Robert Kline (full-page illustration) | |
| 2 | Indicia / Acknowledgments / HPL: An Editorial by Meade and Penny Frierson | |
| 3 | Table of Contents | |
| 4 | Poem En Prose: I (Swan Point Cemetery) by R. Alain Everts (poetry) / spot illustration by Bill Guy / The Teller of Tales by Meade Frierson III (poetry) / spot illustration by Bill Guy / The Seeker - I by Meade Frierson III (poetry) / The Seeker - II by Meade Frierson III (poetry) / spot illustration by Bill Guy / spot illustration by Denis Tiani | |
| 5 | The Lovecraft Mythos by Robert Bloch (nonfiction) / HPL by Denis Tiani (1/4-page illustration) | |
| 6 | A Haunter of the Night by Joseph Payne Brennan (nonfiction) / The Thing on the Doorstep by Mike Scott (1/4-page illustration) | |
| 7-11 | An Interview with Frank Belknap Long, conducted by Stuart D. Schiff / F.B. Long and Chaugnar Faugn by Herb Arnold (1/2-page illustration, page 7) / The White Ship by John Swanson II (1/4-page illustration, page 9) / Asenath Waite from The Thing on the Doorstep by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 11) | |
| 12 | H.P. Lovecraft Astrological Chart by E. Hoffman Price (chart) | |
| 13-16 | HPL: An Astrological Analysis by E. Hoffman Price (nonfiction) / Edward Derby from The Thing on the Doorstep by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 14) / William Dyer from Mountains of Madness by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 15) | |
| 16-17 | Reminiscences of HPL by E. Hoffman Price (nonfiction) / Walter Gilman Through Hyperspace by Richard Corben (1/6-page illustration, page 17) | |
| 18 | A Few Short Comments on the Writings of HPL by Fritz Leiber (nonfiction) / The Festival by Mike Scott (1/2-page illustration) | |
| 19 | Ira A. Cole and Howard Phillips Lovecraft: A Brief Friendship by R. Alain Everts (nonfiction) | |
| 19-21 | Atlantis by Ira A. Cole (poetry) | |
| 22-23 | Order of Assassins by Colin Wilson (nonfiction; extracts) / The Terrible Old Man by Tim Kirk (1/2-page illustration, page 22) / Wilbur Whateley by Richard Corben (spot illustration, page 23) | |
| 24 | An Early HPL Publisher by (anonymous) (nonfiction) / At the Mountains of Madness by Mike Scott (2/3-page illustration) | |
| 25-27 | Biographic Notes on Lovecraft by George T. Wetzel (nonfiction) / Shantak Bird from Unknown Kadath by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration, page 25) / Cthulhu Rising by Herb Arnold (1/2-page illustration, page 27) | |
| 28-30 | HPL and Films by J. Vernon Shea (nonfiction) / Innsmouth by Tim Kirk (1/2-page illustration, page 28) / spot illustration by Denis Tiani (page 29) / 1/12-page illustration by Bill Guy (page 29) / An Unknown HPL Artist by Gerry de la Ree (nonfiction; page 30) | |
| 31 | An Old One and a Shoggoth! by Ivan Funderburgh (full-page illustration) | |
| 32-34 | The Horror Theme After HPL by William Scott Home (nonfiction) / The Dunwich Horror by Mike Scott (1/4-page illustration, page 32) / Hastur, Carcosa and The King in Yellow by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 33) / 1/6-page illustration by Mark Gelotte (page 34) | |
| 35-41 | The Cthulhu Mythos: A Study by George T. Wetzel (nonfiction) / Ghouls by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 35) / An Innsmouth Fishwife by Richard Corben (1/4-page illustration, page 36) / Nyarlathotep by Mike Scott (1/4-page illustration, page 37) / A Clerihew by J. Vernon Shea (poetry; page 37) / 1/4-page illustration by Ron Miller (page 38) / Ammi Pierce by Ron Miller (1/4-page illustration, page 39) / The Hound by Richard Corben (1/6-page illustration, page 40) / Polaris by Mike Scott (1/8-page illustration, page 41) / Stargazer 1937 & 1972 by Meade Frierson III (poetry, page 41) | |
| 42-43 | Stalking the Elusive Necronomicon by Roger Bryant (nonfiction) / 1/8-page illustration by Steve Fabian (page 43) | |
| 44-45 | Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana by Stuart D. Schiff, Assoc. Ed. (nonfiction) / 1/3-page illustration by Tim Kirk (page 44) / Cthulhu Idol by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 45) | |
| 46-47 | Notes on Researching Lovecraftiana by John L. McMinnis III (nonfiction) / Albert Wilmarth from The Whisperer in Darkness by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 46) / 1/8-page illustration by Dany Frolich (page 47) / To Mount Sinai by Richard L. Tierney (poetry, page 47) / Mountains of Madness by Richard L. Tierney (poetry, page 47) / Many-Columned Iram by Walter Shedlofsky (poetry, page 47) | |
| 48-49 | Cthulhu in Mesoamerica by Richard L. Tierney (nonfiction) / Tsathoggua by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 49) / Wilbur Whateley by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 49) / Pickman's Passing by Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge (poetry, page 49) | |
| 50-51 | HPL on Night Gallery: A Review by Bill Wallace (nonfiction) / 1/8-page illustration by Bill Guy (page 50) / Strange High House in the Mist by Mike Scott (1/4-page illustration, page 51) | |
| 52 | Selected Letters of H.P. Lovecraft: Vol. III (1929-1931), reviewed by James Wade (nonfiction) / Gug by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration) | |
| 53 | 53The Derleth Mythos by Richard L. Tierney (nonfiction) / The Return of Hastur by Virgil Finlay (1/3-page illustration) | |
| 54 | My Life with the Greatest Old One by James Wade (nonfiction) / 1/10-page illustration by Dany Frolich) | |
| 55 | Gruden Itza: The Evolution of a Sub-Mythos by Don Walsh, Jr. (nonfiction) / He by Mike Scott (1/3-page illustration) | |
| 56 | Robert Blake from The Haunter of the Dark by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration) / Final Call by John Jacob (poetry) / Crescendoes for the Wind Walker by Richard Heffern (poetry ) / Ithaqua by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration) | |
| 57-61 | The Weird Tale of Phillip Love by Joseph F. Pumilia (fiction) / 1/10-page illustration by Dany Frolich (page 57) / 1/6-page illustration by Herb Arnold (page 59) / The Horror in the Burying Ground by Virgil Finlay (1/2-page illustration, page 61) | |
| 62-63 | Some Unpublished HPL Correspondence by (anonymous) (parody) / Coming Home from the Dunwich Bookstore by Dany Frolich (1/4-page illustration, page 62) / 1/4-page illustration by Harry Morris (page 63) | |
| 64 | The Book of Madness by Edward S. Lauterbach (poetry) / 1/9-page illustration by Dany Frolich / The Book and the Horror by Walter Shedlofsky (poetry) / The Doom Prophet by Richard L. Tierney (poetry) / The Quarry by W. Paul Ganley / Psyche by L. Sprague DeCamp / spot illustration by (anonymous) / Found in a Storm-Destroyed Lighthouse by Richard L. Tierney (poetry) / spot illustration by (anonymous) | |
| 65 | The Outsider by Steve Fabian (full-page illustration) | |
| 66 | Arkham by Tim Kirk (full-page illustration) | |
| 67 | R'lyeh by John Adkins Richardson (full-page illustration) | |
| 68 | Wilbur Whateley's Death by Tim Kirk (full-page illustration) | |
| 69 | Wilbur Whateley's Death by Dany Frolich (full-page illustration) | |
| 70 | The Dunwich Horror by Dany Frolich (full-page illustration) | |
| 71 | The Dunwich Horror by John Adkins Richardson (full-page illustration) | |
| 72 | Pickman's Model by Herb Arnold (full-page illustration) | |
| 73 | The Whisperer in Darkness by Steve Fabian (full-page illustration) | |
| 74 | Cthulhu by Dany Frolich (full-page illustration) | |
| 75 | The Hound by Dany Frolich (full-page illustration) | |
| 76 | The Elder Ones by Herb Arnold (full-page illustration) | |
| 77 | Priest of Dagon by Herb Arnold (full-page illustration) | |
| 78 | The Rats in the Walls by Steve Fabian (full-page illustration) | |
| 79 | The Rats in the Walls by Herb Arnold (full-page illustration) | |
| 80 | Halloween in the Suburbs by Jim Garrison (full-page illustration) | |
| 81-82 | The Terrible Parchment by Manly Wade Wellman (fiction) / Cthulhu by John Swanson II (1/4-page illustration, page 82) | |
| 83-87 | The Burrowers Beneath by Brian Lumley (Chapter One; fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Herb Arnold (page 83) / One of the Great Race by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 84) / The Festival by John Swanson II (1/3-page illustration, page 85) / An Inhabitant of the Nameless City by Herb Arnold (1/5-page illustration, page 87) | |
| 88 | Dark Providence by Jerry Saunders (fiction) | |
| 89-97 | Others Who Are Not Men by W. Paul Ganley (fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Clay Fourrier (page 89) / Dunwich's Round Mtn. by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 90) / spot illustration by Bill Guy (page 91) / 1/6-page illustration by Mark Gelotte (page 93) / The Evil Clergyman by John Swanson II (1/4-page illustration, page 94) / 1/10-page illustration by Dany Frolich (page 95) / Night Gaunts by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration, page 96) / 1/4-page illustration by Mike Scott (page 97) | |
| 98 | The Return of Zhosph by Gary Myers (fiction) / 1/6-page illustration by Gary Myers | |
| 99-101 | The Drawings on the Desktops by John Sellers (fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Denis Tiani (page 99) | |
| 102-103 | Threshold to Doomcrack by Robert C. Sudol (fiction) / Azathoth by Richard Corben (1/3-page illustration, page 102) / The Temple by John P. Sellers III (poetry, page 103) | |
| 104-105 | Planetfall on Yuggoth by James Wade (fiction) / Yuggoth by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 104) / Mi-Go by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration, page 105) / Henry Akeley from The Whisperer in Darkness by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration, page 105) | |
| 106-107 | Predator by Walter C. DeBill, Jr. (fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Ron Miller (page 106) / They Wake Off Innsmouth by Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge (poetry, page 107) / spot illustration by Bill Guy (page 107) | |
| 108-112 | Those Beneath the Waves by Herb Arnold (fiction) / 1/3-page illustration by Herb Arnold (page 108) / 1/8-page illustration by Herb Arnold (page 109) / Yog-Sothoth by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 111) / 1/12-page illustration by Denis Tiani (page 112) | |
| 113-114 | A Madness from the Vaults by J. Ramsey Campbell (fiction) / 1/8-page illustration by Herb Arnold (page 113) / Shub-Niggurath by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration, page 114) | |
| 115-116 | Legends by Darrell Schweitzer (fiction) | |
| 116-117 | The Elder Sign by Al Attanasio (fiction) / spot illustration by Bill Guy (page 117) / spot illustration by Bill Guy (page 117) | |
| 118-123 | Dull Scavengers Wax Crafty by William Scott Home (fiction) / spot illustration by Dany Frolich (page 119) / 1/6-page illustration by Lee Brown Coye (page 120) / 1/8-page illustration by Herb Arnold (page 121) / 1/6 page illustration by Dave Studzinski (page 122) / 1/6-page illustration by Lee Brown Coye (page 123) | |
| 124-125 | The Eater of the Dead by George T. Wetzel (fiction) / Chaugnar Faugn by Herb Arnold (1/6-page illustration, page 125) | |
| 126-127 | What the Moon Brings by George T. Wetzel (fiction) / Ambrose deWart's House from Lurker at the Threshold by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 127) | |
| 128-130 | Totem by John Jacob (fiction) | |
| 131-134 | Down to the Sea by Bill Wallace (fiction) / 1/6-page illustration by Dave Studzinski (page 132) / Deep Ones by Herb Arnold (1/4-page illustration, page 133) / The Dreamer's Knell by Walter Shedlofsky (poetry, page 134) / Who Is Grandpa Theobold? by Robert E. Howard (poetry, page 134) / 1/9-page illustration by Denis Tiani (page 134) | |
| 135-140 | Contributors Notes / Wilbur Whateley by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 136) / The Dunwich Horror by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 137) / 1/4-page illustration by Harry Morris (page 139) / Death of Wizard Whateley by Herb Arnold (1/3-page illustration, page 140) / spot illustration by Dany Frolich (page 140) | |
| 141 | Special Announcements / The Hound by Jaxon (1/4-page illustration, comic splash page) / Pickman's Model by Hannes Bok (1/6-page illustration) / Arkham Episode by Joseph Payne Brennan (poetry) | |
| 142 | 1/8-page illustration by Tim Kirk / 1/6-page illustration by Mike Scott / 1/12-page illustration by Ron Miller / 1/3-page illustration by Herb Arnold | |
| 143 | Survey of Current Publications in the Field of the Macabre with Special Emphasis on H.P. Lovecraft (nonfiction) | |
| 144 (cover) | The Haunter of the Dark by Herb Arnold (full-page illustration) |
The HPL Supplement # 1 was dated April-October 1972. It was published by mimeograph on green paper. Production started on 9/10/72 and was completed on 9/28/72. Penny Frierson traced and adapted the artwork for stencil. Copies were distributed with Mailing # 50 of the Southern Fandom Press Alliance, and were sent to contributors, those sending a letter of comment, people who paid for it, and dealers purchasing second copies of HPL for resale. There was no pagination, so I will only show the number of pages for each item.
| 1 (cover) | (full-page illustration) | |
| 1 pg | The Curse of Cthulhu (parody; comic strip) | |
| 1 pg | Introductory Material by Meade Frierson III | |
| 1 pg | The Night Before Sabbat, Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge (parody; poetry) | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by Harry Warner | |
| 1 pg | Letter by L. Sprague de Camp / Letter by Joseph Payne Brennan | |
| 1 pg | Letter by J. Vernon Shea / Letter by Glenn Lord / Letter by E. Hoffmann Price | |
| 3 pgs | Two Letters by Frank Belknap Long / (1/4-page illustration) / Letter by Ivan Funderberg | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Brian Lumley (portion on preceding page) / Letter by Tim Kirk | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Walter Shedlofsky / Letter by Edward S. Lauterbach / Letter by Walter C. DeBill | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Gerry de la Ree / Letter by Denis Tiani / Letter by Harry O. Morris, Jr. | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Clay Fourrier / Letter by Jaxon / Letter by Bob Kline (continued on next page) | |
| 3 pgs | Letter by George Wetzel | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by James Wade (continued from previous page / continued on next page) | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by Roger Bryant | |
| 3 pgs | Letter by Wm. Scott Home | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (continued from previous page) | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by John Jacob | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Herb Arnold | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. / Letter by Scott Wyatt | |
| 3 pgs | Letter by E.P. Berglund (continued on next page) | |
| 4 pgs | Letter by Victor Boruta / Letter by Bill Tredinnick, Jr. / Letter by Dirk W. Mosig / Letter by Roy Moore | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Ben Indick | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by Jan Strnad | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Morris Scott Dollens / Letter by Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey / Letter by Irving Binkin / Letter by Ray Jones | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Robert C. Sudol / Letter by Jim Tibbetts | |
| 1 pg | Letter by David Sutton / Letter by Jim Zychowicz | |
| 3 pgs | Letter by Frank Balazs | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Dave Dapkewicz (continued from previous page) | |
| 2 pgs | Letter by Matthew Witt (continued from previous page / continued on next page) | |
| 1 pg | Letter by Charles Kosan | |
| 3 pgs | Letter by Tom Collins | |
| 10 pg | Reviews / (1/4-page illustration) / 1/4-page illustration by Dave Studzinski / (1/4-page illustration) | |
| 1 pg | Notices |
The HPL Supplement # 2 was dated July 1973. It was published by mimeograph on beige paper, with white covers. Production was completed on 6/24/73.
| Cover | Wade Gilbreath | |
| 1 | Introductory material by Meade Frierson III / 1/4-page illustration by Wm. F. Loebs, Jr. | |
| 2-3 | Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany by R. Alain Everts (nonfiction) / A Carpathian Castle, Seventy-five Years Later by Margaret L. Carter (poetry) | |
| 4-16 | Lovecraft's Own Book of Weird Fiction by Kenneth W. Faig (nonfiction) / 1/3-page illustration by W.F. Loebs, Jr. (page 5) / 1/4-page illustration by Randall Spurgin (page 9) / (1/8-page illustration, page 15) / The Shadow Man by Brian Lumley (poetry) | |
| 17-31 | Nightmare House by George Wetzel (fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Jim Garrison (page 19) / 1/6-page illustration by Jim Garrison (page 25) / Random Notes from Here and There by Meade Frierson III (nonfiction) / 1/3-page illustration by Jim Garrison (page 31) / Aura by [unknown] (poetry) | |
| 32-40 | Deep Calls to Deep by William Scott Home (fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Wm. F. Loebs, Jr. / Why the Night-Gaunts Tickle by W. Francis Loebs, Jr. (poetry) | |
| 41-48 | A Shore of Shadows by Robert C. Sudol (fiction) / 1/4-page illustration by Randy Spurgin (page 45) / Tierney on Cosmic Wonder by Richard L. Tierney (letter) | |
| 49-55 | Letter by Frank Belknap Long / 1/4-page illustration by Spurgin (page 49) / Letter by E. Hoffmann Price / Letter by Kenneth W. Faig / Letter by Arthur Louis Joquel II / 1/4-page illustration by Spurgin / Editorial by Meade Frierson III | |
| 56-58 | Of Interest of Lovecraftians and Students of the Macabre by Meade Frierson III (reviews) |
The HPL Supplement # 3 was dated March 1974. It was published by mimeograph on beige paper. Production was completed on 3/24/74.
| 1-7 | Introductory Material by Meade Frierson III / Letter by Roger Bryant / Letter by Darrell Schweitzer / Letter by Frank Balazs / The Cosmic Sense (continued) by W.S. Home [a continuationof Tierney on Cosmic Wonder in # 2] (letter) / Letter by E. Hoffmann Price | |
| 8-9 | Letter by Frank Belknap Long | |
| 10-30 | A Nightmare Suffered After Learning of HPL's Death by Donn Brazier (nonfiction) / Brother in Damnation by William Scott Home (fiction) / HPL and the Construction of Character by William F. Loebs, Jr. (nonfiction) / Hellworld by Frank L. Balazs (fiction) / Hyborean Reality by Amos Salmonson (poetry) | |
| 31-43 | The Teddy Bear by Darrell Schweitzer (fiction) / The Old Race by Margaret L. Carter (fiction) / The Black Book by Eldon K. Everett (fiction) / Devil's Hill by Eldon K. Everett (fiction) / Miscellaneous Material by Meade Frierson III (nonfiction) | |
| 44-54 | Index to the Frierson Lovecraftian Publications 1972-1974 by Meade Frierson III (bibliography) / A Memoir of Jack Grill by George T. Wetzel (nonfiction) |
Created: October 21, 1997; Updated: August 9, 2004