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In Lovecraft's Shadow
Jacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian for In Lovecraft's Shadow
Author	August Derleth
Illustrator	Stephen E. Fabian
Cover artist	Stephen E. Fabian
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, horror
Publisher	Mycroft & Moran
Publication date	1998
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	xiv, 351
ISBN	1-55246-003-7
OCLC	36693519

In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1998 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,051 copies.

The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos and several had appeared previously in the Arkham House collections: The Mask of Cthulhu (1958), The Trail of Cthulhu (1962) and Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People (with Mark Schorer, 1966).

In Lovecraft's Shadow contains the following tales:

"Introduction", by Joseph Wrzos
"A Few Words About the Artist", by Joseph Wrzos
Part I: Homage, Thricefold
- "Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight"
Part II: North Woods Stories: Ithaqua of the Snows & Others
- "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"
- "Ithaqua"
- "Beyond the Threshold"
- "The Dweller in Darkness"
Part III: Collaborations: Non-Lovecraftian
- "Lair of the Star-Spawn" (with Mark Schorer)
- "Spawn of the Maelstrom" (with Mark Schorer)
- "The Horror from the Depths" (with Mark Schorer)
- "The House in the Oaks" (with Robert E. Howard)
Part IV: The Old Ones Abroad
- "Those Who Seek"
- "The God-Box"
- "Something from Out There"
Part V: The Mythos in Verse
- "Incubus"
Part VI: Miskatonic Valley Tales: Arkham & Environs
- "The Return of Hastur"
- "The Passing of Eric Holm"
- "The Sandwin Compact"
- "Something in Wood"
- "The Whippoorwills in the Hills"
- "The House in the Valley"
- "The Seal of R’lyeh"
Part VII: On Cthulhu's Trail: The Laban Shrewsbury Stories
- "The House on Curwen Street: The Manuscript of Andred Phelan"
- "The Watcher from the Sky: The Deposition of Abel Keane"
- "The Gorge Beyond Salapunco: "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd"
- "The Keeper of the Key: The Statement of Nayland Colum"
- "The Black Island: The Narrative of Horvath Blayne"
Part VIII: Coda, Epistolary
- "On Reading Old Letters. For H.P.L."
Part IX: The Mythos in Miniature:
- "A Note on the Cthulhu Mythos"
Notes
Appendix: The Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Stories (Excluding the Lovecraft Collaborations) in Order of Publication

Sources

Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 846.
Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.

v t e Works of August Derleth
Solar Pons	"In Re: Sherlock Holmes" – The Adventures of Solar Pons The Memoirs of Solar Pons Three Problems for Solar Pons The Return of Solar Pons The Reminiscences of Solar Pons Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey The Casebook of Solar Pons A Praed Street Dossier The Chronicles of Solar Pons The Solar Pons Omnibus The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
Horror	Someone in the Dark Something Near Not Long for this World The Survivor and Others The Mask of Cthulhu Lonesome Places The Trail of Cthulhu Mr. George and Other Odd Persons Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People The Watchers Out of Time and Others (based on fragments by H. P. Lovecraft) Dwellers in Darkness In Lovecraft's Shadow The Lurker at the Threshold (based on fragments by H. P. Lovecraft)
Science fiction	Harrigan's File
Short fiction	"The Lonesome Place" "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians"
Biography	Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft
History	The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years Wisconsin Murders
Anthologies edited by	Sleep No More Who Knocks? The Night Side The Sleeping and the Dead Strange Ports of Call The Other Side of the Moon Beyond Time and Space Far Boundaries The Outer Reaches Beachheads in Space Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company Worlds of Tomorrow Portals of Tomorrow Time to Come Dark Mind, Dark Heart New Worlds for Old The Sleeping and the Dead The Time of Infinity The Unquiet Grave When Evil Wakes From Other Worlds Over the Edge Travellers by Night Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Dark Things New Horizons
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