Series

Cthulhu Mythos anthologies

Brian M. Sammons, David Hambling, Matthew Davenport, uncredited, August Derleth, David Conyers, Glynn Owen Barrass, Nathan Shumate, C. T. Phipps, Jim Turner, John DeLaughter, John Sunseri, Thom Brannan, Alex Kreitner, Byron Craft, Cody Goodfellow, Darrell Schweitzer, D. L. Snell, John Ashmead, Khurt Khave, Matthew Carpenter, Peter Rawlik & Tim Curran · 6 novellas · 27 anthologies · 1969–2024

Reading order

The order the books came out.

Tales of the Cthulhu MythosJim Turner1990anthologycosmic horror
Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian AnthologyJim Turner1995anthologycosmic horror
Eldritch Chrome: Unquiet Tales of a Mythos-Haunted FutureBrian M. Sammons & Glynn Owen Barrass2013anthologycosmic horror
Urban Temples of Cthulhu: Modern Mythos AnthologyKhurt Khave2016anthologyhorror
Return of the Old Ones: Apocalyptic Lovecraftian HorrorBrian M. Sammons2017anthologycosmic horror
Tales from the Miskatonic University LibraryDarrell Schweitzer & John Ashmead2017anthologycosmic horror
The Children of Gla'akiBrian M. Sammons & Glynn Owen Barrass2017anthologycosmic horror
Through a Mythos DarklyBrian M. Sammons & Glynn Owen Barrass2017anthologycosmic horror
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos(3 works)
Cthulhu Unbound(7 works)
Eldritch(3 works)
- Redneck EldritchNathan Shumate2016anthologyhorror
- Space Eldritch(2 works)
  - 1Space EldritchNathan Shumate2012anthologyhorror
  - 2The Haunted StarsNathan Shumate2013anthologycosmic horror
Lovecraftian Tales(1 work)
- 1Lovecraftian Tales: Volume OneMatthew Carpenter & Alex Kreitner2017anthologycosmic horror
Books of Cthulhu(11 works)

Map

Cthulhu Mythos anthologies at the centre, 6 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.

Stats

By decade

1960s1
1970s2
1980s0
1990s2
2000s2
2010s16
2020s10

Shape

6 novellas · 27 anthologies

22 authors

reads like:horror madness our world contemporary dark adult

Mood

Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.

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