Cthulhu Mythos

The Cthulhu Mythos is the name given to a shared fictional cosmology inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Whereas Lovecraftian horror in general explores his larger themes, stories classified as "Cthulhu Mythos" involve his invented deities, monsters, books, and places.

...more

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Last Ritual
Wrath of N'kai
Eldritch Prisoners: A Cthulhu Mythos Anthology (Books of Cthulhu Book 6)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors
The Call of Cthulhu and Dagon: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Classics)
Conan: City of the Dead
On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera
The House Without a Summer
Tales of Yog-Sothoth
The Age of Decayed Futurity: The Best of Mark Samuels
Dark Revelations
Cthulhu Cat
Cthulhu Reloaded (The Collected Harrison Peel Stories Book 1)
Grim Investigations: Arkham Horror: The Collected Novellas, Vol. 2
The Call of Cthulhu
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana: A Guide to Lovecraftian Horror
At the Mountains of Madness
The King in Yellow
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
Mysteries of the Worm
The Colour Out of Space
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Νεκρονομικόν
The Dunwich Horror
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftWeirder Shadows Over Innsmouth by Stephen              JonesWeird Shadows Over Innsmouth by Stephen              JonesTales Out of Innsmouth by Robert M. PriceThe Innsmouth Cycle by Robert M. Price
Take Me to Innsmouth
35 books — 7 voters
The Mall of Cthulhu by Seamus CooperThe Atrocity Archives by Charles StrossA Scout Is Brave by Will LudwigsenThe Jennifer Morgue by Charles StrossDown on the Farm by Charles Stross
Modern Lovecraftian Mythos
20 books — 3 voters

The Fisherman by John  LanganAnnihilation by Jeff Vandermeerうずまき [Uzumaki] by Junji ItoThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Rim of Morning by William  Sloane
Cosmic & Lovecraftian Horror
231 books — 95 voters
Dark Forces by Kirby McCauleyThe Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell999 by Al SarrantonioSNAFU by Geoff BrownRead Us or Die by Jason Gehlert
Best Horror Anthologies
454 books — 536 voters


Related Genres

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.
H.P Lovecraft

Laurence Galian
The name Cthulhu provides an important and fascinating parallel with pre-Islamic mystical Sufi practice. Cthulhu is very close to the Arabic world Khadhulu (also spelled al qhadhulu). Khadhulu is translated as 'Betrayer,' 'Forsaker,' or 'Abandoner.' Many Sufis and Muqarribun writings use this term 'Abandoner.' In Sufi and Muqarribun writings 'abandoner' refers to the power that fuels the practices of Tajrid 'outward detachment' and Tafrid 'interior solitude. ...more
Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

More quotes...
The Sapphire Incident Two years ago five kids in Arkham, Massachusetts attempted a ritual to summon an Ancient God. Fo…more
4 members, last active 11 years ago
Smutpunk Readers For fans of smutpunk! Smutpunk is a blend of erotica, pulp noir/fantasy/western, existential hor…more
131 members, last active 8 years ago
ARKHAM Arkham, Essex County, Massachusetts. Home to the Miskatonic University.
1 member, last active 7 years ago
Dᴇʟᴛᴀ Gʀᴇᴇɴ Deception is a right. Truth is a privilege. Innocence is a luxury. Born of the U.S. government’s…more
1 member, last active 10 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: cthulhu-mythos and cthulhu