The Spawn of Cthulhu

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name = The Spawn of Cthulhu
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image_caption = Cover of "The Spawn of Cthulhu"
author = edited by Lin Carter
cover_artist = Gervasio Gallardo
country = United States
language = English
series = Ballantine Adult Fantasy series
genre = Fantasy short stories
publisher = Ballantine Books
release_date = 1971
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 0-345-02394-3
preceded_by = New Worlds for Old
followed_by = Discoveries in Fantasy

"The Spawn of Cthulhu" is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1971 as the thirty-sixth volume of its celebrated "Ballantine Adult Fantasy series". It was the fifth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.

The book collects twelve fantasy tales and poems by various authors that either influenced or were influenced by the "Cthulhu Mythos" stories of H. P. Lovecraft, including one story by Lovecraft himself, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.

Contents

*"Introduction: About The Spawn of Cthulhu and H. P. Lovecraft" (Lin Carter)
*"The Whisperer in Darkness" (H. P. Lovecraft)
*"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (Ambrose Bierce)
*"The Yellow Sign" (from "The King in Yellow") (Robert W. Chambers)
*"Cordelia’s Song from "The King in Yellow" (Vincent Starrett)
*"The Return of Hastur" (August Derleth)
*"Litany to Hastur" (from "Dreams from R'lyeh") (Lin Carter)
*"The Children of the Night" (Robert E. Howard)
*"K’n-yan" (Walter C. DeBill, Jr.)
*"The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" (Clark Ashton Smith)
*"The Hounds of Tindalos" (Frank Belknap Long)
*"The Curse of Yig" (Zealia Brown Reed Bishop)
*"The Mine on Yuggoth" (Ramsey Campbell)