Robert Bloch

HPL's young correspondent began his career writing horror stories in a decidedly Lovecraftian vein for Weird Tales and other pulp magazines.

Mysteries of the Worm: Early Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

A feast of the early Mythos tales of Robert Bloch, who later became world-famous as the author of Psycho. Includes: Fane of the Black Pharaoh, Notebook Found in a Deserted House, Terror in Cut-Throat Cove, The Brood of Bubastis, The Creeper in the Crypt, The Dark Demon, The Faceless God, The Grinning Ghoul, The Mannikin, The Secret in the Tomb, The Secret of Sebek, The Shadow from the Steeple, The Shambler from the Stars, The Sorcerer’s Jewel, The Suicide in the Study, The Unspeakable Betrothal.

Strange Eons (Used, at AbeBooks.com)

"What men know is called science; what they have not yet learned they call magic. But both are real.... In the world of today and the near future, three people inexorably linked by a common interest in the work of H. P. Lovecraft, discover: that the legendary creatures he created in his fantasies have hideous counterparts in reality... that his fiction is incredible fact... that his message is a warning... Bloch was a protège of H. P. Lovecraft, and, at the age of fifteen, the youngest member of the "Lovecraft Circle." This book, based on Lovecraftian themes, is his homage to the man. Of all the Lovecraft pastiches, Strange Eons most emphatically takes the bleak implications of his mythos to their logical conclusion." (Description from goodreads.com)

H. P. Lovecraft, Letters to Robert Bloch and Others

H. P. Lovecraft's generous tutelage of younger literary colleagues earned him their lifelong devotion and admiration. Few profited more by his assistance than Robert Bloch, who went on to become the celebrated author of Psycho and other classic works of horror and suspense. Establishing a correspondence with Lovecraft when he was sixteen, Bloch learned so much about the craft of writing—and about other matters—that he later stated: "Lovecraft was my university." This volume brings together Lovecraft's complete extant correspondence with Bloch as well as with such other young writers, editors, and fans of the 1930s as Kenneth Sterling, Donald A. Wollheim, Willis Conover, and others. As in all previous volumes in the Collected Letters series, these letters have been meticulously edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi, two of the leading authorities on Lovecraft. Also included are many rare and pertinent writings by the various correspondents, which shed light on their relationship to Lovecraft. An exhaustive bibliography and a comprehensive index conclude the volume.

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