This is an online repository of public domain Cthulhu Mythos stories by the first generation of Mythos writers: H. P. Lovecraft and his friends, along with earlier stories that contributed motifs to the Mythos.

Note: Some early Mythos stories cannot be included here because of copyright restrictions. For a more complete list of the Mythos works by each author, refer to our bibliography.

	H. P. Lovecraft Abdul Alhazred himself, the source of the all, whose eldritch emanations include the Necronomicon, Pnakotic Manuscripts, Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep, Cthulhu, Shub-Niggurath, Arkham, Innsmouth, Kingsport, the Dreamlands, and many more.
	Robert Bloch Creator, Ludvig Prinn's De Vermis Mysteriis or Mysteries of the Worm, the Comte d'Erlette's Cultes des Ghoules, the Cabala of Saboth, and the Egyptian Cycle.
	Hugh B. Cave Briefly referenced Hastur, Nyarlathotep, Bethmoora, the Yellow Sign, and the Lake of Hali.
	August Derleth Lovecraft's champion, originator of the term "Cthulhu Mythos," systematizer and controversial theologian of the Mythos. Chief popularizer of Hastur the Unspeakable; creator of Ithaqua, Laban Shrewsbury, the Byakhee, the Celaeno Fragments, the Confessions of Clithanus, and the R'lyeh Text; co-creator of the Tcho-Tcho people; and descendant of the Comte d’Erlette.
	Robert E. Howard Notable creator of sword-and-sorcery heroes including Conan, Kull, Bran Mak Morn, and Turlogh O'Brien. Originator of von Junzt's Unaussprechlichen Kulten or Nameless Cults, the mad poet Justin Geoffrey, and Gol-Goroth. Apostle of Machen's Little People or Children of the Night.
	Henry Kuttner Creator of The Book of Iod, the Chhaya Ritual, Iod the Shining Hunter, Hydra, Michael Leigh, Vorvadoss, and Bel-Yarnak.
	Frank Belknap Long Creator of the Hounds of Tindalos, the Space Eaters, Chaugnar Faugn, and icy Kinarth.
	Robert A. W. Lowndes Creator of the Song of Yste and the adumbrali, and co-creator of Graag.
	Duane W. Rimel Poet of Yith and creator of Rudolf Yergler's Chronike von Nath or Chronicle of Nath.
	Clark Ashton Smith Creator of the Liber Ivonis or Book of Eibon, Tsathoggua, Atlach-Nacha, Hyperborea, and Averoigne.
	Donald Wandrei Creator of Fthaggua/The Fire Vampires. Also briefly referenced Cthulhu, Hali, and R'lyeh.
	Donald A. Wollheim Youthful correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft who later became a major publisher of science fiction and fantasy.

Classic Precursors

	Arabian Nights One of the literary sources for Iram or Irem, City of Pillars.
	Ambrose Bierce Creator of Hastur, Hali, Carcosa, and Marvells of Science, and explorer of the Hyades.
	Algernon Blackwood Literary populariser of the Native American myth of the Wendigo.
	Robert W. Chambers Creator of The King in Yellow, the Yellow Sign, the Pallid Mask. Explorer of Bierce's Carcosa, Hali, and Hastur.
	Arthur Machen Populariser of the Little People, and creator of the black seal aka Sixtystone or Ixaxar, the Aklo letters, Mao games, and Chian language.

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The heading image for Librarium Cthulhuvius incorporates details from Raymond Bayless's cover illustration for the seventh printing of H. P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror and Others, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers, Inc.

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