World of H.P. Lovecraft

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Zine
Title: World of HP Lovecraft
Publisher: 13th Hour Books
Editor(s): Les Thomas
Date(s): 1993-2013
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Medium: print
Size: quarto
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Fandom: H.P. Lovecraft
Language: English
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World of HP Lovecraft is a combined non-fiction and anthology zine edited by Les Thomas. It featured articles about H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos as well as original fiction and poetry. It had a somewhat erratic posting schedule, with nine issues published between 1993 and 2013.

Issue 1

The cover of the issue #1

Issue 1 was published in 1993, with a numbered print run of 100 issues.

Contents

Front Cover by unknown.

Issue 2

The cover of the issue #2

Issue 2 was published in Fall/Winter 1994. It had 52 pages.

Contents

  • Front Cover: reproduction of the cover for Issue #3 of Millennium Comics' "The Festival" (original by Brian Michael Bendis)
  • pg 1 · Lovecraft Mini-Bio · Les Thomas [article]
  • pg 2 · Quick-Notes on “Mountains of Madness” · Les Thomas [article]
  • p 24 · "The Ultimate Incantation" · Allen Mackey [poem]
  • p 24 · "Where Flap the Tatters of the King" · Allen Mackey [poem]
  • p 25 ·" An Old Gentleman Seeks Professional Help" by Henry J. Vester, III [poem]
  • p 26 · Forthcoming Books, Movies and Etc. About HPL · [uncredited]
  • p 31 · "Towers of Stonehenge" · Wes Pomeroy [poem]
  • p 32 · Test Your Knowledge About Lovecraft · John Coker, III [quiz]
  • p 34 · "Ye Nameless Thing" · Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire [fiction]
  • p 36 · "The Old Ones" · Dr. Stephen A. Hoeller [article]
  • p 38 · "Louis’ Strange Talisman" · Allen Mackey [fiction]
  • Art from Millennium Comic’s 3-part Series “The Festival” · Various

Issue 3

The cover of the issue #3 by Dan

World of HP Lovecraft #3 was published Summer/Fall 1995. It had 36 pages.

Contents

Issue 4

The cover of the issue #4 by Dan

World of HP Lovecraft #4 was published in the spring of 1997. It had 60 pages.

Contents

  • Front cover by Dan
  • "Letter from the Editor" by Les Thomas [editorial]
  • "Cthulhu / Tools" by Les Thomas
  • 3X Sargent, three twisted little Poems by Stanley Sargent [poem]
    • "Perpetuation"
    • "His Nasty Mouth"
    • "Taking In the Sights"
  • Art Gallery #1 - Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration]
  • "Sermon on the Mound" by Robert M. Price [fiction]
  • "Time and Space and Forgetfulness" by David Barker [fiction]
  • CNN, Cthulhu News Network [regular column]
  • "An Image in Chalk" by Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire [fiction]
  • Art Gallery #2 - Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration]
  • "Conjuration and Hoodoo, the Home-grown Voodoo of the Old South" by uncredited [article]
  • "The Terror of Emmett's Cove" by Lee Clark [fiction]
  • Art Gallery #3 - Art by John Tkachuk [illustration]
  • "Parthenogenesis" by D.F. Lewis [fiction]
  • The Back Page [regular column]
  • "Two Legs in a Closet" by Craig Cortright [poem]
  • "Raiko and the Spiner-God" by uncredited [fiction]
  • "The Laboratory: Ancient Regime by uncredited [poem]
  • "Lucifer in Starlight" by George Meredith [poem]

Issue 5

The cover of the issue #5 by Allen Koszowski

World of HP Lovecraft #5 was published in the spring of 2003. It had 30 pages and was the illustration-only issue.

Contents


Issue 6

Issue 7

The cover of the issue #7 by Robert H. Knox

World of HP Lovecraft #7 was published in 2010. It had 16 pages.

Contents

  • The Arthur Harris as Listed for Sale by L.W. Currey, by Les Thomas
  • Listing of H.P. Lovecraft Collection of Letters in Publication by Various Publishers
  • H.P. Lovecraft Entries in Literary References, compiled by Les Thomas

Issue 8

The cover of the issue #8 by Allen Koszowski

World of HP Lovecraft #8 was published in September 2011. It had 16 pages.

Contents

  • Bloop by Leslie Thomas
  • Descent into Hell, BD by Allen Koszowski
  • Golden Rocket by Leslie Thomas

Issue 9

The cover of the issue #9 by Allen Koszowski

World of HP Lovecraft #9 was published in May 2013. It had 16 pages.

  • "Is that can not be named? Horror!" by Leslie Thomas
  • "Descent into Hell (part 2)", BD by Allen Koszowski
  • "Astronomicon" by Leslie Thomas
  • "The Horror from the Mid-West Sky: The Crawfordsville Monster" by Leslie Thomas