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After much deliberation, our judges selected the following winning stories: Grand Prize: Dark Time by Demi LeJeune Runners Up (alphabetized by author): The Aisle by Stacey Barnes A Study in Cashmere by Joslyn Chase​ Honorable Mentions (alphabetized by author): Crowds of Light by Ryan Freeman Behind Her Mask by Sharon Hetherington Freedom by Jordy Hines Eleven Birthdays by Erica Roberts​ Should Have Waited by Carole Wolfe. SHORTLISTED STORIES. There were so many good stories in this contest, the judges were hard-pressed to narrow their selections to just a handful of winners. While the following stories didn’t win a prize, the judges noted them as some of their favorites. Alone with All You’ve Created by H.P. Borley Sequestered in Grief by des Anges Cruser The Closet Door by Christy DeRienzis Alistair In Isolation by Lisa Hoenisch The Doors by Kacy Hogg The Three of Us by F T Jackson The Outside by Alex Klarke Annie by Chris LaRoche Shadows of the Chateau d’If by Darrell Eugene McGuire Low Tide by Anita Merriman Unlocked by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm Decay by April Renee Russell Womb by Kerri Scott. READERS’ CHOICE AWARD. As the judges sifted through the entries, we invited you to vote for your favorite story to win the Readers’ Choice Award. The winner of the Readers’ Choice Award is Till the Last Breath by Bisan Mourad. Congratulations, Bisan! JUDGES. At Short Fiction Break, we believe there are two groups of stars in every writing contest. The first group is obvious: all the writers who enter their stories, who bravely offer their writing for critique, judging, and publication. The second group is less obvious, but equally important: the contest judges, working hard behind the scenes to read every story and select a handful of the very best. This contest was judged by a panel of two judges, an author and editor team. The Editor: Abigail K. Perry is a Story Grid certified editor with a sharp eye for a great story. She received a B.S. in TV, Radio, and Film from Syracuse University (Newhouse) and a Master’s in Secondary Education from Endicott College before receiving her Story Grid editor certification. Now, she teaches writers at her local bookstore, her DIY MFA column, and her podcast, Story Effect. And of course, she shares her best storytelling wisdom with writers through her editorial services. The Author: M MacKinnon worked for several years as a middle school English teacher before returning to her love of storytelling. Now, M MacKinnon is the author of three novels that combine paranormal romance, modern mystery, and humor. She loves to write emotions: love, hate, fear, redemption, second chances. She lives in New Jersey and spends one month each year in the Scottish Highlands, her happy place and source of her inspiration. Explore M MacKinnon’s writing, including The Comyn’s Curse , the first novel in the Highland Spirits series, on her website. SPONSORS. The prizes for this contest are provided by the following sponsors: The Write Practice Pro: The Write Practice Pro is the premier workshopping community from The Write Practice. Contest participants receive six weeks’ access to the workshopping community to get feedback on their short stories, novel chapters, and other writing pieces. SUMMER WRITING CONTEST STORIES. You can find all the stories writers chose to publish in the contest below. If you have entered a story in the contest, we encourage you to read this guide to help you get the most out of publication on Short Fiction Break. Pacific Cold: A Short Story by Philip Allen Green. MURDER CLINIC : Radio ’ s Golden Age of Detection. by Victor A. Berch, Karl Schadow & Steve Lewis. Whatever the laws of physics and probability are as they relate to research on matters relating to detective fiction, they invariably lead investigators into bypaths and side journeys that lead them into areas which were totally unanticipated beforehand. While working on the tribute page to author John Godey after his death, Victor and Steve came across a radio play written by Morton Freedgood (Godey’s real name) entitled “Let Me Tell You About Manhattan,” which was broadcast on July 12, 1942, as part of the CBS series, Columbia Workshop . In the same box of highlights for the day on the New York Times radio page was a notice of a new series called Murder Clinic on WOR, the flagship station for the Mutual network. The title of the play that evening was “The Ordinary Hairpins,” a Philip Trent short story by E. C. Bentley. This of course caught both of our attentions, and we decided to investigate further. No logs of the series were found, and the series seems to have escaped the attention of such OTR (Old-Time Radio) researchers as John Dunning ( On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio , Oxford, 1998) and Jim Cox ( Radio Crime Fighters , McFarland, 2002). Nor is there a hint of a log on Jerry Haendige’s extensive old-time radio site.) Each week on Murder Clinic another detective story from another well-known mystery writer was adapted for broadcast. Fans of the so-called Golden Age of Detection should certainly sit up and take notice at the veritable cornucopia of delights that were heard during the year and a few months that the program was on the air. Every week another story by an author such as Edgar Wallace, Ngaio Marsh, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, G. K. Chesterton, Jacques Futrelle, Stuart Palmer, and (as we discovered) on and on. It took some digging, mostly in old newspapers from across the country, but after some persistence, we have come up with an almost complete list of the titles of the stories that were broadcast in the series. As much as possible, since in many cases all we had to go by was the title of the story, we have supplied the author, the detective and the first appearance of the story. FOOTNOTE A. Soon after the first version of the log was posted, Karl Schadow emailed Victor and Steve, saying that he had been researching Murder Clinic on his own for many years (see above) and he was able to fill in many of the missing episodes, and were we interested? The immediate reply back was an enthusiastic “ yes, ” and the result of this combined effort is an almost complete listing. Before we begin with the log itself, here is brief overview that includes all that we have learned about the program so far. Prior to the program’s initial appearance over WOR (New York), the time slot between 9:30 and 10:00 pm was filled by various orchestras, among them Kay Kyser, Alvino Rey and Claude Thornhill until June 30, 1942. The July 7, 1942, star featured the All Star Baseball game and the following week’s time slot featured a Win the War Mass Meeting. Then Murder Clinic kicked in on the following week (July 21, 1942). Eight months later, on March 7, 1943, the program switched to Sunday nights between 9:00 and 9:30, replacing the Navy show Anchors Aweigh . On October 4, 1942, The First Nighter program switched over from CBS to Mutual and was broadcast from 6:00 to 6:30 on Sunday evenings. At the end of the regular season for The First Nighter , on May 2, 1942, Murder Clinic switched time periods and came on three hours earlier as the summer replacement for the other program. There were several other changes of days and times for Murder Clinic in the months that followed. The final curtain rang down on October 27, 1943, after providing mystery lovers of the day well over a year’s worth of audio adaptations of many of their favorite stories. What we wouldn’t give for having a time machine at our disposal so that we could easily go back and listen to each one of them ourselves – and wouldn’t you? OPENING: “ Murder Clinic . Stories of the world’s greatest detectives – men against murder. Each week at this time, WOR-Mutual turns the spotlight on one of the world’s greatest detectives of fiction and invites you to listen to the story of his most exciting case. Tonight we see Sir Henry Merrivale, known to all his friends as H. M., in a story, ‘Death in the Dressing Room.’” [September 9, 1942.] CLOSING: “You have been listening to Murder Clinic . Murder Clinic , the WOR-Mutual series which brings you each week one exciting case; one member from the special branch of the world’s great detectives. Next week, Murder Clinic will bring you one of the best-known and best- beloved figures of all crime fiction, Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Tales told on Murder Clinic are adapted by authors Lee Wright and John A. Blanton. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.” The Eyes Have It. A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But only a topflight science- fictionist, we thought, could have written this story, in just this way. It was quite by accident I discovered this incredible invasion of Earth by lifeforms from another planet. As yet, I haven't done anything about it; I can't think of anything to do. I wrote to the Government, and they sent back a pamphlet on the repair and maintenance of frame houses. Anyhow, the whole thing is known; I'm not the first to discover it. Maybe it's even under control. I was sitting in my easy-chair, idly turning the pages of a paperbacked book someone had left on the bus, when I came across the reference that first put me on the trail. For a moment I didn't respond. It took some time for the full import to sink in. After I'd comprehended, it seemed odd I hadn't noticed it right away. The reference was clearly to a nonhuman species of incredible properties, not indigenous to Earth. A species, I hasten to point out, customarily masquerading as ordinary human beings. Their disguise, however, became transparent in the face of the following observations by the author. It was at once obvious the author knew everything. Knew everything--and was taking it in his stride. The line (and I tremble remembering it even now) read: . his eyes slowly roved about the room. Vague chills assailed me. I tried to picture the eyes. Did they roll like dimes? The passage indicated not; they seemed to move through the air, not over the surface. Rather rapidly, apparently. No one in the story was surprised. That's what tipped me off. No sign of amazement at such an outrageous thing. Later the matter was amplified. . his eyes moved from person to person. There it was in a nutshell. The eyes had clearly come apart from the rest of him and were on their own. My heart pounded and my breath choked in my windpipe. I had stumbled on an accidental mention of a totally unfamiliar race. Obviously non-Terrestrial. Yet, to the characters in the book, it was perfectly natural--which suggested they belonged to the same species. And the author? A slow suspicion burned in my mind. The author was taking it rather too easily in his stride. Evidently, he felt this was quite a usual thing. He made absolutely no attempt to conceal this knowledge. The story continued: . presently his eyes fastened on Julia. Julia, being a lady, had at least the breeding to feel indignant. She is described as blushing and knitting her brows angrily. At this, I sighed with relief. They weren't all non-Terrestrials. The narrative continues: . slowly, calmly, his eyes examined every inch of her. Great Scott! But here the girl turned and stomped off and the matter ended. I lay back in my chair gasping with horror. My wife and family regarded me in wonder. "What's wrong, dear?" my wife asked. I couldn't tell her. Knowledge like this was too much for the ordinary run-of-the-mill person. I had to keep it to myself. "Nothing," I gasped. I leaped up, snatched the book, and hurried out of the room. In the garage, I continued reading. There was more. Trembling, I read the next revealing passage: . he put his arm around Julia. Presently she asked him if he would remove his arm. He immediately did so, with a smile. It's not said what was done with the arm after the fellow had removed it. Maybe it was left standing upright in the corner. Maybe it was thrown away. I don't care. In any case, the full meaning was there, staring me right in the face. Here was a race of creatures capable of removing portions of their anatomy at will. Eyes, arms--and maybe more. Without batting an eyelash. My knowledge of biology came in handy, at this point. Obviously they were simple beings, uni-cellular, some sort of primitive single-celled things. Beings no more developed than starfish. Starfish can do the same thing, you know. I read on. And came to this incredible revelation, tossed off coolly by the author without the faintest tremor: . outside the movie theater we split up. Part of us went inside, part over to the cafe for dinner. Binary fission, obviously. Splitting in half and forming two entities. Probably each lower half went to the cafe, it being farther, and the upper halves to the movies. I read on, hands shaking. I had really stumbled onto something here. My mind reeled as I made out this passage: . I'm afraid there's no doubt about it. Poor Bibney has lost his head again. Which was followed by: . and Bob says he has utterly no guts. Yet Bibney got around as well as the next person. The next person, however, was just as strange. He was soon described as: . totally lacking in brains. There was no doubt of the thing in the next passage. Julia, whom I had thought to be the one normal person, reveals herself as also being an alien life form, similar to the rest: . quite deliberately, Julia had given her heart to the young man. It didn't relate what the final disposition of the organ was, but I didn't really care. It was evident Julia had gone right on living in her usual manner, like all the others in the book. Without heart, arms, eyes, brains, viscera, dividing up in two when the occasion demanded. Without a qualm. . thereupon she gave him her hand. I sickened. The rascal now had her hand, as well as her heart. I shudder to think what he's done with them, by this time. . he took her arm. Not content to wait, he had to start dismantling her on his own. Flushing crimson, I slammed the book shut and leaped to my feet. But not in time to escape one last reference to those carefree bits of anatomy whose travels had originally thrown me on the track: . her eyes followed him all the way down the road and across the meadow. I rushed from the garage and back inside the warm house, as if the accursed things were following me. My wife and children were playing Monopoly in the kitchen. I joined them and played with frantic fervor, brow feverish, teeth chattering. I had had enough of the thing. I want to hear no more about it. Let them come on. Let them invade Earth. I don't want to get mixed up in it. I have absolutely no stomach for it. You may also enjoy stories in our Science Fiction Study Guide. Are you an Idioms buff? We've gathered hundreds of figurative expressions, offering definitions and story links. Wonderful for English language learners, too. Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture. H. P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos have had a significant influence on later works in a wide variety of media. The following is a non- comprehensive list of works that, while not direct adaptations of Lovecraft's works, contain references, allusions or themes that have their origin with Lovecraft, or appear likely to have been inspired by his fiction. The Church of the SubGenius parody religion includes some aspects of the Cthulhu Mythos, such as the Elder Gods who are led by Yog-Sothoth. Contents. Films [ edit | edit source ] Gorgo (1961; Eugène Lourié) a gigantic sea beast is captured and put on display. Similarly to " The Horror at Martin's Beach ", it is discovered the beast is an infant as his much larger mother comes to rescue him. The Haunted Palace (1963; Roger Corman) loose adaptation of "Charles Dexter Ward", starring Vincent Price and Lon Chaney, Jr. The film was advertised as "Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace ," but it was not based on Poe's poem of the same title. Arkham also appeared. (1965; Daniel Haller), is based on "The Colour Out of Space". Arkham here is set in England. Nick Adams plays a scientist by the name of Stephen Reinhart who travels to England to visit his fiancee (played by Suzan Farmer) at the home of her parents Nahum (Boris Karloff) and Letitia (Freda Jackson). There he discovers that Nahum is keeping a space rock in his basement and using it to grow giant vegetation and mutated animals. The rock has driven Nahum and Letitia insane and, in the film's climax, it transforms Nahum into a glowing monster. Lovecraft scholar Don G. Smith claims that, of the scenes that are derived from Lovecraft's work, the "blasted heath doesn't live up to Lovecraft's description" and asserts that overall the film does not successfully capture Lovecraft's intent to "play. with the idea of an alien life form completely different from anything humans can imagine". Smith considers Haller's work to be an imitation of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films rather than a serious attempt at adapting Lovecraft's tale. The Shuttered Room (1967; David Greene) (1968; Vernon Sewell) aka. The Crimson Cult , Witch House , The Crimson Altar is a loose adaptation inspired by the " The Dreams in the Witch-House ". It starred Barbara Steele, Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, and Michael Gough. Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden (1968; Jess Franco) German erotic film, allegedly based on a story from a Necronomicon book read by Franco. Laokoon (1970; Václav Mergl) The Dunwich Horror (1970; Daniel Haller). It starred Dean Stockwell as Wilbur Whateley, Ed Begley as Henry Armitage and Sandra Dee. Les Baxter composed the soundtrack. It was the final film for Begley, who died in April of that year. The Shadow over Innsmouth (1973; unproduced) Colombian writer Andres Caicedo adapted the screenplay. He travelled to Hollywood in 1975 to sell it to Roger Corman, alongside his adaptation of Clark Ashton Smith's The Nameless Offspring , but failed in his purpose. Neither of the screenplays were shot and remain as part of the Andres Caicedo Collection in the Luis Angel Arango Library in Bogota. The Manitou (1978; William Girdler) is an adapation of "The Manitou", starring Lovecraft's Misquamacus character H.R. Giger's works such as Alien (1979) City of the Living Dead (1980; Lucio Fulci) is set in a town named Dunwich. The Music of Erich Zann (1980; John Strysik) A short film adaptation Pickman's Model (1981; Austinite Cathy Welch) a short, thirty minute version. The basic story was preserved, with the tale of Thurber's night at Pickman's being relayed by him to his skeptical girlfriend. The Evil Dead series (1981-1992; Sam Raimi) has the Necronomicon Ex Mortis as the primary source of evil in the films. Conan the Barbarian (1982; John Milius) and Conan The Destroyer (1984; Richard Fleischer) due to the relationship between the Conan universe and the Mythos. The Thing (1982; John Carpenter) can be argued to be Lovecraftian in theme. Re-Animator series (all starring Jeffrey Combs) Re-Animator (1985; Stuart Gordon) is a black-comedy retelling of the original story. Updated to a contemporary setting, Re-Animator takes its plot and characters from the first two episodes of the serial, depicting West as a medical student at Miskatonic University. Bride of Re-Animator (1989) starts off with material from the last two episodes war chapter of the original story before veering off into The Bride of Frankenstein territory. Beyond Re-Animator (2003) follows Herbert West as he continues his experiments on prison inmates but has little to do with Lovecraft's story. Set in Arkham. "The Drowned" loosely based on "The Rats in the Walls" involves a character named Edward DeLapoer, but the character is placed in a different setting and plot. "The Cold", a 50-minute black-and-white version directed by Shusuke Kaneko from a screenplay by Brent V. Friedman based on "Cool Air". "Whispers" is based on "The Whisperer in Darkness" The Ogdru Jahad, the malevolent god-like beings that are the main antagonistic force in the film, are depicted as massive tentacled entities residing in space, much like many Cthulhu mythos deities. A book is also referenced as " De Vermis Mysteriis ". Hellboy II: The Golden Army cameo appearances of Elder Things in the BPRD headquarters and in the Troll Market. Also, in a possible reference to " At the Mountains of Madness" a major character from the previous film (Myers) is mentioned to have been transferred to Antarctica. The Ancient Ones, massive hibernating god-beings that require human sacrifices to be kept dormant, are thematically similar to the Great Old Ones of Lovecraft's fiction. The premise of the film, in which a team of scientists seek out humanity's extraterrestrial creators, is fundamentally similar to At the Mountains of Madness, which also involves an expedition to an abandoned city belonging to aliens responsible for humanity's creation. TV [ edit | edit source ] Chiaki J. Konaka, a Japanese scriptwriter of the cyberpunk series, is a Lovecraft fan and did a 1992 adaptation of The Shadow over Innsmouth . He was reported to being influenced by The Dunwitch Horror while writing the 1995 series Armitage III as reflect in the characters Armitage and Lavinia Whateley along with a location variously spelled as Dunwich or "Danich" Hill. He also worked on the 13th episode of Digimon Adventure 02 , titled “Call of Dagomon” in Japan with an Insmouth setting and Deep Ones along with the titular Digimon, Digimon Tamers , in the designs of the D-Reaper monsters and the character of Mitsuo Yamaki who oversees a branch of the Japanese government called Hypnos, and Big O , with a Megadeus robot called Dagon among other references. Arkham is used as the hometown of NXT professional wrestler Simon Gotch who has a man-out-of-time 1930s gimmick Night Gallery - contains several direct adaptions Season 2, "Cool Air" (1971; Jeannot Szwarc) with a teleplay by Rod Serling Season 2, "Pickman's Model" (1971) The character of the narrator in the short story becomes a woman (Louise Sorel) who has fallen in love with Pickman (Bradford Dillman). Season 2 "Last Rites of a Dead Druid" Alvin T. Sapinsley's screenplay bore no relation to the original "Out of Aeons" Lovecraft tale that Bloch had adapted into a script. Season 2, episode 41 "The Collect Call of Cathulhu" (1987) The Necronomican, Spawn of Cathulhu, a Shoggoth and Cathulhu itself all appear in this episode. Arkham appears when members of the Ghostbusters go to Miskatonic University to get information on how to stop Cathulhu. The writer with arcane knowledge who helps the team is named 'Alice Derleth' - a reference to August Derleth. Professeur Clark Ashton is named after Clark Ashton Smith. The Necronomican is returned to the Miskatonic University in Arkham. Ray gets help from an old friend called Howard - a reference to Robert E.Howard. The Ghostbusters get a clue how to kill Cathulhu from an old copy of 'Weird Tales'. The episodes writer, Michael Reaves, has written some Mythos short stories: 'Red Clay' (which was part of the 'Children Of Cthulhu' collection) and 'The Adventure Of The Arab's Manuscript' (which appeared in 'Shadows Over Baker Street'). Series creator, J. Michael Straczynski, is fan of Lovecraft (and wrote one of the Lovecraft inspired Ghostbusters episodes) The show is littered with references to the "first ones", ancient and awesomely powerful aliens far beyond humanitie's understanding. He also introduced a Cthulhu like race called Pak'ma'ra He used the name Charles Dexter for a character who has both a good and evil side (the good side being called Charles) "H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House" (2005; Stuart Gordon), adapts "The Dreams in the Witch House" into a short segment. It alters the plot and minor details of the original and puts it in a contemporary setting, with Keziah Mason becoming what the film's promotional materials refer to as "a luscious she-demon" and neighbor Frank Elwood changing genders to become Frances Elwood. References "The Rats in the Walls" in a line of dialog. "Cigarette Burns" (2005; John Carpenter) Kurou Daijūji (reference to Titus Crow), an ex-student from Miskatonic University, uses the Al Azif, written by Abdul Alazhred, to pilot the Demonbane following the destruction of Aeon. Someof its parts are named Timaeus and Citias. Some lost pages contains Atlach-Nacha, the Mirror of Nitocris, the Scimitar of Barzai. It has handguns loaded with Powder of Ibn Gazi and bullets enscribed with "Wendigo" and "Blackwood", giving it access Cthugha and Ithaqua's powers. It has the Atlantis Strike and Lemuria Impact attacks, the later unlocked using Naacal code. Master Therion, Grandmaster of the Black Lodge and son of Yog-Sothoth, uses the Pnakotic Manuscript (aka Etheldreda) to pilot the Liber Legis. It can use the Darkness of N'Kai, Abracadabra, Hyperborea Zero-Drive, the Sword of Gold Cross, the Bow of Sirius, Leviathan and Crucifixion attacks. Augustus uses the Golden Bough to pilot Legacy of Gold. His spells are named Luminus and Aport. Tiberius uses the maggot-infested Secrets of the Worm to pilot Belzebuth. It is able to raise the dead, makes the user unkillable, uses Cthugha and Star Vampire. Caligula uses the Cthäat Aquadingen to pilot Kraken. Claudius uses the Celaeno Fragments to control Lord Byakhee. He can access wind-power from Hastur. Nero the Tyrant uses the Nameless Cults to pilot the Nameless One. Titus uses the Cults of Ghouls to pilot Ogre. Vespasianus uses the Book of Eibon, also known as the Liber Ivonis, to pilot Cykronash. The R'lyeh Text contains information on Cthulhu and is protected by Dagon and Deep Ones inside Innsmouth Doctor West animated Elsa who has the attack "Dig Me No Grave". A character named Winfield like Winfield Scott Lovecraft . Nya, a female avatar of Nyarlathotep with the three-lobed burning eye, owns a library containing grimoires such as the Book of Loagaeth tries to free the Court of Azathoth using the Shining Trapezohedron attack. Some episode titles: 1 is "I AM PROVIDENCE", 3 is "Reaninator", 4 is "The Invaders", 5 is "The Shadow ocer Innsmouth", 9 is "The Hunt", 11 is "The Return of the Sorcerer" and 12 is "Strange Eons". A one-eyed blob making "Tekeli-li" sounds 2009: nine episodes of 3-minute OVAs called Haiyoru! Nyaruani 2010: twelve episodes of 5-minute TV shorts called Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft 2012: twelve episodes of 25-minute full TV episodes called Haiyore! Nyaruko-san 2013: twelve episodes of 24-minute full TV episodes called Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W 2015: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F Season six Episode twenty one (2010) featured Zeboyd Game Cthulhu Saves the World . Yokoth and Glythur are Lovecraftian extra-dimensional entities. "The Prank Call Of Cthulhu" features Cthulhu playing golf with several other demons and beings. Another epsiode where Billy reads from a book titled "The Bad Book" and is possessed. He then proceeds to attempt to summon Yog-Sothoth with Grim's Scythe. Prose [ edit | edit source ] The Hanging Stranger , a short horror story by Philip K. Dick, features extra-dimensional insectoids which physically take over humans leaving only a thin covering of skin, while generating an illusion of normal humanity. The invasion by a race of monsters from beyond, who travel to Earth through a dark portal, must surely be consdered as Mythos adjacent, at least. Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials (Wayne Barlowe) Elder Things (as Old Ones) were one of the species detailed, it retcons that the Elder Things' wings, instead of propelling them through the aether (a concept that had been discredited since Lovecraft's time), were foils that utilized solar wind, essentially transforming them into solar sails. The appearance of them in the Guide was later used in the supplemental materials that came with Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness . Strange Eons (1986-1990;H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society) The Spirit of Revision - Lovecraft's Letters to Zealia Brown Reed Bishop (2015; H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society) A Shoggoth on the Roof Libretto (2005; H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society) Miskatonic University Monographs (H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society) Archeological Interpretations of Myth Patterns in the Iconography of the Codex Beltrán-Escavy The Curious Sea Shanty Variants of Innsmouth, Mass. The Taking of Planet 5 (Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham) is set in the Elder Thing city, though it is a fictional construct based explicitly on At The Mountains Of Madness . The Elder Things are featured here. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower , a fictional version of King himself mentions Nyarlathotep. The Jennifer Morgue the occult branch of the American intelligence community, code-named "Black Chamber", is headquartered in Arkham. Features an electronic device known as a "Tillinghast resonator", which allows the user to see otherwise invisible entities, referencing "From Beyond". The Jennifer Morgue , The Fuller Memorandum , The Apocalypse Codex and The Rhesus Chart one of the characters has a violin made by an "Erich Zahn" which is made from human bones and, when played, eats the soul of the intended victim. The Black Goat of Qohor is a nod to Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young. The Drowned God is a nod to Cthulhu and Dagon. Citizens of Carcosa are said to exhibit fish-like physical features much like those of the townsfolk in The Shadow Over Innsmouth The Many Faces and Nyarlathotep Martin published a short story pitting Jaime against Cthulhu on his blog. "Scream for Jeeves" (Peter Cannon) combines Lovecraft with P. G. Wodehouse The Golden Apple (1975; Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson) book two, Tsathoggua made a cameo where he was also referred to as Saint Toad. Comics [ edit | edit source ] Marvel Comics [ edit | edit source ] In 1971, writer Roy Thomas and artist Tom Palmer adapted "Pickman's Model" for the horror anthology Tower of Shadows (#9 Jan. 1971), reprinted in Marvel's Masters of Terror (#2 Sept. 1975). The Thanos Imperative Marvel event and its Many-Angled Ones, including Shuma- Gorath. DC Comics [ edit | edit source ] Batman 's Arkham Asylum is the name of the heavily fortified insane asylum located on the outskirts of Gotham City in the various Batman media, notably a graphic novel titled Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth . There are Batman video games known as Batman: Arkham Asylum , Batman: Arkham Origins , Batman: Arkham City , and Batman: Arkham Knight . In the universe, it was run by the Arkham family, namely Amadeus Arkham, giving it its name. Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2000; Mike Mignola) is an Elseworlds story which combines the character Batman with various elements of the Cthulhu mythos, and takes its name from "The Doom that Came to Sarnath". Dynamite Entertainment [ edit | edit source ] Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator was inspired equally by the film Re-Animator and the Lovecraftian roots of the story, with West as a villain in league with Yog-Sothoth, amongst other Lovecraft references, battling Ash Williams from the Evil Dead film series. Ron Marz adapted "The Shadow over Innsmouth" in 2014. IDW Publishing [ edit | edit source ] In 2011, IDW Publishing began publishing a four-issue limited adaptation of "The Dunwich Horror" by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Joe R. Lansdale and artist Peter Bergting. Self Made Hero [ edit | edit source ] In November 2014, a graphic novel adaptation of Dream-Quest of Unknown Kaddath by I.N.J. Culbard was released by the independent publishing house Self Made Hero. Alberto Breccia [ edit | edit source ] Alberto Breccia adapted "The Shadow over Innsmouth" in 1973, and "The Nameless City" and"The Dunwhich Horror" in 1974. John Coulthart [ edit | edit source ] John Coulthart illustrated "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Haunter of the Dark" in 1988. The former was published in The Starry Wisdom (1994) a Creation books anthology and both were reprinted in H. P. Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark . He also started to adapt "The Dunwich Horror" in 1989. The unfinished story was published in 1999. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [ edit | edit source ] The comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, set in a universe where many characters from popular fiction co-exist, Cthulhu has been referenced, although his name has been spelled "Kutulu", and a character has misheard his name as "cool Lulu".