The Xothic Legend Cycle

The Xothic Legend Cycle

The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter

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Sample file Call of Cthulhu® Fiction The Xothic Legend Cycle The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter

with two additional tales by LIN CARTER and H. P. LOVECRAFT ROBERT M. PRICE

SELECTED AND EDITED BY ROBERT M. PRICE COVER ART BY H. E. FASSL INTERIOR ART BY DAVE CARSON

SampleA Chaosium Book file 2006 The Xothic Legend Cycle is published by Chaosium, Inc. This book is copyrighted as a whole by Chaosium, Inc., ©1997, 2006; all rights reserved. “The Red Offering” (as “The Offering”) ©1982 by Lin Carter for Crypt of Cthulhu #7. “The Dweller in the Tomb” ©1971 by August Derleth for Dark Things. “The Thing in the Pit” ©1980 by Lin Carter for Lost Worlds. “Out of the Ages” ©1975 by April R. Derleth and Walden W. Derleth for Nameless Places. “The Horror in the Gallery” (as “Zoth-Ommog”) ©1976 by Edward P. Berglund for The Disciples of Cthulhu. “The Winfield Heritance” ©1981 by Lin Carter for Weird Tales #3. “Perchance to Dream” ©1988 by Cryptic Publications for Crypt of Cthulhu #56. “Strange Manuscript Found in the Vermont Woods” ©1988 by Cryptic Publications for Crypt of Cthulhu #54. “Dreams from R’lyeh” ©1964, 1965, 1967 by The Terminus, Owlswick, & Ft. Mudge Electrick Street Railway Gazette for Amra. “Something in the Moonlight” © 1980 by Lin Carter for Weird Tales #2. “The Fishers from Outside” ©1988 by Cryptic Publications for Crypt of Cthulhu #54. “Behind the Mask” ©1987 by Lin Carter for Crypt of Cthulhu #47. “The Strange Doom of Enos Harker” ©1989, 1996 by Cryptic Publications for Crypt of Cthulhu #69 (original fragment) and for The Xothic Legend Cycle (completed version). “The Bell in the Tower” ©1989 by Cryptic Publications. ”The Soul of the Devil-Bought” ©1996 by Robert M. Price for Cthulhu Cultus #5; appears here by permission of the author. All Lin Carter material appears by permission of Robert M. Price, literary executor for Lin Carter. Cover art by H. E. Fassl. Interior art by Dave Carson. “The Fishers from Outside” illustration by Lin Carter. Cover layout by Eric Vogt. Editing and interior layout by Janice Sellers. Editor-in-chief Lynn Willis. Proofreading by James Naureckas and Tod Briggs. The reproduction of material from within this book for the purposes of personal or corporate profit, by photographic, digital, or other methods of electronic storage and retrieval, is prohibited. Please address questions and comments concerning this book, as well as requests for free notices of Chaosium publications, by mail to Chaosium Inc., 22568 Mission Blvd. #423, Hayward CA 94541, U.S.A. Also visit our web page at: www.chaosium.com

FIRST EDITION Sample2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 file Chaosium Publication 6013. Published in February 1997, reprinted June 2006. ISBN 0-56882-095-6 Printed in USA. Contents

INTRODUCTION Robert M. Price...... vii

THE RED OFFERING Lin Carter...... 1

THE DWELLER IN THE TOMB Lin Carter...... 6

THE THING IN THE PIT Lin Carter ...... 17

OUT OF THE AGES Lin Carter...... 27

THE HORROR IN THE GALLERY Lin Carter ...... 49

THE WINFIELD HERITANCE Lin Carter...... 95

PERCHANCE TO DREAM Lin Carter...... 116

STRANGE MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN THE VERMONT WOODS Lin Carter...... 127

DREAMS FROM R’LYEH Lin Carter...... 144

SOMETHING IN THE MOONLIGHT Lin Carter ...... 165

THE FISHERS FROM OUTSIDE Lin Carter ...... 179

BEHIND THE MASK Lin Carter...... 194

THE STRANGE DOOM OF ENOS HARKER Lin Carter and Robert M. Price ...... 209

THE BELL IN THE TOWER Lin Carter and H. P. Lovecraft ...... 204

THE SOUL OF THE DEVIL-BOUGHT SampleRobert M. Price...... 219 file For Robert Bloch and Frank Belknap Long … and, of course, for August Derleth. [dedication by Lin Carter] Sample file