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      • 2011
        • Issue #1 – February 2011
          • Issue #1, February 2011: Introduction
          • Sledding and Starlings, by Bruce L. Priddy
          • Rickman’s Plasma, by William Meikle
          • The Brown Tower, by John Prescott
          • The Crane Horror, by Bruce Durham
        • Issue #2 – March 2011
          • Issue #2, March 2011: Introduction
          • Some Distant Baying Sound, by W.H. Pugmire
          • A Different Morecambe, by Simon Kurt Unsworth
          • False Light, by Adrian Chamberlin
          • Allure, by Josh Wagner
        • Issue #3 – April 2011
          • Issue #3, April 2011: Introduction
          • Cockroaches, by Amanda Underwood
          • A Meeting on the Trail To Hot Iron, by Joseph S. Pulver
          • Things We Are Not, by Brandon H. Bell
          • Descent Into Shadow and Light, by W.H. Pugmire
          • The Slickens, by Jeremy Russell
        • Issue #4 – May 2011
          • Issue #4 – May 2011: Introduction
          • All The Gold, by Joseph S. Pulver
          • Dreams of Fire and Glass, part 1, by Neal Jansons
          • O, Lad of Memory and Shadow, by W.H. Pugmire
          • Dragon Star Lucky Food, by John Medaille
          • Curse the Child, by David J. West
        • Issue #5 – June 2011
          • Issue #5, June 2011: Introduction
          • The Case of the Galloway Eidolon, by Bruce Durham
          • The Call of the Dance, by William Meikle
          • Unearthly Awakening, by W.H. Pugmire
          • Dreams of Fire and Glass, conclusion, by Neal Jansons
          • Darius Roy’s Manic Grin, by Brian Barnett
        • Issue #6 – September 2011
          • Issue #6, September 2011: Introduction
          • Ushered On the Wind, by Jeffrey J. Taylor & W.H. Pugmire
          • The Wagon’s Trail, by Joseph S. Pulver
          • The Audient Void, by Mark Lowell
          • In Phantom Isolation, by W.H. Pugmire
          • The Weird Studies of Harley Warren, by Berin Kinsman
        • Issue #7 – October 2011
          • Issue #7, October 2011: Introduction
          • Sky Full of Fire, by Corinna Sara Bechko
          • The Lord of Endings, by John R. Fultz
          • Loaners, by Aaron Polson
          • The Prophecy of Zarah, by Jenne Kaivo
          • The Stranger From Out of Town, by John Prescott
        • Issue #8 – November 2011
          • Issue #8, November 2011: Introduction
          • Desert Mystery! Gas & Go!, by Ann K. Schwader
          • The Tunnel Inside the Mountain, by A.J. French
          • #Dreaming, by William Meikle
          • What Dances In Shadow, by Derek Ferreira
          • The Time Eater, by Adam Bolivar
        • Issue #9 – December 2011
          • Issue #9, December 2011: Introduction
          • Elder Instincts, by W.H. Pugmire
          • Among the Dark Places of the Earth, by Julio Toro San Martin
          • At Best an Echo, by Bradley H. Sinor
          • Stone City, Old as Immeasurable Time, by Kelda Crich
          • Just An Accountant, by Henrik Sandbeck Harksen
      • 2012
        • Issue #10 – January 2012
          • Tark Left Santiago, by Joseph S. Pulver, SR
          • The Spaces Between Space, by Brett J. Talley
          • Eliza, by Joshua Reynolds
          • White Noise, by Michael Matheson
          • The Vessels, by Nancy O. Greene
          • Lovecraftian Art – Issue #10 – January 2012
        • Issue #11 – February 2012
          • Marked as Urgent, by A.J. French
          • This Scattered Ash, by W.H. Pugmire and Jacob Henry Orloff
          • I Am the Key, by Mike Davis
          • Inheritance, by Patricia Correll
          • Dark Ambient Metamorphosis, by John Claude Smith
          • The Locked Door, by Brian M. Sammons
          • Lovecraftian Art – Issue #11 – February 2012
        • Issue #12 – March 2012
          • A Catechism for Aspiring Amnesiacs, by Nicole Cushing
          • Available Light, by John Palisano
          • That Old Problem, by T.E. Grau
          • Taking the Cure, by Mark Howard Jones
          • The Fire of Zon Mezzamalech, by Randall D. Larson
        • Issue #13 – April 2012
          • Ecstasy of the Gold, by Stephen Mark Rainey
          • Scale Hall, by Simon Kurt Unsworth
          • The Dog Who Wished He’d Never Heard of Lovecraft, by Anna Tambour
          • The Ouroboros Apocrypha, by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy
          • Over the Hills, by Victor Takac
          • This Inscrutable Light: A Response to Thomas Ligotti’s “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race”, by Brandon H. Bell
          • Lovecraftian Art – Issue #13 – April 2012
        • Issue #14 – May 2012
          • Issue #14 – May 2012 – Introduction, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
          • A Beer and Tentacles, by Holliann Kim
          • Now She Preys Through Endless Days, by Jenna M. Pitman
          • Fiesta of Our Lady, by Ann K. Schwader
          • God Serum, by Wendy N. Wagner
          • Drive, She Said, by Tracie McBride
          • Art – Issue #14 – May 2012
        • Issue #15 – June 2012
          • Bus Stop, by Jerod Brennen
          • Starry… Yet…, by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr
          • Station Waiting Room, by Simon Kurt Unsworth
          • Pickman’s Marble, by Peter and Mandy Rawlik
          • Invitation, by Siobhan Gallagher
          • In Memoriam: Robert Nelson, by W.H. Pugmire
          • A Stranger at the Door, by Bradly Shelby
        • Issue #16 – July 2012
          • In the Tank, by Scott Nicolay
          • The Thing in the Depths, by Pete Rawlik
          • Fish Eye, by David A. Riley
          • Fade to Black, by Robert Borski
          • The Visitor From Outside, by A.J. French
        • Issue #17 – September 2012
          • A Mote in the Void, by Simon Kewin
          • Miscegenation, by Glynn Barrass
          • Twilight Turns From Amethyst, by Nicola Belte
          • Red Sands, by Douglas Poirier
          • Extraction, by Julio Toro San Martin
        • Issue #18 – October 2012
          • Introduction to Issue #18, by Trent Zelazny
          • A Counting Game, by Derek Ferreira
          • Carnacki: The Parliament of Owls, by William Meikle
          • Twenty to Life in the Lonesome October, by Evan Dicken
          • The Great and Groovy Game, by Joshua Wanisko
          • My Least Immemorial Year, by Zach Shephard
          • The Gotterdammerung Gavotte, by Josh Reynolds
          • Big D, Little D, by Edward Morris
          • The Blackbird Whistling, or Just After, by Orrin Grey
          • Fallen Books and Other Subtle Clues in Zelazny’s “A Night in the Lonesome October”, by Dr. Christopher S. Kovacs
        • Issue #19 – November 2012
          • A Thousand Smokes, by W.H. Pugmire
          • The Strange Case of Crazy Joe Gallo, by Jeffrey Thomas
          • In the House of the Hummingbirds, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
          • The Treatment Room, by Kevin Crisp
          • Obsidian Capra Aegagrus, by Christopher Slatsky
          • The Dig, by Monica Valentinelli
          • Amtopians, by Logan Davis
        • Issue #20 – December 2012
          • Of Faith and Fallow, by William R.D. Wood
          • The Dead of Winter, by Jay Caselberg
          • Herbert West in Love, by Molly Tanzer
          • Wind Walker, by Neil John Buchanan
          • Yule Log, by Richard Holland
      • 2013
        • Issue #21 – January 2013
          • Beneath the Pier, by Stephen Mark Rainey
          • An Eidolon of Filth, by W.H. Pugmire
          • A (~BIG~) Fishy Menu, by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
          • Dom and Gio’s Barber Shop, by Gerry Huntman
          • The Stranger’s Trail, by Tom Lynch
          • Dunwich Redux, by Tim Scott
        • Issue #22 – February 2013
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #1, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • The Dance, by Robin Spriggs
          • Maybe the Stars, by Samantha Henderson
          • The Pyramid Spider, by Simon Kurt Unsworth
          • Powers of Air and Darkness, by Don Webb
          • Verbapeutic, by Joe Nazare
          • The Masked Messenger, by David Conyers & John Goodrich
        • Issue #23 – April 2013
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #2, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #1, by Robert M. Price
          • The Strange Tale of Samuel Winchester, by Andrew Nicolle & Samantha Hendersen
          • Tracking the Black Book, by Douglas Wynne
          • Not With a Bang, But Waves Whispering, by Wendy Wagner
          • A Cold Yellow Moon, by Joe Pulver & Edward Morris
          • The Whisper From the Deep, by Cora Pop
          • Nectar of Strange Lips, by Michael Griffin
        • Issue #24 – May 2013
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #3, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #2, by Robert M. Price
          • Less A Dream Than This We Know, by Christopher M. Cevasco
          • The Horror Under the City, by Kevin Crisp
          • How Rare are Light and Life, by J.T. Glover
          • The Basalt Obelisk, by Michael Wen
          • Evolved, by Kenneth W. Cain
          • Cosmic Terror From Poe to Lovecraft, by Sandro D. Fossemò
        • Issue #25 – July 2013
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #4, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #3, by Robert M. Price
          • And They Did Live by Watchfires, by Evan Dicken
          • In Dark Corners, by Bradley H. Sinor
          • Missing Presumed Wiped, by Derek John
          • The Eye, by Justin Munro
          • A Glimpse of the Future, by Stewart Horn
        • Issue #26 – August 2013
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #5, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #4, by Robert M. Price
          • The Crevasse, by Dale Bailey and Nathan Ballingrud
          • Cement Shoe Cthulhu, by Derek Ferreira
          • Between, by William Meikle
          • The Moon’s Architecture, by Graham Lowther
          • The Arkham Terror, by Pete Rawlik
          • The Pariah, by Bruce Durham
        • Issue #27 – October 2013
          • Introduction to issue 27, by Trent Zelazny
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #6, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • He Knew Not the Month Was October, by Zach Shephard
          • Crash_the_World.exe, by Derek Ferreira
          • A Knight in the Lonesome October, by William Meikle
          • Mother of Monsters, by Josh Wanisko
          • The Bells of Northam, by Joshua Reynolds
          • What You Leave Behind, by Evan Dicken
        • Issue #28 – December 2013
          • Introduction to Issue #28, by S. T. Joshi
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #7, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #5, by Robert M. Price
          • A Massing of the Shades, by Richard Gavin
          • The Storm Horses, by Scott Thomas
          • Vyvyan’s Father, by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy
          • The Winds of Sesqua Valley, by Ann K. Schwader
          • Jar of Mist, by Jeffrey Thomas
          • (he) Dreams of Lovecraftian Horror . . . , by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
          • The Deep Black Pit, by Jessica Salmonson
      • 2014
        • Issue #29 – February 2014
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #8, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #6, by Robert M. Price
          • The Mouth of God, by Gary Myers
          • Burning Stars, by K.G. Orphanides
          • The Time Travelers’ Ex-Wife, by Pete & Mandy Rawlik
          • The Chamber, by Jonathan Richardson
          • The Carrion Birds and the Drone, by Harry Baker
          • The Establishment of the Doctors Hamilton, by L.T. Patridge
          • The Groaner in the Glen, by Eric Ian Steele
          • Adrift in Black Seas, by Michael Matheson
          • The Eldritch Force – A Cthulhu Mythos Round Robin
          • Re:Animated, by Kenneth W. Cain
        • Issue #30 – April 2014
          • Introduction to Issue #30, by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #9, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • The Queen’s Speech, by Ann K. Schwader
          • O Skies Above O Earth Below I Love The Best, by Jayaprakash Sathyamurthy
          • The First Act, by Pete Rawlik
          • The Masks of Hastur, by Rick Lai
          • Stairsie, by Tom Lynch
          • No Mask to Conceal Her Voice, by Michael Griffin
          • The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers
        • Issue #31 – June 2014
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #10, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #8, by Robert M. Price
          • Stone Cold Fever, by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
          • The Shadow Under Scotland, by Cameron Johnston
          • alligators, by Scott Nicolay
          • Pick’s Ghoul, by Ross E. Lockhart
          • Changes, by Lars Kramhøft
          • Pawn to E4, by Jenna E. Pitman
          • War Gods of Men, by David Conyers and David Kernot
          • Spectacles, Tentacles, Wallet, and Watch, by Wayne Helge
          • U.S. of Kaos, by Federico de Luca
        • Issue #32 – August 2014
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #11, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #9, by Robert M. Price
          • Beyond the Wakeful Senses, by W.H. Pugmire
          • The Presence, by William Rasmussen
          • The White Cathedral, by Robert Karol
          • All Within the Tender Bones, by Jason Rolfe
          • Leviathan’s Wake, by Mark Howard Jones
          • The Power of a Name, by David Anthony
          • The Princess and the Bee, by Gregory L. Norris
          • King Kane, by John Howard
        • Issue #33 – December 2014
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #12, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #10, by Robert M. Price
          • Rain Blush, by Neil Murrell
          • Song in the Dark, by Andrew Jack
          • A Sense of Time, by Pete Rawlik
          • That Which Dwells Beneath, by Andrew Nicolle
          • The Pnakotic Puzzle, by Josh Reynolds
          • Books (Misc.), by Steven Prizeman
          • The Story of Herr Hackenschmidt, by Benjamin Welton
          • Monarch of the Mountains, by Matthew Warner
      • 2015
        • Issue #34 – Spring 2015
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #13, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #11, by Robert M. Price
          • To Kiss Your Canvas, by W.H. Pugmire
          • The Sleekit Ones, by Cameron Johnston
          • Hunger Full and Lean, by J.T. Glover
          • What the Storm Brings, by KC Grifant
          • Maps, by Arley Sorg
          • Spiral, by Matthew Lowes
          • Exit Horizon, by Damir Salkovic
          • In the Forest of the Night, by Alter Reiss
          • The Mask and the Mirror, by Ethan Carpenter
          • A Hero’s Welcome, by David Kernot
          • The Unmistakable Shape of Night’s River, by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
          • March 2015 Back Cover
        • Issue #35 – Summer 2015
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #14, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Echoes From Cthulhu’s Crypt #12, by Robert M. Price
          • The Drunks’ Totem, by Simon Kurt Unsworth
          • Seeking Whom He May Devour, by Josh Reynolds
          • Art as a Mirror, by Tracie McBride
          • Gently Down the Stream, by Evan Dicken
          • The Silent Symphony, by Sam Gafford
          • The Changing Things, by Josh Wagner
          • Rowan, by K.G. Orphanides
          • Eden, by Tom Lynch
          • The City of Yellow Lights, by Jason Andrew
          • The Secret of Ventriloquism, by Jon Padgett
        • Issue #36 – Autumn 2015
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #15, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • Better Halves, by KC Grifant
          • The Last Leaves, by Derek Wentz
          • Descent, by Christopher M. Cevasco
          • Restless Nights, by Justin Munro
          • The Thing in the Corner, by David A. Anthony
          • The Pardon of the Fogs, by Cora Pop
          • Mortuus Machanus, by D.B. Poirier
          • Resonance, by Stewart Horn
          • The Voice of Zarnak, by Rick Lai
            • Notes on “The Voice of Zarnak” by Rick Lai
          • White Light Panic, by Phillip J. Johnson
      • 2016
        • Issue #37
          • Introduction, by Aaron J. French
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #16, by Ronnie Tucker and Maxwell Patterson
          • Inundation, by John Langan
          • Just Watch Me Now, by Jodi Renée Lester
          • Tidal River, by Gio Clairval and Chris Kelso
          • An Ocean Between Them, by Erik Johnson
          • Nothing Lies Beyond the Pillars of Hercules, by Darren Speegle
          • Atlantis Rising, by Donald Tyson
          • Cone of Heaven, by Kurt Fawver
          • Deeper Roots, by K.G. Orphanides
          • In the Deeps of Dreams, by Mark Howard Jones
        • Issue #38
          • Cthulhu Does Stuff #17, by Ronnie Tucker & Maxwell Patterson
          • The Spaces Between, by Pete Rawlik
          • The Voyager, by Douglas Wynne
          • Endure Within a Dying Frame, by Michael Griffin
          • Catch Me If You Can, by Marcus Grimm
          • DreamShock, by Benjamin Knox & Toby Bennett
          • The Secret Goatman Spookshow, by Jonathan Raab
          • Winter Things, by Raven Daegmorgan
          • Further, by F. J. Bergmann

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