TABLE A : Structure of a tale
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Incentive |
Ordeal |
Result |
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Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvelous city, and three times was he snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it. |
THE QUEST |
For know you, that your gold and marble city of wonder is only the sum of what you have seen and loved in youth. |
TABLEAU B : WRITING
| A. Dream-Quest | The maddening need to place again what once had been an awesome and momentous place | ... only the sum of what you have seen and loved in youth. |
| B. The thing in the moon light | Suddenly an unconquerable urge to write came over him, and taking pen in hand he wrote the following... | My name is Howard Phillips. I live at 66 College Street in Providence. |
| C. Celephais |
| TOPOGRAPHY OF THE QUEST 1 | |
| Waking life T.0 | |
| The Gates of sleep T.1 | Zin T.11 |
| The Enchanted Wood T.2 | Koth T.12 |
| Nir T.3 | Kiran T.13 |
| Ulthar T.4 | Thran T.14 |
| Dylath-Leen T.5 |
Celephais
T.15 |
| The Hidden Face of the Moon T.6 | Inquanok T.16 |
| Baharna T.7 | Leng T.17 |
| Ngranek T.8 | Sarkomand T.18 |
| Pnoth Valley T.9 | Island and Unwholesome Secrets T.19 |
| Pick of Throk T.10 | Unknown Kadath |
| Possible return to Waking Life : Boston = T.0 or to the Void... | |

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TOPOGRAPHY OF THE QUEST 2 |
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PROGRESSION |
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| (1) (T.1) - T.2 - T.3 - T.4 (7) |
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| T.5
(2) (4) |
(3)T.6 |
| (5) T.7 - T.8 |
(6) T.9 - T.10 - T.11 - T.12 |
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(8) T.13 - T.14 - T.15 |
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(9) T.16 |
(10) T.17 - T.18 - T.19 |
| (marvelous sunset city) | KADATH |

| BIBLIOGRAPHY The following bibliography is compiled from many sources, some of them online, not the least of which is the H. P. Lovecraft Archive. Et s'il s'agissait d'une photo de Fernando Pessoa ? |
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| The Noble Eavesdropper | 1897 | |||
| The Little Glass Bottle | 1897 | |||
| The Secret Cave or John Lee's Adventure | 1898 | |||
| The Mystery of the Graveyard | 1898 | |||
| The Haunted House | 1898/1902 | |||
| The Secret of the Grave | 1898/1902 | |||
| John, the Detective | 1898/1902 | |||
| The Mysterious Ship | 1902 | |||
| The Beast in the Cave | 21 Apr 1905 | June 1918 The Vagrant, No. 7 , 113-20. |
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| The Picture | 1907 | |||
| The Alchemist | 1908 | November 1916 The United Amateur, 16, No. 4, 53-57. |
his first publication | |
| The Tomb T17b | Jun 1917 | March 1922 The Vagrant, No. 14, 50-64. |
this story marks his return to writing fiction | |
| Dagon T17a | Jul 1917 | November 1919 The Vagrant, No. 11, 23-29. |
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| A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson | 1917 | |||
| Sweet Ermengarde | 1917 | |||
| Polaris T18 | May? 1918 | December 1920 The Philosopher, 1, No. 1 , 3-5. |
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| The Mystery of Murdon Grange | 1918 | |||
| The Green Meadow | 1918/19 | Spring 1927 The Vagrant, 188-95. |
with Winifred V. Jackson | |
| Beyond the Wall of Sleep T18 | 1919 | October 1919 Pine Cones, 1, No. 6, 2-10. |
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| Memory | 1919 | June 1919 The United Co-operative, 1, No. 2, 8. |
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| Old Bugs | 1919 | |||
| The Transition of Juan Romero | 16 Sep 1919 | Marginalia. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944, 276-84. | ||
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The White Ship |
Nov 1919 | November 1919 The United Amateur, 19, No. 2, 30-33. |
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The Doom That Came to Sarnath |
3 Dec 1919 | June 1920 The Scot, No. 44, 90-8. |
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The Statement of Randolph Carter T19c |
Dec 1919 | May 1920 The Vagrant, No. 13, 41-48. |
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The Terrible Old Man T20g |
28 Jan 1920 | July 1921 The Tryout, 7, No. 4, 10-14. |
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The Tree T20h |
1920 | October 1921 The Tryout, 7, No. 7, 3-10. |
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The
Cats of Ulthar |
15 Jun 1920 | November 1920 The Tryout, 6, No. 11, 3-9. |
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| The Temple T20f | 1920 | September 1925 Weird Tales, 6, No. 3, 329-36, 429-31. |
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| Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family | 1920 | March 1921 The Wolverine, No. 9, 3-11. |
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| The Street | 1920? | December 1920 The Wolverine, No. 8, 2-12. |
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| Life and Death | 1920? | lost | ||
| Poetry and the Gods | 1920 | September 1920 The United Amateur, 20, No. 1, 1-4. |
with Anna Helen Crofts | |
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Celephais |
early Nov 1920 | May 1922 The Rainbow, No. 2, 10-12. |
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From Beyond T20d |
16 Nov 1920 | June 1934 The Fantasy Fan, 1, No. 10, 147-51, 160. |
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| Nyarlathotep | early Dec 1920 | November 1920 The United Amateur, 20, No. 2, 19-21. |
Publication delayed (probably) | |
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The Picture in the House T20e |
12 Dec 1920 | July 1919 The National Amateur, 41, No. 6, 246-49. |
Publication delayed until 1921 | |
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The Crawling Chaos |
1920/21 | April 1921 The United Co-operative, 1, No. 3, 1-6. |
with Winifred V. Jackson | |
| Ex Oblivione | 1920/21 | March 1921 The United Amateur, 20, No. 4, 59-60. |
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The Nameless City |
Jan 1921 | November 1921 The Wolverine, No. 11, 3-15. |
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The Quest of Iranon T21f |
28 Feb 1921 | July-August 1935 The Galleon, 1, No. 5, 12-20. |
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The Moon-Bog |
Mar 1921 | June 1926 Weird Tales, 7, No. 6, 805-10. |
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The Outsider |
1921 | April 1926 Weird Tales, 7, No. 4, 449-53. |
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| 14 Aug 1921 | November 1933 The Fantasy Fan, 1, No. 3, 35-38. |
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The Music of Erich Zann |
Dec 1921 | March 1922 The National Amateur, 44, No. 4, 38-40. |
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Herbert West Reanimator T21-22a |
Sep 1921-mid 1922 | February-July 1922 Home Brew, 1, No. 1 (February 1922), 19-25; 1, No. 2 (March 1922), 45-50; 1, No. 3 (April 1922), 21-26; 1, No. 4 (May 1922), 53-58; 1, No. 5 (June 1922), 45-50; 1, No. 6 (July 1922), 57-62. |
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Hypnos T22b |
Mar 1922 | May 1923 The National Amateur, 45, No. 5, 1-3. |
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| What the Moon Brings | 5 Jun 1922 | May 1923 The National Amateur, 45, No. 5, 9. |
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| Azathoth | Jun 1922 | 1938 Leaves, 2: 107. |
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| The Horror at Martin's Beach | Jun 1922 | November 1923 Weird Tales, 2, No. 4, 75-76, 83. |
with Sonia H. Greene | |
| The Hound T22a | Sep 1922 | February 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 2, 50-52, 78. |
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The Lurking Fear |
Nov 1922 | January-April 1923 Home Brew, 2, No. 6 (January 1923), 4-10; 3, No. 1 (February 1923), 18-23; 3, No. 2 (March 1923), 31-37, 44, 48; 3, No. 3 (April 1923), 35-42. |
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The Rats in the Walls T23b |
Aug-Sep 1923 | March 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 3, 25-31. |
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The Unnamable T23c |
Sep 1923 | July 1925 Weird Tales, 6, No. 1, 78-82. |
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| Ashes | 1923 | March 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 3: 22-24. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. | |
| The Ghost-Eater | 1923 | April 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 4, 72-75. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. | |
| The Loved Dead | 1923 | May-July 1924 Weird Tales, 4, No. 2, 54-57. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. | |
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The
Festival |
Oct 1923 | January 1925 Weird Tales, 5, No. 1, 169-74. |
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| Deaf, Dumb, and Blind | 1924? | April 1925 Weird Tales, 5, No. 4, 25-30, 177-79. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. | |
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Imprisoned with the Pharaohs |
Feb-Mar 1924 | May 1924 Weird Tales |
ghost-written for Harry Houdini reprinted July 1939 as Under the Pyramids. |
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The Shunned House T24b |
16-19 Oct 1924 | The Shunned House, Athol, MA: The Recluse Press, 1928, 9-59. | ||
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The Horror at Red Hook |
1-2 Aug 1925 | January 1927 Weird Tales, 9, No. 1, 59-73. |
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He |
11 Aug 1925 | September 1926 Weird Tales, 8, No. 3, 373-80. |
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In the Vault |
18 Sep 1925 | November 1925 The Tryout, 10, No. 6, 3-17. |
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| The Descendant | 1926? | 1938 Leaves, 2, 107-10. |
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Cool Air |
Mar 1926 | March 1928 Tales of Magic and Mystery, 1, No. 4, 29-34. |
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The Call of Cthulhu |
Summer 1926 | February 1928 Weird Tales, 11, No. 2, 159-78, 287. |
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| Two Black Bottles | Jul-Oct 1926 | August 1927 Weird Tales, 10, No. 2, 251-58. |
with Wilfred Blanch Talman | |
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Pickman's
Model |
1926 | October 1927 Weird Tales, 10, No. 4, 505-14. |
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The Silver Key |
1926 | January 1929 Weird Tales, 13, No. 1, 41-49, 144. |
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The Strange High House in the Mist |
9 Nov 1926 | October 1931 Weird Tales, 18, No. 3, 394-400. |
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| Autumn? 1926-22 Jan 1927 | Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1943, 76-134. | |||
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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward |
Jan-1 Mar 1927 | May and July 1941 Weird Tales, 35, No. 9 (May 1941), 8-40; 35, No. 10 (July 1941), 84-121. |
Originally titled The Madness Out of Time | |
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The Colour Out of Space |
Mar 1927 | September 1927 Amazing Stories, Vol. 2, No. 6, 557-67. |
Lovecraft considered this to be his masterpiece | |
| The Very Old Folk | 2 Nov 1927 | |||
| The Last Test | 1927 | November 1928 Weird Tales, 12, No. 5, 625-56. |
with Adolphe de Castro | |
| History of the Necronomicon | 1927 | A History of the Necronomicon, Oakman, AL: The Rebel Press, 1938, 2-4. | ||
| The Curse of Yig | 1928 | November 1929 Weird Tales, 14, No. 5, 625-36. |
with Zealia Bishop | |
| Ibid | 1928 | |||
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The Dunwich Horror |
Summer 1928 | April 1929 Weird Tales, 13, No. 4, 481-508. |
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| The Electric Executioner | 1929? | August 1930 Weird Tales, 16, No. 2, 223-36. |
with Adolphe de Castro | |
| The Mound | Dec 1929-early 1930 | November 1940 Weird Tales, 35, No. 6, 98-120. |
with Zealia Bishop | |
| Medusa's Coil | May 1930 | January 1939 Weird Tales, 33, No. 1, 26-53. |
with Zealia Bishop | |
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The Whisperer in Darkness |
24 Feb-26 Sep 1930 | August 1931 Weird Tales, 18, No. 1, 32-73. |
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At the Mountains of Madness |
Feb-22 Mar 1931 | February-April 1936 Astounding Stories, 16, No. 6 (February 1936), 8-32; 17, No. 1 (March 1936), 125-55; 17, No. 2 (April 1936), 132-50. |
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth |
Nov?-3 Dec 1931 | The Shadow over Innsmouth, Everett, PA: Visionary Publishing Co., 1936, 13-158.td> | ||
| The Trap | late 1931 | March 1932 Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 2, No. 1, 73-88. |
with Henry S. Whitehead | |
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The Dreams in the Witch-House |
Jan-28 Feb 1932 | July 1933 Weird Tales, 22, No. 1, 86-111. |
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| The Man of Stone | 1932 | October 1932 Wonder Stories, 4, No. 5, 440-45, 470. |
with Hazel Heald | |
| The Horror in the Museum | Oct 1932 | July 1933 Weird Tales, 22, No. 1, 49-68. |
with Hazel Heald | |
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Through the Gates of the Silver Key |
Oct 1932-Apr 1933 | July 1934 Weird Tales, 24, No. 1, 60-85. |
with E. Hoffmann Price | |
| Winged Death | 1933 | March 1934 Weird Tales, 23, No. 3, 299-315. |
with Hazel Heald | |
| Out of the Aeons | 1933 | April 1935 Weird Tales, 25, No. 4, 478-96. |
with Hazel Heald | |
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The Thing on the Doorstep |
21-24 Aug 1933 | January 1937 Weird Tales, 29, No. 1, 52-70. |
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| The Horror in the Burying-Ground | 1933/35 | May 1937 Weird Tales, 29, No. 5, 596-606. |
with Hazel Heald | |
| The Book | late 1933? | 1938 Leaves, 2: 110-12. |
Fragment | |
| The Tree on the Hill | May 1934 | September 1940 Polaris, 4-11. |
with Duane W. Rimel | |
| The Battle that Ended the Century | Jun 1934 | with R. H. Barlow | ||
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The Shadow Out of Time |
Nov 1934-Mar 1935 | June 1936 Astounding Stories, 17, No. 4, 110-54. |
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| Till A' the Seas | Jan 1935 | Summer 1935 The Californian, 3, No. 1, 3-7. |
with R. H. Barlow | |
| Collapsing Cosmoses | Jun 1935 | with R. H. Barlow | ||
| The Challenge from Beyond | Aug 1935 | with C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long | ||
| The Disinterment | Sep 1935 | Summer 1935 The Californian, 3, No. 1, 3-7. |
with Duane W. Rimel | |
| The Diary of Alonzo Typer | Oct 1935 | February 1938 Weird Tales, 31, No. 2, 152-66. |
with William Lumley | |
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The Haunter of the Dark |
Nov 1935 | December 1936 Weird Tales, 28, No. 5, 538-53. |
dedicated to R. H. Barlow | |
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In the Walls of Eryx |
Jan 1936 | October 1939 Weird Tales, 34, No. 4, 50-68. |
with Kenneth Sterling | |
| The Night Ocean | Autumn? 1936 | Winter 1936 The Californian, 4, No. 3, 41-56. |
with R. H. Barlow | |
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The Evil Clergyman |
1937 | April 1939 Weird Tales, 33, No. 4, 135-37. |
may have been written Oct '33 | |
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