Crypt of Cthulhu/Issues 1-25

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==Issue 1==
Crypt of Cthulhu #1 was published in November 1981. It had 24 pages. It was a part of mailing 36 of Esoteric Order of Dagon APA.
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Lovecraft’s Concept of Blasphemy" by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–15)
* [The words “SADAY” and “HOMOVSION”…] by Robert M. Price [notice] (15)
* "The Fun Guys from Yuggoth" by Robert M. Price [essay series] (16–17)
* H.P. Lovecraft was not himself an occultist…] by Marc Edmund Jones [notice] (17)
* "R’lyeh Texts" [review] (18–22)
** ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King; reviewed by Robert M. Price (18–19)
** The Omen by David Seltzer; reviewed by Robert M. Price (19)
** “God’s Devil: A Ghost Story with a Moral” by John Warwick Montgomery; reviewed by Robert M. Price (19–20)
** “Fear” by L. Ron Hubbard; reviewed by Robert M. Price (20)
** “Black Man with a Horn” by T. E. D. Klein; reviewed by Robert M. Price (21)
** “More Light” by James Blish; reviewed by Robert M. Price (21)
** “Jerusalem’s Lot” by Stephen King; reviewed by Robert M. Price (21–22)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" by Robert M. Price (23)
* "Describing de Scribes" by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (24)
The issue can be read here.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 2==
Crypt of Cthulhu #2 was published in December 1981. It had 28 pages.
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "What Was the “Corpse-Eating Cult of Leng”?" by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–8)
* Was Lovecraft Pentecostal? by H. P. Lovecraft [notice] (8)
* Oops! by Robert M. Price [notice] (8)
* "Lovecraft the Name-Dropper" by Charles Garofalo [essay] (9–10, 19)
* "The Statement of Lin Carter" by Robert M. Price [essay] (11–19)
** Zoth-Ommog by Robert M. Price [illustration] (16)
* "A Fun Guy from Yuggoth" [essay series] (20, 26)
** The Occult Relevance of Lovecraft by Ronald Shearer [essay] (20, 26)
* "Are You a Deep One?" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (21)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (22–24, 26)
** Halloween II directed by Rick Rosenthal; reviewed by C. J. Henderson (22–24, 26)
** Ghost Story directed by John Irwin; reviewed by C. J. Henderson (22–24, 26)
* Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letters of comment] (25)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (25)
** Letter by Gerry de la Ree (25)
** Letter by Brian Lumley (25)
** Letter by Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, Esq. (25)
* Mysteriis [puzzle] (26)
* "Describing de Scribes" by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (27)
* "Next Time" [preview for next issue] (28)
The issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 3==
Crypt of Cthulhu #3 was published in February 1982. It had 24 pages. 
The theme of the issue was Robert E. Howard.
Contents
* Cover Art by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Strange Case of Robert Ervin Howard" by Charles Hoffman and Marc A. Cerasini [essay] (3–7)
* "The Borrower Beneath: Howard’s Debt to Lovecraft in “The Black Stone” " by Robert M. Price [essay] (8–10)
** "The Black Stone" by Justin Geoffrey ( aka Robert E. Howard) [poetry] (9)
* "Yag-kosha the Elephant Man" by Robert M. Price [essay] (10–11)
** "Yag-kosha" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (11)
* Mysteriis Solved! [puzzle] (11)
* "Gol-Goroth, A Forgotten Old One" by Robert M. Price [essay] (12–13, 17)
* "Genres in the Lovecraftian Library" by Robert M. Price [essay] (14–17)
* "A Fun Guy from Yuggoth" [essay series] (18–19)
** "The Call of Cthulhu’s Cadillac" by John Anthony [humor] (18–19)
* "Yago-Sothoth" by Robert M. Price and Richard Abate [illustration] (20)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (21–22)
** "New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" (Arkham House, 1981) edited by Ramsey Campbell; reviewed by C. J. Henderson (21–22)
** "The Tomb" (Del Rey Books, 1981) by H. P. Lovecraft; reviewed by R. M. P. (Robert M. Price) (22)
** "At the Mountains of Madness" (Del Rey Books, 1981) by H. P. Lovecraft; reviewed by R. M. P. (Robert M. Price) (22)
** "The Lurking Fear" (Del Rey Books, 1981) by H. P. Lovecraft; reviewed by R. M. P. (Robert M. Price) (22)
** "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" (Del Rey Books, 1981) by H. P. Lovecraft; reviewed by R. M. P. (Robert M. Price) (22)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (23)
** Letter by Ed Babinski (23)
** Response by Robert M. Price (23)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (24)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
The issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
==Issue 4==
Crypt of Cthulhu #4 was published in March 1982. It had 40 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Lovecraft and Modern Science".	
Contents
* Cover Art by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Lovecraft’s Other Planets" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (3–11)
* "Living on Borrowed Time (A Biologist Looks at “M. Valdemar” and “Cool Air”)" by Bert Atsma [essay] (11–13)
* "Coolaire" by Robert M. Price and Richard Abate [illustration] (14)
* "The Cosmology of Azathoth: Modern Physics and the Idiot Chaos" by Nevil Kingston-Brown (H. P. Lovecraft) [essay] (15–22)
* "A Note On Lovecraft, Mathematics, and the Outer Spheres" by Donald R. Burleson [essay] (23–24)
* "Seneca Lapham on Scientific Paradigm Revolutions" by Robert M. Price [essay] (25–27)
* "The Mischief out of Time" by Robert M. Price [essay] (27, 30)
* "A Fun Guy From Yuggoth" [essay series] (28–30)
** "Son of Cthulhu" by Jason C. Eckhardt [essay] (28–30)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (31–35)
** Quest for Fire directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud; reviewed by C. J. Henderson (31–34)
** “The Dreams in the House of Weir” by Lin Carter; reviewed by R. M. P. (Robert M. Price) (34–35)
** “Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley” by Richard A. Lupoff; reviewed by R. M. P. (Robert M. Price) (34–35)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (35)
* Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letters of comment] (36–39)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (36)
** Letter by Colin Wilson (36)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (36–37)
** Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (37–38)
** Letter by Michael H. Cline (38)
** Letter by Robert C. Carey, Jr. (38)
** Letter by James Piatt (39)
* Cartoon by Darrell Schweitzer [illustration] (39)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (40)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Most of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: the inaccuracy of Abdul Alhazred's name, zines and APA about Robert Howard, reviews of "Lovecraft's Concept of Blasphemy" from the first issue and the article on the Corpse-Eating Cult of Leng from the second one, harsh opinion about Lin Carter and praises of the previous issues of the zine.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 5==
Crypt of Cthulhu #5 was published in May 1982. It had 44 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Lovecraft and Occult Cosmology".
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "HPL and HPB: Lovecraft’s Use of Theosophy" by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–9)
** "Kuthumi" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (6)
** "Cthulhu" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (7)
* "Monsters of Mu: The Lost Continent in the Cthulhu Mythos" by Robert M. Price [essay] (10–14)
* "Reincarnation in Lovecraft’s Fiction" by Robert M. Price [essay] (15–20)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (20)
* "Chariots of the Old Ones?" by Charles Garofalo and Robert M. Price [essay] (21–24)
** "The Real Cthulhu?" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (22)
* "Lovecraft and Witchcraft" by Morgana A. LaVine [essay] (24–25, 27)
* "The Witches in “The Witch House” " by Ronald Shearer [essay] (26–27)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (27)
* "Jung and Lovecraft on Prehuman Artifacts" by Robert M. Price [essay] (28–32)
* "Who was “Metraton”?" by RMP (Robert M. Price) [essay] (32)
* "The Pseudo-Intellectual in Weird Fiction" by Robert M. Price [essay] (33–35)
* "Dubious Chorazin" by Robert M. Price [essay] (35)
* "Fun Guys From Yuggoth" [essay series] (36, 38)
** "Journey Into Terror" by Sam Gafford [essay] (36, 38)
* "R’lyeh Reviews" [review] (37–38)
** Conan the Barbarian directed by John Milius; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman (37–38)
** Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (38)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (39–43)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (39)
** Letter by L. Sprague de Camp (39)
** Letter by Frank Belknap Long (39–41)
** Letter by S. T. Joshi (41–42)
** Letter by Peter Cannon (43)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (44)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Most of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: possible similarities between a scene in a story by Robert Howard and one from a movie with Douglas Fairbanks, whether the previous issue exaggerates connections between Lovecraft and science, rebuttal of Ed Babinski's attack on Lovecraft in Crypt of Cthulhu #3, problematical use of geometry in "The Shadow out of Time".
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 6==
Crypt of Cthulhu #6 was published in June 1982. It had 40 pages. 
The theme of the issue was August Derleth.
Contents
* Cover Art by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Lovecraft-Derleth Connection" by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–8)
** "Hastur the Unspeakable" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (8)
* "Solar Pons Meets Cthulhu: Detective Elements in Derleth’s Mythos Tales" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (9–12, 31)
* "A Day in Derleth Country" by Lin Carter [essay] (13–16)
* [The Four Winds] by Robert M. Price [editorial note] (16)
* "August Derleth: Myth Maker" by Robert M. Price [essay] (17–18)
* "Legacy of the Lurker" by Robert M. Price [essay] (19–23)
* [Derleth Data] by Robert M. Price [editorial note] (23)
* "What Kind of Man Reads Crypt of Cthulhu?" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (24)
* "The Fragments at the Threshold" by H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (25–28)
** "The Round Tower" by H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (25)
** "Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in No Humane Shape" by H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (25–27)
** "[The Rose Window]" by H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (27–28)
* "Derleth’s Cthulhu" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (28)
* "The Derleth Horror" by Robert M. Price [fiction] (29–31)
* "Hastur—Whose Side is He On?" by RMP (Robert M. Price) [essay] (31)
* "Fun Guys from Yuggoth" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (32–33)
** Photo of Donna Death [illustration] (32)
* "Crypt-o-Cthulhu-Gram" by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (33)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (34–36)
** Cat People directed by Paul Schrader; reviewed by C. J. Henderson (34–35)
** "The City of the Singing Flame" (Pocket Books, 1981) by Clark Ashton Smith; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini (35–36)
** "As It Is Written" (Donald M. Grant, 1982) by Clark Ashton Smith; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini (35–36)
* Crypt-o-Cthulhu-Gram Solution by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (35)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (37–40)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (37)
** Letter by Charles Gray (37)
** Letter by L. Sprague de Camp (38)
** Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (38–40)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (40)
Most of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: that Fairbanks movie, contemporary Mythos writers, could Lovecraft and Howard be called "pseudo-intellectuals", whether the issue #4 exaggerates connections between Lovecraft and science, what Dr. Munoz ate.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 7==
Crypt of Cthulhu #7 was published in August 1982. It had 40 pages. 
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Offering" by Lin Carter [fiction] (3–6)
* "The Transition of Colin Wilson" by Charles Hoffman and Marc A. Cerasini [essay] (7–16, 26)
* "Lovecraft and Classic American Literature" by Peter Cannon [essay] (17–19)
* "Pickman’s Gallery" by Rick Bryant [illustration] (20–21)
** Interior Art by Rick Bryant [illustration] (20)
** Interior Art by Rick Bryant [illustration] (21)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (22–23, 39)
** Letter by Edward P. Berglund (22)
** Letter by Bernadette Bosky (22)
** Letter by Roger Bryant (22–23, 39)
* "Was There a Real Brown Jenkin?" by Will Murray [essay] (24–26)
* "The Pine Barrens Horror" by Robert M. Price [essay] (27–30)
** Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (30)
* "Beget Me Not" by Robert M. Price [essay] (30)
* [Grafitti spotted on a men’s room wall…] [editorial note] (30)
* "Is Abdul Alhazred Still Alive?" by Robert M. Price [essay] (31–32)
* "Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram" by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (32)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (33–35)
** Poltergeist directed by Steven Spielberg; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (33–34)
** "The Gunslinger" (Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc.; 1982) by Stephen King; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (34–35)
* [Oops!] [editorial note] (35)
* "Fun Guys From Yuggoth" [essay series] (36–38)
** "Life Is Not a Hideous Thing" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (36–38)
* [Alhazred Again!] [editorial note] (38)
* Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram Solution by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (38)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (40)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Part of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: August Derleth and the previous issue about him, "The Derleth Mythos", Derleth's outlook, Ubbo-Sathla and Abhoth, Derleth's non-Mythos writings, dialects in Lovecraft's stories, Masterton's Manitou novels, "The Lurker at the Threshold".
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 8==
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Crypt of Cthulhu #8 was published in September 1982. It had 32 pages. 
Contents
* Cover Art (“Medusa’s Coil”) by Rick Bryant [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "H.P. Lovecraft" by Colin Wilson [essay] (3–10)
* "Homosexual Panic in “The Outsider”" by Robert M. Price [essay] (11–13)
* "Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram" by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (13)
* "Lovecraft and the Male Gender Role" by Morgana LaVine [essay] (14–15)
* "In Search of a Mythos Genealogy" by Bernadette Bosky [essay] (16–22)
* "The Attestation Formula in the Necronomicon" by Robert M. Price [essay] (23–24)
* "Two Burgers To Go . . . Mad!" by Ronald Shearer [fiction] (25–27)
* "Famous Last Words" by Robert M. Price [essay] (28–29)
** Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (29)
* "Fun Guys From Yuggoth" [essay/fiction series] (30–31)
** "HPL and JFK" by Peter Cannon [fiction] (30–31)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (31)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (32)
** "Black Easter" (Avon Books, 1982) by James Blish; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (32)
** "The Day After Judgment" (Avon Books, 1982) by James Blish; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (32)
* Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram Solution by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (32)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Part of the issue can be read here.
==Issue 9==
Crypt of Cthulhu #9 was published in November 1982. It had 32 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "All-Cthulhu Issue". Most of the articles were written by Price under a variety of one-short pseudonyms.
Contents
* Cover Art by Michael H. Cline [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Cthul-who? How Do You Pronounce “Cthulhu”?" by Henry Akeley (Robert M. Price) [essay] (3)
* "Cthulhu and King Kong" by Seneca Lapham (Robert M. Price) [essay] (4–6)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (6)
* "Sea-Monster Reports and the Johansen Narrative" by Victor von Doom (Robert M. Price) [essay] (7–8)
* "Apocalyptic Expectation in “The Call of Cthulhu” " by Laban Shrewsbury (Robert M. Price) [essay] (9–10)
* "“Dagon” and “The Madness from the Sea” "by Joachim Feery (Robert M. Price) [essay] (11–12)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (12)
* "Cthulhu Elsewhere in Lovecraft" by George Gammell Angell (Robert M. Price) [essay] (13–15)
* "Pickman’s Gallery" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (16–17)
** "Gill Next Door" by Robert M. Price [illustration] (16–17)
* "Cthulhu in Southeast Alaska" by Richard L. Tierney [essay] (18–19)
* "Cthulhu in Mesoamerica" by Richard L. Tierney [essay] (19–21)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (21)
* "A Cthulhu Challenge" by John Anthony [puzzle] (22)
* The Real Father Dagon by Harold Hadley Copeland (Robert M. Price) [essay] (23–24)
* "A Cthulhu Challenge . . . Met!" by John Anthony [puzzle] (24)
* "St. Toad’s Hagiography" by Alonzo Hasbrouch Typer (Robert M. Price) [essay] (25–26)
* "Derleth’s Use of the Words “Ichthic” and “Batrachian” " by Kermit Marsh III (Robert M. Price) [essay] (26–28)
* "R’lyeh Review" [reviews] (28–30)
** "Different Seasons" (Viking) by Stephen King; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (28–30)
** Creepshow (New American Library) text by Stephen King; art by Berni Wrightson; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (28–30)
** “It Grows on You” (in Death, Playboy Press) by Stephen King; reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (28–30)
** "The Running Man" (Signet) by Richard Bachman (Stephen King); reviewed by RMP (Robert M. Price) (28–30)
** Interior Art (“King's Lot”) by Robert M. Price [illustration] (30)
* "Fun Guys From Yuggoth" [fiction series] (31)
** "St. Toad’s Church, Innsmouth, Massachusetts: Bulletin and Announcements" by Marc A. Cerasini [fiction] (31)
* Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (32)
** Letter by Colin Wilson (32)
** Letter by Nick Limansky (32)
** Letter by Dennis O’Rourke (32)
** Letter by Ken Humphreys (32)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (32)
The issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: Colin Wilson praising the article about Colin Wilson, praise of the previous issues.
==Issue 10==
Crypt of Cthulhu #10 was published in December 1982. It had 60 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Ashes and Others by H.P. Lovecraft & Divers Hands".
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* Introduction by Robert M. Price [essay] (1–3)
* "Ashes" by C. M. Eddy, Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (5–10)
* "The Sealed Casket" by Richard F. Searight [fiction] (11–15)
* "The Sorcery of Aphlar" by Duane W. Rimel and H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (16–17)
* "Dreams of Yith" by Duane W. Rimel and H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (18–19)
* "Dreams of Yid" by Duane W. Rimel [poetry] (20)
* "The Diary of Alonzo Typer" by William Lumley [fiction] (21–25)
* "The Automatic Executioner" by Adolphe de Castro (aka Gustav Adolphe Danziger) [fiction] (26–30)
* "A Sacrifice to Science" by Adolphe de Castro (Gustav Adolphe Danziger) [fiction] (31–45)
* "The Lord of Illusion" by E. Hoffmann Price [fiction] (46–56)
Part of the issue can be read here.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 11==
Crypt of Cthulhu #11 was published in February 1983. It had 56 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Lovecraft’s Revisions".
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Lovecraft’s Revisions: How Much of Them Did He Write?" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (3–14)
* [Marginal Readings from Yith] [editorial note] (14)
* "The Revision Mythos" by Robert M. Price [essay] (15–19)
* "Crypt-O-Clulu-Gram" by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (19)
* "Mu in “Bothon” and “Out of the Eons” " by William Fulwiler [essay] (20–24)
* "The Elder Thing" by William Lumley [poetry] (24)
* "“Yig,” “The Mound” and American Indian Lore" by Michael DiGregorio [essay] (25–26, 38)
* "Who Wrote “The Mound”?" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (27–29, 38)
* “The Mound”: An Appreciation by Peter H. Cannon [essay] (30–32, 51)
* "Dark Passion: A Comparison of “Medusa’s Coil” and “Black Canaan” " by Marc A. Cerasini [essay] (33–36)
* Crypt-O-Clulu-Gram Solution by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (36)
* "A Factual Basis for “The Green Meadow”?" by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay] (37–38)
* "Did Lovecraft Revise “Doom Around the Corner”?" by Will Murray [essay] (39–40)
* "Doom Around the Corner" by Wilfred Blanch Talman [fiction] (41–44)
* "Who Were the Boupa Priests?" by Robert M. Price [essay] (44)
* "Imprisoned with Hazel Heald" by Robert M. Price [essay] (45–46)
* "The Allegory of Yig" by Robert M. Price [essay] (46)
* "Fun Guys From Yuggoth" [fiction series] (47)
** "Did Lovecraft Revise This Article?" by Robert “Theobald” Price [fiction] (47)
* [Error Out of Time] [editorial note] (47)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (48–51)
** The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (Ballantine Books, 1982) by H. P. Lovecraft; introduction by Robert Bloch; reviewed by S. T. Joshi (48–49)
** H.P. Lovecraft (Readers Guide Series, Starmont House, 1982) by S. T. Joshi; reviewed by Robert M. Price (49–50)
** The Horror on the Beach (Valcour & Krueger, 1978) by Alan Dean Foster; reviewed by Robert M. Price (50)
** Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium) created by Sandy Peterson; reviewed by Scott Briggs (50–51) (TTRPG)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (53–55)
** Letter by Frank Belknap Long (53)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (53)
** Letter by Brian Lumley (53)
** Letter by Robert Anton Wilson (53)
** Letter by Patrice de Joubert (53)
** Letter by L. D. Blackmore (54)
** Letter by Richard A. Frank (54)
** Letter by Daniel Gobbett (54)
** Letter by Peter Cannon (55)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (55)
** Letter by Dave Siegel (55)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (56)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
==Issue 12==
Crypt of Cthulhu #12 was published in March 1983. It had 44 pages.
* Cover Art (“Antarktos”) by Nick Petrosino [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "My Debt to H.P. Lovecraft" by Robert Anton Wilson [essay] (3–4, 16)
* "H.P. Lovecraft, Prose Stylist" by Steve Mariconda [essay] (5–12)
* [See Yog-Sothoth!] [editorial note] (12)
* "The Chesuncook Witch-Cult" by Will Murray [essay] (13–16)
** Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (16)
* "A Lovecraftian Taxonomy" by Robert M. Price [essay] (17–19)
* "H.P. Lovecraft on the Screen (or, Yog-Slob and Other Disasters)" by Denise Dumars [essay] (20–24)
* "Godzilla versus Cthulhu (What Would Happen if Toho Studios Ever Discovered Lovecraft?)" by Crispin Burnham [essay] (25–26)
** Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (25)
** Interior Art by RLT (Richard L. Tierney) [illustration] (25)
* "Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram" by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (26)
* "Lovecraft and Antarctica" by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay] (27, 29)
* "What Face Wears Nyarlathotep?" by Edward DeGeorge [essay] (28–29)
* "Limericks from Yuggoth" by Lin Carter [poetry] (30–31)
* "Kadath" by Brian Lumley [poetry] (31)
* "Fun Guys From Yuggoth" [fiction series] (32, 39)
** "The Nameless Bookseller" by Scott D. Briggs [fiction] (32, 39)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (33–39)
** "Floating Dragon" (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1983) by Peter Straub; reviewed by Sam Gafford (33)
** "Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King" (Underwood/Miller, 1982) by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller; reviewed by Larry Baker (33–34)
** Whispers 17/18 (Whispers Press, 1982) edited by Stuart Schiff; reviewed by Larry Baker (33–34)
** Twisted Tales #1 (Pacific Comics, 1982) by Bruce Jones; reviewed by Robert M. Price (35)
** "The Wells of Hell" (TOR Books, 1982) by Graham Masterton; reviewed by Ronald Shearer (35–36)
** "The Keep" (Berkley Books, 1982) by F. Paul Wilson; reviewed by Scott D. Briggs (36–37)
** "Khai of Ancient Khem" (Berkley Books, 1982) by Brian Lumley; reviewed by Scott D. Briggs (37)
** The Dark Crystal directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz; reviewed by John Anthony (38–39)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (40–43)
** Letter by R. L. Tierney (40)
** Letter by Richard Fawcett (40–41)
** Letter by Steve Kane (41–42)
** Letter by Edward P. Berglund (42)
** Letter by David E. Schultz (42–43)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (43)
* Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram Solution by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (43)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (44)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 13==
Crypt of Cthulhu #13 was published in May 1983. It had 48 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Lovecraft and the Inklings".
Contents
* Cover Art by Thomas Brown [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Inklings, Lovecraft, and the Kalems" by Peter H. Cannon [essay] (3–5)
* "Middle-Earth, Narnia and Lovecraft’s Dream World: Comparative World-Views in Fantasy" by Leigh D. Blackmore [essay] (6–15, 22)
* "Lovecraft’s Theology of Fear and Williams’ Theology of Romance" by Edward T. Babinski [essay] (16–22)
* "Kadath and Mordor: The Quest in Lovecraft and Tolkien" by Ben P. Indick [essay] (23–24)
* "The Dueling Cosmoses of H.P. Lovecraft and G.K. Chesterton" by Edward T. Babinski [essay] (25–30, 36)
* "Surprised by Horror: The Fantasy Short Stories of C.S. Lewis" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (31–34)
* "Williams, Waite, and the Golden Dawn" by Robert C. Carey [essay] (35–36)
* "A “Lovecraftian” Scene in Perelandra" by Charles Garofalo [essay] (37)
* "Screwtape’s Letter to Cthulhu" by Robert M. Price [fiction] (38)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (39–45)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (39)
** Letter by Gahan Wilson (39)
** Letter by Brian Lumley (39)
** Letter by Ramsey Campbell (39)
** Letter by David Drake (39–40)
** Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (40–41)
** Letter by S. T. Joshi (41–42)
** Letter by Carolyn Lee Boyd (42–43)
** Letter by Jim Boisclair (43)
** Letter by Robert Finnan (43)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (43)
** Letter by Ken Faig, Jr. (43)
** Letter by Roger Bryant (43–44)
** Letter by Michael H. Cline (44)
** Letter by Roger G. Knuth (44)
** Letter by Bob Finnan (44–45)
** Letter by Daniel Gobbett (45)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (45)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (46–47)
** "In a Lonely Place" (Warner Books, 1983) by Karl Edward Wagner; reviewed by Robert M. Price (46)
** "Dreams from R’lyeh" (Arkham House Publishers, 1975) by Lin Carter; reviewed by C. * D. Whateley (Charles Lovecraft) (47)
* Describing de Scribes by Robert M. Price [notes on contributors] (48)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 14==
Crypt of Cthulhu #14 was published in June 1983. It had 48 pages. 
Contents
* Cover Art by Wolfius [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Baring-Gould and the Ghouls: The Influence of Curious Myths of the Middle Ages on “The Rats in the Walls” " by Steve Mariconda [essay] (3–7, 27)
* "Lovecraft’s Ghouls" by Will Murray [essay] (8–9, 27)
* "Has Kadath Been Sighted?" by Richard L. Tierney [essay] (10–11, 33)
* Swamp Call by Brian Lumley [poetry] (11)
* "A Letter on the Lovecraft Mythos" by Pierre de Caprona (12–20)
* [Lovecraft Typo!] [editorial note] (20)
* "Unpronounceable Update" [essay] (20)
* "Contra Capronam" by Lin Carter (21–27)
* "Lovecraft as I Seem to Remember Him" by F. Gumby Kalem (Robert M. Price) [fiction] (28–29)
* "Making a Friend of Horror" by Charles Hoffman [essay] (30–31)
* "Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram" by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (31)
* "Some Stray Bits of Lovecraftiana" by Darrell Schweitzer [essay] (32–33)
* "Fantasy Gaming for Lovecraftians: “The Call of Cthulhu”" by Sam Gafford [essay] (34–35, 42)
* "Fun Guys from Yuggoth" [essay series] (36–37)
** "On Reading Lovecraft" by C. J. Henderson [essay] (36–37)
* Crypt-O-Cthulhu-Gram Solution by Carol Selby (Carol Selby Price) [puzzle] (37)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (38–40)
** Horrors and Unpleasantries (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1983) by Sheldon Jaffery; reviewed by Ronald Shearer (38)
** Collected Poems: Nightmares and Visions (Arkham House, 1981) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by S. T. Joshi (38–40)
** Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (Chaosium, Inc.) by Sandy Petersen; reviewed by Scott D. Briggs (40)
* "Advice to the Lovecraft-lorn" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (41–42)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (43–48, 40)
** Letter by Karl Edward Wagner (43)
** Letter by Gahan Wilson (43)
** Letter by Fritz Leiber (43)
** Letter by Frank Belknap Long (43–44)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (44)
** Letter by Ben Indick (44)
** Letter by S. T. Joshi (44–47)
** Letter by Patrice de G. Joubert (47)
** Letter by William Fulwiler (47–48)
** Letter by Ronald Shearer (48, 40)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
==Issue 15==
Crypt of Cthulhu #15 was published in August 1983. It had 36 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Lovecraft’s Dunsanian Fiction".
Contents
* Cover Art by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Some Comments on the Dunsany-Lovecraft Influence" by Donald R. Burleson [essay] (3, 29)
* "The Dream World and the Real World in Lovecraft" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (4–15)
* "Tentacles in Dreamland: Cthulhu Mythos Elements in the Dunsanian Stories" by Will Murray [essay] (16–18)
* "“The Other Gods” and the Four Who Entered Paradise" by Robert M. Price [essay] (19–20)
* "Pombo and “The Other Gods” " by Robert Schwartz [essay] (21)
* "On “Polaris”" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (22–25)
* "The Horror of “Polaris”" by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay] (26–27)
* "Something About the Cats of Ulthar" by Jason C. Eckhardt [essay] (28–29)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (30–33)
** Psycho II (Warner Books, 1982) by Robert Bloch; reviewed by Robert M. Price (30–31)
** Psycho II directed by Richard Franklin; reviewed by Robert M. Price (31–33)
** Moonbog (Zebra Books, 1982) by Rick Hautala; reviewed by Mollie L. Burleson (33)
* "Fun Guys from Yuggoth" [essay series] (34, 20, 27)
** "What Lovecraftdom and I Have Done to Each Other" by Peter H. Cannon [essay] (34, 20, 27)
* "Advice to the Lovecraft-lorn" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (35)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (36)
** Letter by Ramsey Campbell (36)
** Letter by Robert Finnan (36)
** Letter by David E. Schultz (36)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 16==
Crypt of Cthulhu #16 was published in September 1983. It had 60 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Tales from the Crypt of Cthulhu".
Contents
* Cover Art by Steve Fabian [illustration] (front cover)
* Introduction by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–4)
* Interior Art (“Lifelike portrait of the editor”) by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (4)
* "The Tree on the Hill" by Duane W. Rimel and H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (5–12)
* "The Hand of Obeah" by Robert E. Howard [fiction] (13–34)
* "Double Cosmos" by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction] (35–41)
* "The Creeper in the Crypt" by Robert Bloch [fiction] (42–48)
* "Something from Out There" by August Derleth [fiction] (49–58)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 17==
Crypt of Cthulhu #17 was published in November 1983. It had 52 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Revisions Issue II".
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "A Symposium on “The Tree on the Hill”" [essay series] (3–21, 24)
** "Lovecraftian Branches in Rimel’s Tree" by Donald R. Burleson [essay] (3–4)
** "Who Wrote “The Tree on the Hill”?" by Peter Cannon [essay] (5)
** "Some Comments on “The Tree on the Hill”" by William Fulwiler [essay] (6)
** "On “The Tree on the Hill”" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (6–9)
** "Lovecraft’s Role In “The Tree on the Hill”" by Steven Mariconda [essay] (10–12, 24)
** "Examining “The Tree on the Hill”" by Will Murray [essay] (13–14)
** "A “New” Lovecraft Tale" by Robert M. Price [essay] (15–19)
** "Regarding Lovecraft’s Hand in “The Tree on the Hill”" by David E. Schultz [essay] (19–21)
* "Self-Parody in Lovecraft’s Revisions" by Will Murray [essay] (22–24)
* "On “The Loved Dead”" by David E. Schultz [essay] (25–28)
* "New Clues to Lovecraft’s Role in “Out of the Eons” and “The Crawling Chaos”" by Robert M. Price [essay] (29–31)
* "Mysteries of the Hoggar Region" by Will Murray [essay] (32, 39)
* "Lovecraft’s Contribution to “Till A’ the Seas”" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (33–39)
** Till A’ the Seas by Robert H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft; edited by S. T. Joshi [fiction] (33–39)
* "Irony" by Wilson Shepherd [poetry] (40)
* "The Wanderer’s Return" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (41)
* "Lost Revisions?" by Robert M. Price [essay] (42, 52)
* "Advice to the Lovecraft-Lorn" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (43)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (44–47, 21, 39)
** Pet Sematary (Doubleday, 1983) by Stephen King; reviewed by Robert M. Price (44–45)
** Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard (Blue Jay Books, 1983) by L. ** Sprague deCamp, Catherine Crook deCamp, and Jane Whittington Griffin; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman (45–47)
** Weird Tales #4 (Zebra Books, 1983) edited by Lin Carter; reviewed by Robert M. Price (47)
** The Arkham Evil (T.O.M.E. Enterprises) by John Diaper; reviewed by Scott D. Briggs (47, 21, 39) [Call of Cthulhu TTRPG module]
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (48–52)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (48)
** Letter by Duane Rimel (48)
** Letter by Karl Edward Wagner (48)
** Letter by Brian Lumley (48)
** Letter by Richard L. Tierney (48)
** Letter by David S. Siegel (49)
** Letter by Ken Humphreys (49)
** Letter by D. B. Vance (49)
** Letter by Daniel Gobbett (49)
** Letter by William Fulwiler (50)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (50)
** Letter by Diane Fox (50–51)
** Letter by M. Eileen McNamara, M. D. (51–52)
** Letter by Ronald Shearer (52)
** Letter by E. T. Caldwell (52)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Part of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: "The Tree on the Hill", Robert Howard's "The Hand of Obeah", Clark Ashton Smith and drug imagery, discussion of R. L. Tierney's "Has Kadath Been Sighted?" from the issue #14, Lovecraft's "Dunsanian" stories, possible interpretations of "Polaris", comments on the issues #15 and #13, discussion of the article "Homosexual Panic in 'The Outsider' from the issue #8, the genre of horror literature.
==Issue 18==
Crypt of Cthulhu #18 was published in December 1983. It had 40 pages. 
This issue wasn't themed.
Contents
* Cover Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Cthulhuers" by John Strysik [fiction] (3–8)
* "H.P. Lovecraft As I Knew Him" by Duane Rimel [essay] (9–11)
* "The Lurker in the VCR: More H.P. Lovecraft on the Screen" by Denise Dumars [essay] (12–13, 20)
* "Lovecraft’s Influence on Stephen King" by Sam Gafford [essay] (14–15)
* "Scales of Horror" by Bert Atsma [essay] (16–18)
* "Obed and Obadiah Marsh" by Tani Jantsang [essay] (19–20)
* “Lovecraftianity” and the Pagan Revival by Robert M. Price [essay] (21–23, 25)
* "The Cthulhu Controversy" by Edward DeGeorge [essay] (24–25)
* "Locating Lovecraft" by Ralph E. Vaughan [editorial note] (26–27)
* [Lovecraft and the Mythos in Stephen King] [notice] (27)
* "The Not-So-Great Race" by John A. Buettner [essay] (28)
* "Mearle Prout and “The House of the Worm”" by Will Murray [essay] (29–30, 39)
* "More Limericks from Yuggoth" by Lin Carter [poetry] (31, 34)
* "Fun Gals from Yuggoth" [essay series] (32–34)
** "Apunkalypse" by Carolyn Lee Boyd [essay] (32–34)
* [“Stranger Still”] [editorial note] (34)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (35–39)
** H.P. Lovecraft, A Critical Study (Greenwood Press, 1983) by Donald R. Burleson; reviewed by Steven Mariconda (35–36)
** The She-Devil (Ace Books, 1983) by Robert E. Howard; reviewed by Robert M. Price (37–38)
** Cycle of the Werewolf (The Land of Enchantment, 1983) by Stephen King; reviewed by Robert M. Price (38)
** The Invincible Doc Savage (Odyssey Publications, 1983) by Edward Gruskin; reviewed by Robert M. Price (38–39)
* "Advice to the Lovecraft-Lorn" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (40)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (40)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (40)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 19==
Crypt of Cthulhu #19 was published in February 1984. It had 40 pages. 
This theme of the issue was Brian Lumley.
Contents
* Cover Art by Stephen E. Fabian [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Brian Lumley—Reanimator" by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–13)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (13)
* "Demoniacal" by David Sutton [fiction] (14–20)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (20)
* "The Kiss of Bugg-Shash" by Brian Lumley [fiction] (21–34)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (34)
* "The Statement of One John Gibson" by Brian Lumley [fiction] (35–51)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (51)
* "An Interview with Brian Lumley" by Robert M. Price; interview of Brian Lumley (52–55)
* "Sea Fret" by Brian Lumley [poetry] (56)
* "Mammoth Rider" by Brian Lumley [poetry] (56)
* "Advice to the Lovecraft-Lorn" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (57)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (57)
** The Asylum and Other Tales (Chaosium, Inc.) reviewed by Scott Briggs (57) [Call of Cthulhu TTRPG adventure anthology]
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (58–60, 55)
** Letter by Patrice deG. Joubert (58)
** Letter by Paul R. Wilson (58)
** Letter by Donna Tod (58)
** Letter by Tore Stokka (58)
** Letter by Masaki Abe (58)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (58–59)
** Letter by William Fulwiler (59)
** Letter by Ronald Shearer (59)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (59)
** Letter by Dan Gobbett (59)
** Letter by Stephen R. Jennings (59–60)
** Letter by Ralph E. Vaughan (60)
** Letter by Laurence C. Bush (60)
** Letter by Richard L. Tierney (60)
** Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (60, 55)
** Letter by R. Alain Everts (55)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Part of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: readers expressing their opinions on Brian Lumley and the issue about him, incoming Japanese anthology of translated Lovecraftian stories, whether the title of Lovecraft's unwritten novel "The House of the Worm" was actually the working title for "The Shunned House", discussions of Denise Dumars' article "The Lurker in the VCR" in the issue #18 and Lovecraft's adaptations, "The Cthulhuers" in the issue #18 and other possible crossovers with TV shows, praises of the zine in general, Bert Atsma's "Scales of Horror" and possibility of genetic link between humans and Deep Ones, the quality of "The Tree on the Hill".
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 20==
Crypt of Cthulhu #20 was published in March 1984. It had 52 pages. 
This theme of the issue was "Lovecraft’s Poetry".
Contents
* Cover Art by Jim Garrison [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "H.P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth" by David E. Schultz [essay] (3–7)
* Two Discarded Drafts of “The Well” by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (8)
* "The Story in Fungi from Yuggoth" by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay] (9–11)
* "Preference" by Clark Ashton Smith [poetry] (11)
* "The Lack of Continuity in Fungi from Yuggoth" by David E. Schultz [essay] (12–16)
* "Nepenthe" by Samuel Loveman [poetry] (16)
* "Illuminating “The Elder Pharos” " by Will Murray [essay] (17–19)
* "Wings of Dream" by Duane Rimel [poetry] (19)
* "“St. Toad’s” Revisited" by Robert M. Price [essay] (21)
* "Poet of the Unknown" by Dirk W. Mosig [essay] (22–24)
* "Quatrain" by Samuel Loveman [poetry] (24)
* "Two Spurious Lovecraft Poems" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (25–26)
* "The First Cthulhu Mythos Poem" by Will Murray [essay] (27–29)
* "An Errata List to A Winter Wish" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (31–45)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (46–48)
** Fungi from Yuggoth (Necronomicon Press) by H. P. Lovecraft; cover by Jason C. Eckhardt; reviewed by Robert M. Price (46)
** Interior Art by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (46)
** The Illustrated Fungi from Yuggoth (Dream House) by H. P. Lovecraft; illustrated by Robert Kellough; reviewed by Robert M. Price (46)
** Interior Art by Robert Kellough [illustration] (46)
** A Winter Wish and Other Poems (Whispers Press) by H. P. Lovecraft; edited by Tom Collins; reviewed by Robert M. Price (46)
** “Discovery of the Ghooric Zone—March 15, 2337” in Chrysalis I (Zebra Books, 1977 and 1980) by Richard A. Lupoff; reviewed by Robert M. Price (46–47)
** Rhyme of the Three Slavers by Robert E. Howard; reviewed by Robert M. Price (47)
** “The Return of the Deep Ones” in Fantasy Book, March 1984 by Brian Lumley; reviewed by Robert M. Price (47)
** Weirdbook #19 edited by W. Paul Ganley; reviewed by Robert M. Price (47–48)
** “Mirrors of the Soul” in The Fantasy Gamer by C. J. Henderson; reviewed by Robert M. Price (48)
* "The Frozen Waterfall" by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction] (48)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (49–50)
** Letter by Daniel Gobbett (49)
** Letter by L. D. Blackmore (49)
** Letter by Will Murray (49)
** Letter by Steve Behrends (49–50)
** Letter by M. Eileen McNamara, MD (50)
* "Untitled" by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction] (50)
* "Above the Loud Sea" by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction] (50)
* "The Ship" by Duane Rimel [poetry] (51)
* "The Questioner" by R. H. Barlow [fiction] (51)
* "To Heine" by Samuel Loveman [poetry] (52)
* "The Lake of Enchanted Silence" by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction] (52)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
==Issue 21==
Crypt of Cthulhu #21 was published in March 1984. It had 68 pages.
The theme of the issue was "Saturnalia and Other Poems by H.P. Lovecraft".
Contents
* Cover Art by Rick Bryant [illustration] (front cover)
* "Introduction" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (v–vi)
* "On the Creation of N*ggers" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (1)
* "To Mr. Munroe, on His Instructive and Entertaining Account of Switzerland" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (1–2)
* "To an Accomplished Young Gentlewoman on Her Birthday, Decr. 2, 1914" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (2)
* "The Decline and Fall of a Man of the World" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (2)
* "The Road to Ruin" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (3)
* "Verses Designed to be Sent by a Friend of the Author to His Brother-in-Law on New-Year’s Day" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (3)
* "On an Accomplished Young Linguist" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (3)
* "To “The Scribblers”" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (4–5)
* "The Isaacsonio-Mortoniad" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (5–7)
* "Providence Amateur Press Club (Deceased) to the Athenaeum Club of Journalism" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (8–9)
* "Gryphus in Asinum Mutatus" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (9–11)
* "To the Arcadian" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (11)
* "To the Nurses of the Red Cross" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (11–12)
* "To the A.H.S.P.C. on Receipt of the May Pippin" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (13–14)
* "To the A.H.S.P.C. on Receipt of the Christmas Pippin" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (14–15)
* "Sors Poetae" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (15)
* "“The Poetical Punch” Pushed from His Pedestal" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (16)
* "To Mr. Kleiner, on Receiving from Him the Poetical Works of Addison, Gay, and Somerville" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (16–17)
* "To Col. Linkaby Didd" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (17–20)
* Epigrams by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (20–21)
** "On a Poem for Children, writ by J.M.W." by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (20)
** "On ———’s Gaining in Weight" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (20)
** "Lines on a Dull Writer Having Insomnia" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (20)
** "On a Pathetick Poem, by J.M.W." by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (20)
** "Idle Lines on a Poetick Dunce" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (20)
** "On the Habit of Letter-Writing" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (21)
* "On Collaboration" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (21–24)
* "With a Copy of Wilde’s Fairy Tales" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (25)
* "On Receiving a Portraiture of Mrs. Berkeley, ye Poetess" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (25–26)
* "To S.S.L.: Christmas 1920" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (26)
* "To Saml Loveman Esq." by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (27)
* "To Saml: Loveman, Gent." by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (27)
* "To Two Epgephi" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (28)
* "Damon and Lycë" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (28–30)
* "To Mr. Baldwin, upon Receiving a Picture of Him in a Rural Bower" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (30–31)
* "Saturnalia" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (31)
* "To Xanthippe, on her Birthday—March 16, 1925" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (31)
* "Hedone" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (31–32)
* "Veteropinguis Redivivus" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (33–34)
* "My Lost Love" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (34–35)
* "To a Young Poet in Dunedin" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (36)
* "On an Unspoil’d Rural Prospect" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (36–37)
* "Christmas Greetings" by H. P. Lovecraft [poetry] (37–54)
* Notes by S. T. Joshi [essay] (55–60)
The poems from the issue can be read here.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 22==
Crypt of Cthulhu #22 was published in May 1984. It had 60 pages.
The issue wasn't themed.
Contents
 
* Cover Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Thing Under Memphis" by Lin Carter [fiction] (3–5)
* "The Priest of Mlok" by Gary Myers [fiction] (6–7)
* "The Fear-Master" by Robert E. Howard [fiction] (8–12)
* "John Buchan: A Possible Influence on Lovecraft" by Sam Moskowitz [essay] (13–17)
* Comments on Robert M. Price’s “Brian Lumley—Reanimator” by Brian Lumley [essay] (18–21)
* [Wendy-Smith’s demise is rhapsodized in…] [editor's note] (21)
* "Reuterdahl, Relativity and the “Aimless Waves”" by Richard L. Tierney [essay] (22–25, 47)
* "Robert W. Chambers" by S. T. Joshi [essay] (26–33, 17)
* "A Weird Tales Filmography" by William Fulwiler [essay] (34–37)
* "Lovecraft’s “Weird Families”" by Ralph E. Vaughan [essay] (38–39, 47)
* "H.P. Lovecraft and Isadora Duncan: Contemporaries and Artists" by Carolyn Lee Boyd [essay] (40–43)
* "The Unpleasant Dreams of H.P. Lovecraft" by M. Eileen McNamara, MD [essay] (44–47)
* "Supernatural Horror in Lovecraft’s Literature" by Charles Hoffman [essay] (48–50)
* "Did Lovecraft Read Middlemarch?" by Peter Cannon [essay] (51)
* "Fun Guys from Yuggoth" [essay series] (52, 55)
** "Saved at Last!" by Patrice deG. Joubert [essay] (52, 55)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (53–54)
** Collected Poems: Nightmares and Visions (Arkham House, 1981) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by Lin Carter (53–54)
** “The Soul of Kephri” in Space & Time (number 66, Summer 1984) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by Robert M. Price (54)
* "Advice to the Lovecraft-Lorn" by Donna Death (Donna Tod) [fiction] (55)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (56–60)
** Letter by Gahan Wilson (56)
** Letter by Karl Edward Wagner (56)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (56)
** Letter by David A. Sutton (56)
** Letter by Lin Carter (57)
** Letter by S. T. Joshi (57)
** Letter by Phil Panaggio (57–59)
** Letter by Steve Mariconda (59–60)
** Letter by Chris Gross (60)
** Letter by Richard Hyll (60)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
Parts of the issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: Lovecraft's poetry, Brian Lumley, can critics be good writers, necessity to correct textual errors in Lovecraft's texts, disagreement with Dirk W. Mosig's interpretation of HPL's poem "The City", Will Murray's article on "Mearle Prout and 'The House of the Worm'", disagreement with the suggestion that "The House of the Worm" is "The Shunned House" from the letter in the issue #19, HPL's prose style, a poem mourning the lack of the Donna Death column.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 23==
Crypt of Cthulhu #23 was published in June 1984. It had 56 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Books of the Mythos".
Contents
* Cover Art (“Stele of Cthulhu”) by Peter H. Gilmore [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Necronomicon, John Dee’s Translation" by Frank Belknap Long [fiction] (3)
* "The Revelations of Glaaki" by Ramsey Campbell [fiction] (4)
* "Cthaat Aquadingen" by Brian Lumley [fiction] (5)
* "The Third Cryptical Book of Hsan" by Gary Myers [fiction] (6)
* "The Necronomicon: Concerning Them from Outside" by Lin Carter [fiction] (7–8)
* "The Book of Eibon: The Unbegotten Source" by Lin Carter [fiction] (9–11)
* Interior Art by Rodolfo A. Ferraresi [illustration] (11)
* "Confessions of the Mad Monk Clithanus: The Incantation of the Elder Sign" by August Derleth and Mark Schorer; missing text restored by Lin Carter [fiction] (12–13)
* Interior Art by Rodolfo A. Ferraresi [illustration] (13)
* "The Necronomicon: The Origin of a Spoof" by Colin Wilson [essay] (14–16)
* "Preface to The Necronomicon" by L. Sprague deCamp [fiction] (17–20)
* "The Case of Simon’s Necronomicon" by Robert C. Carey [essay] (21–24)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (24)
* "Lovecraft’s Necronomicon: An Introduction" by Robert M. Price [essay] (25–29)
* "Reconstructing De Vermis Mysteriis" by Robert M. Price [essay] (30–33)
* "Some Notes on the Eltdown Shards" by Robert M. Price [essay] (34–37)
* Interior Art by Mike MacKenzie [illustration] (37)
* "The Pnakotic Manuscripts: A Study" by Robert M. Price [essay] (38–42)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (42)
* "Prehuman Language in Lovecraft" by Will Murray [essay] (43–47)
* Interior Art by Robert M. Price [illustration] (47)
* "Fun Guys from Yuggoth" [fiction series] (48)
** "From The Good News Necronomicon (Today’s English Version)" by Steve Behrends [fiction] (48)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (49)
** “The Fire of Mazda” in Orion’s Child #1 (Orion Press) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by Robert M. Price (49)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letters of comment] (50–56)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (50)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (50)
** Letter by Brian Lumley (50–52)
** Letter by Patrice deG. Joubert (52–53)
** Letter by Richard L. Tierney (53)
** Letter by William Fulwiler (53–54)
** Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (54–55)
** Letter by Peter H. Gilmore (55)
** Letter by John Borkowski (55)
** Letter by Elmer R. Mudgett (56)
** Letter by Jeffrey Weinberger (56)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: reviews of the previous issues, influence of historical novels by Robert W. Chambers on Robert E. Howard, importance (or lack of) of correcting errors in HPL's texts, writers and creativity, subjectivity of criticism, Lovecraft and sex, Brian Lumley criticizing the critics, Patrice de G. Joubert proclaiming Brian Lumley a bad writer but a good humorist, continuing discussion of whether "The House of the Worm" was the provisional title of "The Shunned House", Lovecraft and Buchan's stories. 
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 24==
Crypt of Cthulhu #24 was published in August 1984. It had 56 pages. 
The theme of the issue was Richard L. Tierney.
Contents
* Cover Art by Stephen E. Fabian [illustration] (front cover)
* Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "The Seed of the Star-God" by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (3–27)
* "The Howler in the Dark" by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (28–47)
* "Simon of Gitta: A Chronology and Bibliography" by Robert M. Price [essay] (47)
* "An Interview with Richard L. Tierney" by Robert M. Price; interview of Richard L. Tierney (48–50)
* "The Nameless City" by Richard L. Tierney [poetry] (51)
* "Harag-Kolath" by Richard L. Tierney [poetry] (51)
* "The Derleth Mythos" by Richard L. Tierney [essay] (52–53)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (54–55)
** Conan the Destroyer directed by Richard Fleischer; reviewed by C. J. Henderson (54–55)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (56, 53)
** Letter by Robert Bloch (56)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (56)
** Letter by Roger G. Knuth (56)
** Letter by Richard A. Frank (56)
** Letter by Miss R. M. Calverley (56)
** Letter by Steve Mariconda (56, 53)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
The issue can be read here.
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: Sprague de Camp correcting an error in his previous letter, praises of Crypt of Cthulhu and comparisons with some legendary old fanzines.
===Reactions and Reviews===
==Issue 25==
Crypt of Cthulhu #25 was published in September 1984. It had 56 pages. 
The theme of the issue was "Weird Tales tribute".
Contents
* Cover Art by Stephen E. Fabian [illustration] (front cover)
* "Editorial Shards" by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
* "Gateway to Forever" by Frank Belknap Long [fiction] (3–10)
** Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (3)
* "Josephine Gage" by Carl Jacobi [fiction] (11–21)
** Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (11)
** Interior Art by Jeff Dee [illustration] (21)
* "Strange Shadows" by Clark Ashton Smith [fiction] (22–31)
** Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (22)
* "The Supreme Moment" by Robert E. Howard [fiction] (32–34)
** Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (32)
* "Just the Two of Us" by Hugh B. Cave [fiction] (35–40)
** Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (35)
** Interior Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (40)
* "The Hampdon Horror" by Duane Rimel [fiction] (41–45)
** Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (41)
* "R’lyeh Review" [review] (47–52)
** The Colour Out of Time (DAW Books) by Michael Shea; reviewed by Lin Carter (47–48)
** Pulptime (Weirdbook Press, 1984) by Peter Cannon; illustrated by Stephen Fabian; foreword by Frank Belknap Long; afterword by Robert Bloch; reviewed by S. T. Joshi (48–49)
** The Dark Barbarian (Greenwood Press) edited by Don Herron; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini (49–51)
** The Ceremonies (Viking, 1984) by T. E. D. Klein; reviewed by Steven Mariconda (51–52)
* "Mail-Call of Cthulhu" [letter] (53–56, 10, 21, 52)
** Letter by Ramsey Campbell (53–54)
** Letter by S. T. Joshi (54)
** Letter by L. Sprague deCamp (54–55)
** Letter by David S. Siegel (55)
** Letter by Basile M. Bourque, Jr. (55–56)
** Letter by Joel D. Lane (56, 10)
** Letter by Brian Lumley (21, 52)
* Next Time [preview for next issue] (back cover)
===Letters of Comment===
Other subjects discussed: responses to Brian Lumley's thoughts on critics and writers, the definition of "schizoid" and how it applies to Lovecraft and Howard, historical novels by Robert Chambers, treating Lovecraft too seriously, quality of Lovecraft's poetry, Brian Lumley as a writer, is Derleth a good writer.
===Reactions and Reviews===
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