Crypt of Cthulhu/Issues 76-100

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Issue 76

Cover art of the issue #76

Crypt of Cthulhu #76 was published in November 1990. It had 36 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Jason C. Eckhardt [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• Dunsanian Influence on Lovecraft Outside his “Dunsanian” Tales by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–5)
• Where Lovecraft Died by M. Eileen McNamara, M. D. [essay] (6–7)
• Loathsome Limericks by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (7)
• Dead Ringers: The Leiber-Lovecraft Connection by Stefan Dziemianowicz [essay] (8–13)
• Julius Schwartz on Lovecraft by Will Murray [essay] (14–18)
• Lovecraft’s Cheshire Cat by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (19–22)
• R’lyeh Reviews [review] (23–35)
  • H.P. Lovecraft: Disturbing the Universe (University Press of Kentucky, 1990) by Donald R. Burleson; reviewed by Steven J. Mariconda (23–26)
  • H.P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West (Starmont House, 1990) by S. T. Joshi; reviewed by Steven J. Mariconda (23–26)
  • Sherlock Holmes in the Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Gryphon Publications, 1990) by Ralph Vaughan; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (26)
  • The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, No. 1 (Necronomicon Press, August 1990) edited by Rusty Burke; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (27–28)
  • The Parents of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press, July 1990) by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (28–30)
  • The Events at Poroth Farm (Necronomicon Press, 1990) by T. E. D. Klein; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (30–32)
  • H.P. Lovecraft: The Fantastic Poetry (Necronomicon Press, July 1990) by H. P. Lovecraft; edited by S. T. Joshi; illustrated by Jason Eckhardt; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (32–34)
  • Short Takes [review] (34–35)
  • Horrors! (Overlook Press, 1989) [review] (34)
  • Fantasma (TOR, 1989) [review] (34)
  • First Light (Random House, 1989) [review] (34–35)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (36, 13, 18, 35)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (36, 13, 18)
  • Letter by Robert Bloch (18)
  • Letter by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. (18)
  • Letter by S. T. Joshi (18, 35)
  • Letter by Edward O’Brien (35)

Issue 77

Cover art of the issue #77

Crypt of Cthulhu #77 was published in March 1991. It had 40 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 32)
• Lovecraft and The Birth of Tragedy by Michael Cisco [essay] (3–4)
• The Shadow over Dunwich: A Neglected Subplot in Derleth’s The Lurker at the Threshold by Robert M. Price [essay] (5–7)
• Lovecraft and the Films of his Day by S. T. Joshi [essay] (8–10)
• Providence in 1990 A.D. by Peter Cannon [fiction] (11–13)
• Translation of Marc Thomas’s The Transition of Ulrich Zann [essay] (14–15)
• Something Foetid by H. P. G. Wodecraft (Peter H. Cannon) [fiction] (16–24)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (25–32)
  • Favorite Haunts (Darkhive Associates, 1990) directed by William K. Desjardins; reviewed by Robert M. Price (25)
  • Psycho IV (Showtime Cable TV Movie) reviewed by Robert M. Price (25–28)
  • The Lovecrafter: 100th Anniversary Issue edited by David Barker; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (28–29)
  • Poems from Providence (The Poets Press) by Brett Rutherford; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (29–30)
  • Fafhrd and Me: Selected Essays (Wildside Press) by Fritz Leiber, Jr.; edited by John Gregory Betancourt; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (30–31)
  • The Re-Animator by Steve Jones and Chris Jones (31)
  • Blood Brothers, An Anthology of Horror Adventures [review] (31–32)
  • Fatal Experiments [review] (32)
  • Shatterbrain [review] (32)
  • Vollmond #3 edited by Andre Paine; reviewed by Robert M. Price (32)
  • Eternity #2 edited by Sam Gafford; reviewed by Robert M. Price (32)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (35–40, 10)
  • Letter by Pat Swift (35)
  • Letter by Stefan “Dizzy” Dziemianowicz (35–36)
  • Letter by L. Sprague de Camp (36)
  • Letter by Jim Brawley (36)
  • Letter by Mike Ashley (36)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (36–38)
  • Letter by Wilum Pugmire (38)
  • Letter by Rusty Burke (38–40, 10)

Issue 78

Cover art of the issue #78

Crypt of Cthulhu #78 was published in June 1991. It had 32 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Peter Smith [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• Second Thoughts on the Fungi from Yuggoth by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–8)
• The Unspeakable Spawning of the Proto-Shoggoths by Robert M. Price [essay] (9)
• Annals of Arkya by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (10–13)
  • The Courier by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (10)
  • The Worshippers by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (10)
  • Liberation by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (10–11)
  • The Guardian by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (11)
  • The Summons by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (11)
  • The Viola by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (11–12)
  • The Pool by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (12)
  • The Street by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (12)
  • The Council by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (12–13)
  • The House by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (13)
  • The Whisperer by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (13)
  • The Crawler by Robert A. W. Lowndes [poetry] (13)
• The Shadow over Albertus Magnus by Richard L. Tierney [essay] (14–15)
• Lovecraft: An American Allegory by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (16–19)
• Strange Cylinders by Robert M. Price [essay] (20–21)
• Inside the Bud by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (22)
• The Critique by Lew Cthew (Lew Cabos) [fiction] (23–24)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (25–32)
  • An Epicure in the Terrible (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press) edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi; reviewed by Scott D. Briggs (25–26)
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth” (A Live Stage Presentation) adapted by Thomas E. Fuller and Gregory Nicoll; reviewed by Robert M. Price (26–27)
  • Fantasy Commentator #41, Fall 1990 reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (27–31)
  • Skeleton Crew, October 1990 reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (27–31)
  • Eldritch Tales #24, 1990 edited by Crispin Burnham; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (27–31)
  • In Brief reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (31–32)

Issue 79

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Crypt of Cthulhu #79 was published in November 1991. It had 40 pages.

The theme of the issue was Duane W. Rimel.

Contents

• Cover Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2–3)
• The Sorcery of Aphlar by Duane W. Rimel and H. P. Lovecraft [fiction] (4–5)
• The Metal Chamber by Duane W. Rimel [fiction] (6–10)
• The Last Scientist by Duane W. Rimel [fiction] (11–16)
• Norton and I by Duane W. Rimel [fiction] (17–22, 10)
• The Small, Dark Thing by Duane W. Rimel [fiction] (23–26, 27)
• Two in a Dungeon by Duane W. Rimel [fiction] (27)
• The Wrong Night by Duane W. Rimel [fiction] (28–29)
• Contradiction by Duane W. Rimel [poetry] (30)
• Mood by Duane W. Rimel [poetry] (31)
• Estranged by Duane W. Rimel [poetry] (31)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (32–34, 31)
  • Cast a Deadly Spell (HBO Films/Pacific Western Productions) directed by Martin Campbell; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini (32–33)
  • In Brief reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (33–34, 31)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (35–39, 5, 10, 16, 29, 40)
  • Letter by Larry S. Bosveld (35)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (35–36)
  • Letter by J. C. Curwen (unknown) (36–37)
  • Letter by Stephen Dziemianowicz (Stefan Dziemianowicz) (37–39)
  • Response by Editor (Robert M. Price) (39)
  • Letter by Richard L. Tierney (39, 5)
  • Letter by Robert A. W. Lowndes (5)
  • Letter by Donald R. Burleson (5, 10, 16)
  • Letter by Paul A. Roales (16, 29)
  • Letter by Peter Smith (40)

Issue 80

Cover art of the issue #80

Crypt of Cthulhu #80 was published in March 1992. It had 60 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• The Criticism of Azathoth by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–14)
• The Rationale of Lovecraft’s Pseudonyms by S. T. Joshi [essay] (15–24, 29)
  • Bibliography of Lovecraft’s Pseudonyms by S. T. Joshi [essay] (22–24, 29)
• Strange High Houses: Lovecraft & Melville by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (25–26, 29)
• Theology of the Other Gods by Kieran Setiya [essay] (27–29)
• The Works of Robert Blake by Robert M. Price [essay] (30–32)
• Shadows by Richard F. Searight [poetry] (32)
• The Unpleasantness at Marlowe’s by Edward O’Brien, Jr. [fiction] (33–37)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (38–55)
  • Divers Hands reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (38–52)
  • Lovecraft #1 (Adventure Comics, Malibu Graphics) reviewed by Robert M. Price (53–54)
  • Re-Animator #1 (Adventure Comics, Malibu Graphics) reviewed by Robert M. Price (54–55)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (56–59, 14)
  • Letter by L. C. Bush (56)
  • Letter by Dennis Lien (56–57)
  • Letter by Jason B. Thompson (57–58)
  • Response by Ye Hierophant (Robert M. Price) (58)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (58–59)
  • Letter by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. (14)
  • Letter by Carl Budson (14)

Issue 81

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Crypt of Cthulhu #81 was published in June 1992. It had 60 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Peter Smith [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 10)
• The Grey House by Mark Rainey [fiction] (3–10)
• “The Silver Key” and Lovecraft’s Childhood by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. [essay] (11–47)
• Interior Art by Chris Gross [illustration] (46)
• Patterns in the Snow: A New Reading of At the Mountains of Madness by Robert M. Price [essay] (48–51)
• Top Ten Reasons Why Lovecraft is “Real” Literature by Steven J. Mariconda [humor] (51)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (52, 57–59)
  • Cthulhu Mansion (Republic Home Video, 1990) screenplay and direction by J. P. Simon; reviewed by Robert M. Price (52, 57)
  • Chaos of Cthulhu reviewed by Robert M. Price (57–58)
  • New Foetid Flicks reviewed by Robert M. Price (58–59)
• HPL Course [notice] (59)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (53–57)
  • Letter by Donald R. Burleson (53–54)
  • Letter by Wilum Pugmire (54–55)
  • Letter by Kieran Setiya (55–56)
  • Letter by James Rockhill (56–57)

Issue 82

Cover art of the issue #82

Crypt of Cthulhu #82 was published in November 1992. It had 60 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 10, 16)
• Lovecraft and Dunsany’s Chronicles of Rodriguez by S. T. Joshi [essay] (3–6)
• Dunwich Daydreams by Peter H. Cannon [essay] (7–10)
• Correlated Contents by Robert M. Price [essay] (11–16)
• L?vecr?ft: What’s in a Name? by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (17–20)
• Mists of Death #1 by Richard F. Searight [fiction] (21–24)
• Mists of Death #2 by Richard F. Searight [fiction] (25–30, 34)
• The Night Abbey by Peter Smith [fiction] (31–34)
• Interior Art [illustration] (33)
• Ogthrod Ai’f Geb’l by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (35)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (36–43, 6)
  • The Resurrected (1991) directed by Dan O’Bannon; reviewed by Robert M. Price (36–37)
  • J.B. Macabre converses with Dan O’Bannon, director of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Resurrected by J. B. Macabre (Joseph B. Mauceri) [essay] (37–39)
  • J.B. Macabre is stalked as The Unnameable Returns by J. B. Macabre (Joseph B. Mauceri); interview of Jeal-Paul Ouellette (39–41)
  • Carnival Culture: The Trashing of Taste in America (Columbia University Press, March 1992) by James B. Twitchell; reviewed by Marc A. Cerasini (41–43, 6)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (44–59)
  • Letter by Mike Czaplinski (44)
  • Letter by Melvin G. Outlaw (Robert M. Price) (44)
  • Letter by Wilum Pugmire (44–45)
  • Letter by David E. Schultz (45)
  • Letter by Mark Rainey (45–46)
  • Letter by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. (46)
  • Letter by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. (46–47)
  • Letter by Simon MacCulloch (47–48)
  • Letter by Donald R. Burleson (48–49)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (49–51)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (51–53)
  • Reply to Darrell Schweitzer’s Letters by Robert M. Price (53–55)
  • Letter by Marc A. Cerasini (55)
  • Response by Bob (Robert M. Price) (55)
  • Letter by Edward O’Brien (56–57)
  • Letter by Laurence C. Bush (57)
  • Editor’s Reply by Robert M. Price (57–59)
• Top Ten Works S.T. Joshi is Glad Lovecraft Never Wrote by Steven J. Mariconda [humor] (59)
• The Messenger by Robert M. Price [fiction] (60)

Issue 83

Cover art of the issue #83

Crypt of Cthulhu #83 was published in March 1993. It had 48 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
  • Photo (Robert M. Price and Jacques Derrida) [illustration] (2)
• The Dreamers in Darkness by Peter Smith [fiction] (3–6)
• Onanism by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (7–9)
• After Alhazred by Don Webb [poetry] (10)
• Invocation by David Hensler [fiction] (11–12, 6)
• From Deep Dendo by Don Webb [poetry] (13)
• The Return by Peter Smith [fiction] (14–15)
• Half a Sixpence by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (16)
• The Return of Slumber by Don Webb [poetry] (17)
• Interior Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (17)
• A Surprisingly Sexual Interpretation of H.P. Lovecraft; or “The Id Howard Hid” by Forrest Jackson [essay] (18–21)
• Not in the Spaces We Know but Between Them: “The Dunwich Horror” as an Allegory of Reading by Robert M. Price [essay] (22–25)
• Top Ten Worst Potential Lovecraft Fanzine Names Culled from the Fiction by Steven J. Mariconda [humor] (25)
• H.P. Lovecraft Meets the Three Stooges by Keith Allen Daniels [humor] (26)
• Lucian’s True Story and Lovecraft’s Dream-Quest by Robert M. Price [essay] (27–28)
• Call for Papers!! by Henry Wessells [humor] (29)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (30–40, 15, 26, 28)
  • The Damned Thing #s 2 (Spring 1992) and 3 (August 1992) edited by Sam Gafford; reviewed by Robert M. Price (30)
  • The Graphic Lovecraft, et al. reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (30–34)
  • Deathrealm #17, Winter 1992 edited by Mark Rainey; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (34–36)
  • Fugue Devil and Other Weird Horrors (Grub Street Publications, 1992) by Stephen M. Rainey; introduction by Robert M. Price; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (34–36)
  • The Scream Factory, #7 (Summer 1991), #8 (Winter 1991/92), #9 (Summer 1992), #10 (Autumn 1992) edited by Peter Enfantino, Bob Morrish, and John Scoleri; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (36–38)
  • In Brief: The 1992 Roundup reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (38–40, 15, 26)
  • “Call of Cthulhu” miniatures reviewed by Robert M. Price (26, 28)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (41–47, 28)
  • Letter by Pat Swift (41)
  • Letter by Kenneth A. Hite (41–42)
  • Reply to Kenneth A. Hite by Robert M. Price (42)
  • Letter by Donald R. Burleson (42–44)
  • Letter by Mark Rainey (44–45)
  • Letter by Don Webb (45–46)
  • Letter by Peter Smith (46)
  • Letter by Henry Wessells (46–47)
  • Letter by Roger Johnson (47, 28)

Issue 84

Cover art of the issue #84

Crypt of Cthulhu #84 was published in August 1993. It had 52 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Peter Smith [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 16)
• Lovecraft’s Juvenile Fiction by S. T. Joshi [essay] (3–16)
• School Closings by Donald R. Burleson [fiction] (17–18)
• The Fifty-Second by Edward O’Brien, Jr. [fiction] (19–22)
• A Tale of Two Todgers by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (23–26, 16)
• Another Poe Acrostic by Forrest Allen Jackson [poetry] (27)
• The Calling by Mark Francis [poetry] (27)
• The Howler Crossword by Peter B. Cronsberry [puzzle] (28)
• A Descent to Weir by Stephen Studach [fiction] (29–33)
• Spawning by Henry Veggian [poetry] (33)
• An Interview with Edgar Allan Poe by Darrell Schweitzer [humor] (34–36)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (37–45)
  • The House of the Toad (Fedogan & Bremer, 1993) by Richard L. Tierney; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (37–39)
  • Transients and Other Disquieting Stories (Ganley, 1993) by Darrell Schweitzer; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (39–41)
  • Carnage Hall #4 edited by David Griffin; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (39–41)
  • Once Around the Bloch (TOR, 1993) by Robert Bloch; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (39–41)
  • Begging to Differ: Deconstructionist Readings (Hobgoblin Press, 1993) by Donald R. Burleson; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (41–43)
  • Moshassuck Press 1993 Publications [essay] (43–45)
  • Some of the Descendants of Asaph Phillips and Esther Whipple (Moshassuck Press, 1993) by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. [essay] (43–44)
  • Early Historical Accounts of Foster, Rhode Island (Moshassuck Press, 1993) by Charles C. Beaman and Casey B. Tyler [essay] (44–45)
• Crossword Solution by Peter B. Cronsberry [puzzle] (45)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (46–52, 36, 45)
  • Letter by T. E. D. Klein (46)
  • Letter by Wilum Pugmire (46–47)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (47–49)
  • Letter by Lawrence C. Bush (49–50)
  • Letter by Mark Rainey (50–52)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (52, 36, 45)

Issue 85

Cover art of the issue #85

Crypt of Cthulhu #85 was published in November 1993. It had 64 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Jonathan Dennison [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2–3)
  • Photo (“Gahan Wilson and Robert Bloch at NecronomiCon”) [illustration] (3)
• H.P. Lovecraft and the Feast of Saturnalia by Peter Smith [essay] (4–8)
• Lines of Verse Evoking Close Reading: Acrostic-Formulated Text by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (9–12)
• Lovecraft and the Greatest Achievement by Petal Jeffery [essay] (13–14, 12)
• “The Hound” Revisited by Pete Von Sholly [essay] (15)
  • Interior Art by Pete Von Sholly [illustration] (15)
• The Space of Madness by Stephen Studach [fiction] (16–21)
• Crossword Solution by Peter Cronsberry [puzzle] (21)
• The Kindly Elder by P. F. Jeffery [fiction] (22–23)
• To HPL by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (23)
• More Mythos Effluvia by Michael Varady; unearthed by David E. Schultz (24)
• Devotional for Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast by Robert M. Price [humor] (25–27)
  • Photo (“The Reverend Robert M. Price”) [illustration] (27)
• Theogony of the Old Ones by Robert M. Price [illustration] (28)
• A Mythos Theogony by Robert M. Price [essay] (28–30)
• A Real Hard Lovecraft Trivia Quiz by Steven J. Mariconda [humor] (31)
• Ad Interim by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (32)
• Black Gulfs by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (32)
• To Arkham House and the Stars by Robert M. Price [humor] (33)
• The Keeper at the Crypt by Kevin A. Ross [essay] (34–35, 46)
• Fun Guys from Yuggoth [essay] (36–50, 33)
  • Trip to Innsmouth by Tani Jantsang [essay] (36–37, 33)
  • Recollections of NecronomiCon, or Cthulhu Mythos Convention by Robert M. Price [essay] (38–46)
  • Photo (“Robert M. Price, Robert Bloch, and Gahan Wilson”) [illustration] (46)
  • NecronomiCon: The Cthulhu Mythos Convention, A Three-Lobed Burning Eyewitness Report by * * Stefan Dziemianowicz [essay] (47–50)
• The Howler Crossword by Peter Cronsberry [puzzle] (52)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (53–58)
  • A Night in the Lonesome October (Avonova/Morrow, August 1993) by Roger Zelazny; illustrations by Gahan Wilson; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (53–54)
  • The Forbidden Zone (Dutton, July 1993) by Whitley Strieber; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (54–56)
  • Night Gaunts: An Entertainment Based on the Life and Work of H.P. Lovecraft (Grim Reaper Books, 1993) by Brett Rutherford; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (56–57)
  • Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi (TOR, 1993) by Brian Lumley; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (57–58)
  • The Last Rite (Jwindz Publishing, 1993) by Brian Lumley; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (57–58)
• Nine Journeys by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (58)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (59–63)
  • Letter by Donald R. Burleson (59)
  • Letter by Scott David Aniolowski (59)
  • Letter by Tani Jantsang (60–61)
  • Letter by Pete Von Sholly (61)
  • Letter by Ben Indick (61)
  • Letter by Joseph P. Kervin (61–62)
  • Letter by Frederick Stanzetti (62)
  • Letter by Carl E. Aschmann (62)
  • Letter by Pete Von Sholly (62–63)
  • Letter by Charles Hoffman (63)
• The Old Man by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (63)
• Sui Generis by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (63)
• Cartoon by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (64)
• Back Cover Art by Jonathan Dennison [illustration] (back cover)

Issue 86

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Crypt of Cthulhu #86 was published in March 1994. It had 68 pages.

The theme of the issue was Richard L. Tierney.

Contents

• Cover Art by David F. Hanson [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 15)
• The Wrath of Tupan by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (3–15)
• The Eggs of Pawa by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (16–23, 35)
• From Beyond the Stars by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (24–35)
• The Creatures by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (36–41, 47)
• Life of the Party by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (42–45, 50)
• The Dream (A Fable of the Ultimate) by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (46–47)
• The Drums of Chaos: An Excerpt by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (48–50)
• Brooding Tyre by Richard L. Tierney [poetry] (51)
• The Contemplative Sphinx by Richard L. Tierney [poetry] (51)
• Garden-Girdled Babylon by Richard L. Tierney [poetry] (52)
• The Black Druid [notice] (52)
• The Keeper at the Crypt by Kevin A. Ross [essay] (53–54)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (55–60)
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West, Re-Animator read by Jeffrey Combs; reviewed by Robert M. Price (55)
  • Crawling Chaos, Selected Works 1920–1935 (Creation Press) by H. P. Lovecraft; edited and selected by James Havoc; with an introduction by Colin Wilson; reviewed by Robert M. Price (55–56)
  • The Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft—#1: The Music of Erich Zann (Caliber Press) reviewed by Kevin A. Ross (56–58)
  • The Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft—#2: The Picture in the House (Caliber Press) reviewed by Kevin A. Ross (56–58)
  • The Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft—#3–4: Dagon (Caliber Press) reviewed by Kevin A. Ross (56–58)
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu: The Festival, Book One (of Three) (Millenium Publications) reviewed by Kevin A. Ross (58–60)
  • Cold Print (Headline Press, 1993) by Ramsey Campbell; reviewed by Robert M. Price (60)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (61–67)
  • Letter by Tani Jantsang (61)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (61)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (61–62)
  • Letter by Peter Smith (62–63)
  • Letter by Edward O’Brien, Jr. (63)
  • Letter by Ken Faig, Jr. (63–64)
  • Letter by Robert Bloch (64)
  • Letter by Paul A. Roales (64)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (64–66)
  • Letter by Michael Cisco (66–67)

Issue 87

Cover art of the issue #87

Crypt of Cthulhu #87 was published in August 1994. It had 56 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by J. Todd Kingrea [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 13)
• Nodens—Metamorphosis of a Deity by Marco Frenschkowski [essay] (3–8, 18)
• The Reflection of Narcissus: And How It Applies to Shelley’s Frankenstein and Lovecraft’s “The Outsider” by Forrest Jackson [essay] (9–13)
• The Case for Teaching Literature in the ESL Classroom: An Argument and An Application by Peter Cannon [essay] (14–16, 18)
• St. John’s Assassin Bites Back by Petal Jeffery [essay] (17–18)
• A Traveler’s Diary by William Scheinman [fiction] (19–24)
• The Carcass by Allen Mackey [fiction] (25–33)
• A Dream of Salem by Peter Smith [fiction] (34–35)
• The Buglight by Mollie L. Burleson [fiction] (36–38)
• The Howler Crossword Solution by Peter B. Cronsberry [puzzle] (38)
• Imprimatur of the Monster by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (39–41)
• A Ship Afar by Don Webb [poetry] (42)
• Sonnet for a Black Knight by Don Webb [poetry] (42)
• The Book of Dead Names by Don Webb [poetry] (42)
• A Prologue by Mark Francis [poetry] (42)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (44–46)
  • The Dark Domain (Dedalus European Classics and Hippocrene Books, 1994) by Stefan Grabinski; translated by Miroslaw Lipinski; reviewed by Robert M. Price (44)
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror (Barnes & Noble Books, 1993) edited by Stephen Jones and Dave Carson; reviewed by Robert M. Price (44–45)
  • Noctuary (Carroll & Graf, 1994) by Thomas Ligotti; reviewed by Robert M. Price (45)
  • Magazines I Remember (Tattered Pages Press, 1994) by Hugh B. Cave; reviewed by Robert M. Price (45–46)
• The Old Man of the Book by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (46)
• The Howler Crossword by Peter B. Cronsberry [puzzle] (47)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (48–54)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (48–49)
  • Letter by Paul A. Roales (49–50)
  • Letter by Mark Louis Baumgart (50–51)
  • Letter by John Tyne (51)
  • Letter by Mark Louis Baumgart (51–54)
• Next Time . . . [essay] (56)

Issue 88

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Crypt of Cthulhu #88 was published in November 1994. It had 60 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 43)
• A Structural Analysis of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Hound” by James Anderson [essay] (3–5)
• The Secret of Leng by Marco Frenschkowski [essay] (6–7)
• The King in Yellow by Paul Bastienne (Pierre Comtois and Gregory Montejo) [fiction] (8–16)
• The Sending by Charles Garofalo [fiction] (17–27)
• The Takers by Frank S. Shewmake [fiction] (28–31)
• Scales of Justice by Allen Mackey [fiction] (32–37)
• Bricken Hall by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (38–40)
• Princess of the Black Asteroid by Petal Jeffery [fiction] (41–43)
• The Thousand Burning Questions by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (43)
• Olfactory Mucous on the Attic Window by Donald R. Burleson [fiction] (44–46)
• Top Ten Reasons the Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game Annoys Lovecraftian Scholars by Kevin A. * Ross, Scott D. Aniolowski, and Friends [humor] (46)
• Non Compost Mentis by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (47)
• Confession by Mark Francis [poetry] (47)
• Who Knows . . . ? by Mark Francis [poetry] (47)
• Asenath: A Cautionary Tale (On the Doorstep) by Ann K. Schwader [poetry] (48)
• Night Terrors by Ann K. Schwader [poetry] (48)
• Night Terrors II by Ann K. Schwader [poetry] (48)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (50–51)
  • The Silver Key, The Journal of the Miskatonick Society #s 1 and 2 (The Miskatonick Society) reviewed by Robert M. Price (50–51)
  • The Black Stone, Six Essays on the Sixtystone (The Miskatonick Society) reviewed by Robert M. Price (50–51)
• The Exile by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (51)
• Mitford’s Son by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (51)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (52–60, 40, 43)
  • Letter by Mark Rainey (52)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (53)
  • Letter by S. T. Joshi (53)
  • Letter by Marco Frenschkowski (53–54)
  • Letter by Kevin A. Ross (54)
  • Letter by Philip Marsh (55–56)
  • Letter by Wilum Pugmire (56)
  • Letter by Ken Faig, Jr. (56–57)
  • Letter by Tani Jantsang (57–59)
  • Letter by Casey Ley Hughes (59–60, 40, 43)

Issue 89

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Crypt of Cthulhu #89 was published in March 1995. It had 64 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 25–27)
• Lovecraft, Regner Lodbrog, and Olaus Wormius by S. T. Joshi [essay] (3–7)
• Lovecraft and Chaos by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (8–10)
• Disciples of Zann; or, The Condensed History of H.P. Lovecraft’s Influence in Heavy Metal by Allen Mackey [essay] (11–25)
• The Lord of the Hunt by Gary Myers [fiction] (28–31)
• The Return of Yig by Frederick Stansfield [fiction] (32–42)
• The Wind Beyond by Ann K. Schwader [poetry] (42)
• Inxaukel or The River’s Shadow by David Hensler [fiction] (43–45)
• The Road to Hali by John Tynes [essay] (46–57)
• Second Skin by Barbara Johnson-Haddad [poetry] (57)
• She Who Sees by Barbara Johnson-Haddad [poetry] (57)
• Hallow’s After by Barbara Johnson-Haddad [poetry] (57)
• Ph’nglui Mglw’nafh Llanelli R’lyeh by D. F. Lewis [fiction] (58–59)
• Recessional by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (59)
• The Onyx Throne by Henry Veggian [poetry] (59)
• The Dreamer by Henry Veggian [poetry] (59)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (60–64, 45)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (60–62)
  • Letter by Frederick Stansfield (62–63)
  • Letter by Scott David Aniolowski (63)
  • Letter by Toren G. Atkinson (63–64)
  • Letter by Peter Levi (64)
  • Letter by Eric York (64)
  • Letter by James B. Burroughs (64)
  • Letter [letter] (64)
  • Letter by Daniel Ust (64)
  • Letter by Alex Driver (45)

Issue 90

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Crypt of Cthulhu #90 was published in August 1995. It had 60 pages.

The theme of the issue was Peter Cannon.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• A Talk with Peter Cannon by Dabney Hoskins (Peter H. Cannon); interview of Peter Cannon (3–10, 20)
• The Pop Festival by Peter Cannon [fiction] (11–20)
  • Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (12)
  • Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (15)
  • Interior Art by Jason Eckhardt [illustration] (17)
• All Moon-Beasts Amorphous and Mephitic by Peter Cannon [fiction] (21–24)
• The Conjure Husband by Peter Cannon [fiction] (25–28)
• The Fictional Peter Cannon (1982–1995): An Annotated Listing of First Appearances [essay] (29–30)
• Ephemeral Transcriptions: The Weird Fiction of Peter Cannon by Stefan Dziemianowicz [essay] (31–40)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (42–46)
  • Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft (Creation Press, 1994) edited by D. M. Mitchell; reviewed by Stefan Dziemianowicz (42–44)
• Nethermost Cavern by Chad Hensley [poetry] (44)
• Career Switch by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (44)
  • Scream for Jeeves: A Parody (Wodecraft Press, 1994) by Peter Cannon; illustrated by J. C. Eckhardt; reviewed by Dabney Hoskins (Peter H. Cannon) (45–46)
• Mother Lilith by Chad Hensley [poetry] (46)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (48–60)
  • Letter by Rocco Iuele (48)
  • Letter by Warren Ferguson (48)
  • Letter by Ann K. Schwader (48)
  • Letter [letter] (48)
  • Letter by Mark L. Baumgart (48–52)
  • Letter by Petal Jeffery (52–54)
  • Letter by Eddie Sander (54–56)
  • Letter by Tani Jantsang (56)
  • Letter by Frederick Stansfield (56–57)
  • Letter by Philip Marsh (57)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (58–59)
  • Letter by Peter Levi (59–60)
  • Letter by Ishmael Stevens (60)
• Old Father Stone by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (60)
• Interior Art by Allen K. (Allen Koszowski) [illustration] (60)

Issue 91

Cover art of the issue #91

Crypt of Cthulhu #91 was published in November 1995. It had 64 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Stanley Sargent [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• Creeper by the Dozen by Richard D. Squires [essay] (3–4)
• Cthulhu Supremus Est by Frederick Stansfield [fiction] (5–20)
• Their Love of Craft by Stanley C. Sargent [fiction] (21–28, 20)
• An Excerpt from The Book of Azathoth (or The Higher Mythos) by David Hensler [fiction] (29)
• Last Words of Armund Gardner by Peter Levi [fiction] (30–33, 64)
• Speculations in the Transmogrification of Star Officer Smith by Perry M. Grayson [fiction] (34–49)
• NecronomiCon from the Other Side: An Observation by Scott David Aniolowski [essay] (50–51)
• The Worms Remember by Ann K. Schwader [poetry] (51)
• Two Forgotten Associates of the Lovecraft Circle by Fred Blosser [essay] (52–53)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (55–63)
  • Letter by Cliff Raeder (55)
  • Letter by Fred Blosser (55–56)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (56–58)
  • Letter by Mark Samuels (58–60)
  • Letter by Eddie Sander (60)
  • Letter by Frederick Stansfield (60–61)
  • Letter by Scott David Aniolowski (61)
  • Letter by Tani Jantsang (61–63)
• Hounded by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (63)
• That Old One Religion by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (63)
• Interior Art [illustration] (63)
• Norm the Knife by R. L. Tierney [poetry] (64)
• The Parable of the Skeptic by Frederick Stansfield [poetry] (64)

Issue 92

Cover art of the issue #92

Crypt of Cthulhu #92 was published in March 1996. It had 36 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• Blasphemies of the Outer Ones: Die! Monster, Die! in Retrospect by Fred Blosser [essay] (3–7)
• That Which Slumbers by Barbara Johnson-Haddad [poetry] (7)
• Interior Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (7)
• Hali by Marco Frenschkowski [essay] (8–12)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (12)
  • Letter by Darrell Schweitzer (12)
• R. Crumb and H. Lovecraft by Peter Cannon [essay] (13–14)
• Notes Toward a History of the Cthulhu Mythos compiled by David E. Schultz [essay] (15–33)
• Theme from a 1960s TV Sitcom Based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by Darrell Schweitzer [poetry] (33)

Issue 93

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Crypt of Cthulhu #93 was published in August 1996. It had 56 pages.

It was a reprint issue.

Contents

• Cover Art by Richard Corben [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (1)
• Lovecraft on Screen by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–11, 18)
• I’ll Get You for this, Mother! The Many Faces of Norma Bates by Robert M. Price [essay] (12–15)
• H.P. Lovecraft—Outsider by August Derleth [essay] (16–18)
• [The Lovecraft circle, made up of over a hundred correspondents and friends…] [essay] (18)
• Lovecraft’s “The Colour out of Space” by Donald R. Burleson [essay] (19–20)
• The Phenomenon of HPL by Helen V. Wesson [essay] (22–39)
• Cult of the Horrible by Marcia McEwen [essay] (40–42)
• The Philosophy of Lovecraft’s Art by Daniel Ust [essay] (43–45, 20)
• Cartoon by Montelone (Paul Montelone) [illustration] (46)
• The Last Temptation of Conan: The Whole Wide World directed by Dan Ireland; (p)reviewed by Robert M. Price (49–54)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (55–56, 54)
  • Letter by Stan Sargent (55)
  • Letter by Pat Swift (55)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (55–56)
  • Letter by Eddie Sander (56, 54)

Issue 94

Cover art of the issue #94

Crypt of Cthulhu #94 was published in November 1996. It had 36 pages.

The theme of the issue was "August Derleth essays".

Contents

• Cover Art by Thomas Brown [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 28–29)
• The Weird Tale in English Since 1890 by August Derleth [essay] (3–26)
• A Master of the Macabre by August Derleth [essay] (30–31)
• I Wish I’d Written “The Rats in the Walls” by August Derleth [essay] (33)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (34–35)
  • The Dunwich Cycle: Where the Old Gods Wait (Chaosium, 1995) edited by Robert M. Price; reviewed by Edward P. Berglund (34–35)
  • Response by Robert M. Price (35)

Issue 95

Cover art of the issue #95

Crypt of Cthulhu #95 was published in March 1997. It had 36 pages.

The theme of the issue was "Lin Carter essays".

Contents

• Cover Art by Richard Corben [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (1)
• Cthulhu & Co. by Lin Carter [essay] (2–6, 34)
• The Light in the East: The Rise and Fall of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 1861–1961 by Lin Carter [essay] (7–34)
  • Photo (“Dr. Woodman in full Masonic regalia”) [illustration] (19)
  • Photo (“Dr. Wynn Westcott robed as Supreme Magus of the ‘Soc. Ros.’”) [illustration] (21)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (36, 34)
  • The Thing in the Bathtub and Other Lovecraftian Tales (Tsathoggua Press, 1997) by Peter H. Cannon; reviewed by S. T. Joshi (36, 34)
  • Tales of Lovecraftian Horror and Humor (Tsathoggua Press, 1997) by Peter H. Cannon; reviewed by S. T. Joshi (36, 34)

Issue 96

Cover art of the issue #96

Crypt of Cthulhu #96 was published in August 1997. It had 36 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Peter Smith [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 18)
• Forrest Whateley by Fred Blosser [fiction] (3–6)
• Lovecraft and “The Evil Dead” by Stanley C. Sargent [essay] (7–8)
• Who was the Avatar of Darkness? by Robert M. Price [essay] (9–11)
• The Edge of Sanity: The Crisis of Narration by John Shire [essay] (12–14)
• Latter-Day Lovecraftian’s Library by Robert M. Price [essay] (15–18)
• A Screwdup Letter by Richard L. Tierney [fiction] (19, 18)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (20–32)
  • H.P. Lovecraft: A Life (Necronomicon Press, 1996) by S. T. Joshi; reviewed by Peter Cannon (20–22)
  • The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (TOR Books, March 1997) by Fritz Leiber; reviewed by Robert M. Price (22–23)
  • Weirdbook 30 Combined with Whispers, Spring 1997 edited by W. Paul Ganley and Stuart David Schiff; reviewed by Robert M. Price (23)
  • The Best of Weird Tales: 1923 (Bleak House, 1997) edited by Marvin Kaye and John Gregory Betancourt; reviewed by Robert M. Price (23–24)
  • War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (Bantam Spectra, June 1977) edited by Kevin J. Anderson; reviewed by Robert M. Price (24)
  • “In the Black Mill” in Playboy, June 1997 by Michael Chabon; reviewed by Robert M. Price (24)
  • Lori Lovecraft #1 (Caliber Comics) written and illustrated by Mike Vosburgh; reviewed by Robert M. Price (24)
  • Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (E.J. Brill) edited by Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, and Pieter W. van der Horst; reviewed by Robert M. Price (24–25)
  • Sentenced to Prism (Ballantine/Del Rey, September 1985) by Alan Dean Foster; reviewed by Robert M. Price (25)
  • Ye Book of Monstres II: More Nightmares for Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium, 1996) by Scott David Aniolowski; reviewed by Edward P. Berglund (25–26)
  • More Horrible Than Horror: Thomas Ligotti’s Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti; reviewed by M. Cisco (26–28)
  • “Cthulhu Strikes Back” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets; reviewed by Stanley C. Sargent (28–29)
  • The 37th Mandala (St. Martin’s Press, 1996) by Marc Laidlaw; reviewed by Lindsay Sullivan (29–30)
  • Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy: Great Heroes and Bizarre Beings from Imaginative Literature (Harper Prism, 1996) by Wayne Douglas Barlowe and Neil Duskis; reviewed by Robert M. Price (30)
  • Miskatonic University (DAW Books, 1996) edited by Robert Weinberg and Martin Greenberg; reviewed by Lindsey Sullivan (31–32)
  • Resume with Monsters (White Wolf Publishing) by William Browning Spencer; reviewed by Edward P. Berglund (32)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (35–36)
  • Letter by Fred Blosser (35)
  • Letter by Lelia Lehan Lee (35)
  • Letter by John R. Fultz (35)
  • Letter by Rusty Burke (35–36)
  • Letter by Mark Francis (36)
  • Letter by Stanley C. Sargent (36)

Issue 97

Cover art of the issue #97

Crypt of Cthulhu #97 was published in November 1997. It had 36 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2, 12)
• Interior Art [illustration] (12)
• The Pseudo-Akeley: A Tale of Two Brothers by Robert M. Price [essay] (3–5)
• Cartoon by Montelone (Paul Montelone) [illustration] (5)
• Lovecraft in Comic Books: An Update by J. Eric Holmes [essay] (6–8, 12)
• Reign of the Black Pharaoh by Steve Mitchell [essay] (9–12)
• H.P. Lovecraft: A Symposium by Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Sam Russell, Arthur Jean Cox, and Leland Sapiro; annotations by August Derleth [essay] (13–24)
• The Sign of the Magna Mater by Fred Blosser [essay] (25–27)
• In the Lake at Garlocks Bend: The Lovecraftian Works of David Kaufman by James Ambuehl [essay] (29–30)
• Call 1-800-CTHULHU by Fred Blosser [humor] (31–32, 34)
• Lessons in Lovecraftian Dreams—An Ongoing Study by Chad Hensley and Paul Rydeen [essay] (33–34)
• Call for Papers! by Henry Wessells [humor] (35–36)
• A Lovecraftian Pictorial Glossary by Robb Suggs [illustration] (36)

Issue 98

Cover art of the issue #98

Crypt of Cthulhu #98 was published in March 1998. It had 36 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Robert H. Knox [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2–3)
• Was Lovecraft a Racist? by Dirk W. Mosig [essay] (4–6)
• Open to Criticism by Donald R. Burleson, PhD [essay] (7–10)
• The Dream Quest of Brian Lumley by Robert M. Price [essay] (11–13)
• Poe and HPL by Ross F. Bagby [essay] (14, 25)
• You Fool! Loveman is Dead! by Robert M. Price [essay] (16–21)
• An Open Letter: To Joan Stanley, Librarian at Miskatonic University supplied by Mark Francis [essay] (23–25)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (26–35)
  • Tales of Sesqua Valley, Weird Tales of Lovecraftian Nightmare and Dark Fantasy (Necropolitan Press, 1997) by W. H. Pugmire; reviewed by Victor Hotep (Stanley C. Sargent) (26)
  • The Stoneground Ghost Tales (Ash-Tree Press, 1996) by E. G. Swain; reviewed by Robert M. Price (26–27)
  • Godzilla 2000 (Random House, 1997) by Marc A. Cerasini; reviewed by Robert M. Price (27–30)
  • The Lovecraft Tarot (Mythos Books) by David Wynn and D. L. Hutchinson; reviewed by Will Murray (30–33)
• Cartoon by Montelone (Paul Montelone) [illustration] (30)
  • The Lovecraft Tarot Cards (Mythos Books) by Daryl Hutchinson; reviewed by Stanley C. Sargent (33–34)
  • The Fantastic Worlds of Robert E. Howard (June 1997) edited by James Van Hise; reviewed by Robert M. Price (34–35)
  • Veil of Delirium (Kitchen Sink Press) by Todd Schorr; reviewed by Robert M. Price (35)
• Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letter] (36, 10)
  • Letter by Wilum Pugmire (36)
  • Letter by Fred L. Smith (36, 10)
  • Letter by Peter Cannon (10)

Issue 99

Cover art of the issue #99

Crypt of Cthulhu #99 was published in August 1998. It had 40 pages.

The theme of the issue was "Lin Carter tribute".

Contents

• Cover Art by Allen Koszowski [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2)
• The Demon Star by Lin Carter [fiction] (3–4)
• Luther Brown’s Tale by Richard L. Tierney [poetry] (4)
• Admission of Weakness: A New Tale of Anton Zarnak by C. J. Henderson [fiction] (5–18)
• Silver Shadows: A Tale of Thongor of Lemuria by Robert M. Price [fiction] (19–27)
• The Guard Command by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. [fiction] (28–38)
• Wouldn’t It Be Lum-e-Ley? by Robert M. Price [poetry] (38)
• [ei-do-lon] [notice] (38)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (39–40)
  • Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria and the Pacific (Adventures Unlimited Press, 1998) by David * Hatcher Childress; reviewed by Stanley Sargent (39–40)
• Cartoon by Paul Montelone [illustration] (40)

Issue 100

Cover art of the issue #100

Crypt of Cthulhu #100 was published in November 1998. It had 40 pages.

Contents

• Cover Art by Tom Brown [illustration] (front cover)
• Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] (2–3)
• A Myth-Cycle Built for Two by Robert M. Price [poetry] (3)
• The Best Solution by John L. French [fiction] (4–11, 15)
• A Collision of World Views: A Look at August Derleth’s “The Dweller in Darkness” by John Howard [essay] (12–15)
• The 99 Names of Cthulhu by Will Murray [essay] (16–18)
• After Reading C’cyss-Kohe’s “The Night of the Night” by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. [poetry] (18)
• The Friendship of Louise Imogen Guiney and Sarah Susan Phillips by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. [essay] (19–32, 15)
• R’lyeh Review [review] (33–39)
  • Long Memories: Recollections of Frank Belknap Long (The British Fantasy Society, 1997) by Peter Cannon; afterword by Ramsey Campbell; reviewed by Robert M. Price (33–34)
  • Nightmare’s Disciple (Chaosium) by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.; reviewed by Robert M. Price (34–36)
  • The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft (Dell, 1997) by H. P. Lovecraft; edited and with an Introduction by S. T. Joshi; reviewed by Robert M. Price (36–38)
  • Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (The Ecco Press, 1997) selected and introduced by Joyce Carol Oates; reviewed by Robert M. Price (38–39)