The Hastur Cycle
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Chaosium |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Dreyfus |
| Pages | ix+304 |
| Price | $9.95 |
| ISBN | 1568820097 |
"Chaosium publication 6001"; 6001 appears on the spine under the Chaosium logo, and in the upper left corner of the back cover. ISBN printed bottom of spine. Price on back cover only. "Published in October, 1993" (copyright page) "Call of Cthulhu books" on title page; "Call of Cthulhu Fiction" and "Cthulhu Cycle Books" on back cover. Each story is preceded by a brief introduction/blurb, from 1 paragraphs to most of a page. These are apparently by Price, but not explicitly credited. They give information about the author, and about the history of the story and its connections to others both in the volume and out. Some include literary critical comment. (-DES July 09) The 4 Lin Carter poems from Dreams from R'lyeh are grouped as "Litany to Hastur" which is in turn grouped with the other two Carter pieces as "Tatters of the King" which is how these items are listed in the table of contents.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | S. T. Joshi | Lovecraft Studies, #30 Spring 1994 |
| 1995 | Gahan Wilson | Realms of Fantasy, February 1995 |
| 1997 | Paul Di Filippo | Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1997 |
| 1998 | David L. Stone | Interzone, June 1998 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Haïta the Shepherd | Ambrose Bierce | Short Story |
| 9 | An Inhabitant of Carcosa | Ambrose Bierce | Short Story |
| 15 | The Repairer of Reputations | Robert W. Chambers | Novelette |
| 43 | The Yellow Sign | Robert W. Chambers | Novelette |
| 61 | The River of Night's Dreaming | Karl Edward Wagner | Novella |
| 95 | More Light | James Blish | Novelette |
| 123 | The Novel of the Black Seal | Arthur Machen | Novelette |
| 157 | The Whisperer in Darkness | H. P. Lovecraft | Novella |
| 213 | Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley | Richard A. Lupoff | Novelette |
| 247 | The Mine on Yuggoth | Ramsey Campbell | Short Story |
| 259 | Planetfall on Yuggoth | James Wade | Short Story |
| 263 | The Return of Hastur | August W. Derleth | Novelette |
| 287 | Black Lotus | Lin Carter | Poem |
| 287 | The Unspeakable | Lin Carter | Poem |
| 288 | Carcosa | Lin Carter | Poem |
| 288 | Carcosa Story About Hali | Lin Carter | Short Story |
| 288 | The Candidate | Lin Carter | Poem |
| 292 | King in Yellow: A Tragedy in Verse | Lin Carter | Short Story |
| i | Carcosa | Richard L. Tierney | Poem |
| i | The Mythology of Hastur | Robert M. Price | Essay |