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The Shambler from the Stars

Robert Bloch

First published September 1935
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Cthulhu Mythos › Cthulhu Mythos short fiction

Notes

"The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft is a sequel to this story.

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1935 Weird Tales, September 1935 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 368
1945 The Opener of the Way Arkham House Collection 248
1963 Horror-7 Horwitz Collection
February 1963 Horror-7 Belmont Books Collection 91
1964 Horror-7 Four Square Books Collection
September 1967 Horror-7 Four Square Books Collection
November 1969 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Arkham House Anthology 170
August 1971 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Vol. 2 Beagle Boxer Anthology 1
April 1973 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 1
February 1974 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 1
April 1974 The Opener of the Way Neville Spearman Collection 248
1975 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2 Panther Anthology 7
November 1975 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 1
October 1976 House of the Hatchet Panther Collection 111
August 1981 Mysteries of the Worm Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 35
August 1981 Mysteries of the Worm General Paperbacks Collection 35
1988 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Grafton Anthology 254
1990 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Arkham House Anthology 177
October 1993 Mysteries of the Worm Chaosium Collection 25
March 1994 The Early Fears Fedogan & Bremer Collection 230
March 1994 The Early Fears Fedogan & Bremer Collection 230
October 1998 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 153
June 2009 Mysteries of the Worm: Earle Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Chaosium Collection 16
October 2016 The Second Cthulhu Mythos Megapack Wildside Press Anthology
February 2017 Lovecraft Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 450
2019 Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2) Anthology 368|32603368
April 2019 HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |6
December 2023 The Call of the Old Ones: An Annotated Cthulhu Mythos Collection HorrorBabble Anthology |1
May 2025 Black Cat Weekly, #195 Wildside Press MAGAZINE
June 2025 PseudoPod, 21 June 2025 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE