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1798:. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House.
1720:The Checklist of Fantastic Literature
1690:from the original on November 7, 2021
1596:
1574:, Necronomicon Press 1996, pp. 403–4.
1431:
1365:from the original on October 23, 2020
1153:Derleth's papers were donated to the
883:Arkham House and the "Cthulhu Mythos"
345:As a result of his early work on the
178:genre and helped found the publisher
3020:A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
2654:
1962:Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic
1931:No 4 (Oct 1971). Reprint in Bloch's
1891:
1875:The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
1815:Masters of Fantasy 2: August Derleth
789:The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
424:6th World Science Fiction Convention
3553:Through the Gates of the Silver Key
2962:
2338:The Watchers Out of Time and Others
1472:from the original on April 25, 2022
1432:Derie, Bobby (September 30, 2020).
1388:. July 5, 1971. p. 1, col. 6.
1023:which were originally published in
459:is named in his honor. Derleth was
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4078:20th-century American male writers
3883:H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
3328:The Strange High House in the Mist
2699:
2257:The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
1918:
1599:"The Lovecraft-Derleth Connection"
1597:Price, Robert M. (June 23, 1982).
1516:"The Mill Creek Irregulars Series"
1503:The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
1413:from the original on March 5, 2016
1339:from the original on April 2, 2015
1296:. July 5, 1971. p. 1, col. 6.
739:Detective fiction and "Solar Pons"
322:University of California, Berkeley
14:
4089:
4053:American male short story writers
3624:Supernatural Horror in Literature
3426:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
1975:
1631:(Necronomicon Press 1993), p. 11.
1548:, Necronomicon Press 1996, p.638.
1073:The University of Wisconsin Press
982:Derleth also treated Lovecraft's
727:A close literary relative of the
639:These were followed in 1943 with
4033:American science fiction editors
4018:People from Sauk City, Wisconsin
3952:
3951:
3083:The Statement of Randolph Carter
2760:
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2324:Mr. George and Other Odd Persons
2109:
2093:Works by or about August Derleth
1680:"August Derleth Prolific Author"
891:H. P. Lovecraft on July 11, 1931
143:
4003:20th-century American novelists
3768:An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia
3472:The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
2206:The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
2084:Works by August William Derleth
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538:Cavalcade of the American Novel
536:As Edward Wagenknecht wrote in
353:, Nobel Prize-winning novelist
170:. He made contributions to the
139:
4073:American weird fiction writers
3925:Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
1813:Howard, Nic (September 1984).
1640:Kirby McCauley, Introduction,
1395:
1384:"Author August Derleth Dies".
1377:
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1292:"Author August Derleth Dies".
1279:, July 6, 1971, p. 24, col. 2.
1241:
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1201:List of horror fiction authors
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643:, a Scribners' novel of which
588:The New York Times Book Review
554:with four novellas comprising
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3380:The Dreams in the Witch House
3076:The Doom That Came to Sarnath
3055:The Transition of Juan Romero
2422:Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft
2192:Three Problems for Solar Pons
1822:Litersky, Dorothy M. (1997).
1706:
1206:List of people from Wisconsin
1146:Derleth also wrote under the
801:The Hound of the Baskervilles
338:, but was first published in
4063:20th-century Roman Catholics
3511:The Horror at Martin's Beach
2234:The Chronicles of Solar Pons
2010:Resources in other libraries
1971:NY: Hippocampus Press, 2020.
1949:No 4 (Oct 1971). Reprint in
1655:"Derleth, August, 1909–1971"
1605:. No. 6. pp. 3–8.
1155:Wisconsin Historical Society
865:, which led regional writer
833:Youth and children's fiction
83:Novelist, short story writer
7:
3440:At the Mountains of Madness
2626:Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
2360:The Lurker at the Threshold
2213:Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey
2108:(public domain audiobooks)
2037:August Derleth Bibliography
1847:, 19:2 (Summer, 1972) 8–11.
1746:100 Books by August Derleth
1461:100 books by August Derleth
1184:
1167:August Derleth bibliography
761:Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey
550:The author inaugurated the
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4023:Hugo Award-winning writers
3938:The Thing in the Moonlight
3617:The Cancer of Superstition
2876:Alan Moore's The Courtyard
2500:The Other Side of the Moon
2220:The Casebook of Solar Pons
2020:The August Derleth Society
1943:"A Day in Derleth Country"
1796:The Arkham House Companion
1561:, Necronomicon Press 1997.
1234:Michael Ashley et al (ed)
1164:
1140:Tales from an Indian Lodge
1125:Little Nemo in Slumberland
794:The Casebook of Solar Pons
515:Remembrance of Things Past
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2005:Resources in your library
1216:Sherlock Holmes pastiches
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1034:selected Derleth's story
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569:Still is the Summer Night
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3546:The Horror in the Museum
3146:The Picture in the House
3034:Beyond the Wall of Sleep
2199:The Return of Solar Pons
2071:Derleth Collection guide
1845:Wisconsin Academy Review
1755:An August Derleth Reader
1659:www.wisconsinhistory.org
1458:Wandrei, Donald (1962).
1248:Derleth, August (2011).
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960:(Lovecraft himself used
545:An August Derleth Reader
543:Jim Stephens, editor of
67:Sauk City, Wisconsin, US
4048:American male novelists
4013:American horror writers
3754:H. P. Lovecraft: A Life
3631:To Quebec and the Stars
3408:The Haunter of the Dark
3335:The Colour Out of Space
3209:Herbert West–Reanimator
3202:The Music of Erich Zann
2296:The Survivor and Others
2289:Not Long for this World
2117:Works by August Derleth
2102:Works by August Derleth
1960:18 (1998); in Howard's
1927:. "Two Great Editors".
1572:H. P. Lovecraft: A Life
1546:H. P. Lovecraft: A Life
1497:April 11, 2009, at the
1407:www.catholicauthors.com
1180:Guggenheim fellow, 1938
1142:by Phebe Jewell Nichols
925:The Outsider and Others
821:Baker Street Irregulars
594:New York Herald Tribune
567:Derleth's first novel,
320:(later Chairman of the
300:University of Wisconsin
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4068:Writers from Wisconsin
4008:Cthulhu Mythos writers
3878:H. P. Lovecraft (band)
3775:Lovecraft: A Biography
3454:The Shadow Out of Time
3279:The Horror at Red Hook
2241:The Solar Pons Omnibus
2227:A Praed Street Dossier
2073:at Syracuse University
1824:Derleth: Hawk and Dove
1736:; Mark Owings (1998).
1138:, and the foreword to
1032:The Library of America
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302:, where he received a
164:August William Derleth
46:August William Derleth
4043:American anthologists
3251:The Rats in the Walls
2992:The Beast in the Cave
2563:Dark Mind, Dark Heart
2507:Beyond Time and Space
2493:Strange Ports of Call
2457:Anthologies edited by
2353:In Lovecraft's Shadow
1617:on February 17, 2013.
971:
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718:Return to Walden West
714:Spoon River Anthology
618:The Milwaukee Journal
606:Spoon River Anthology
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446:Hawk and Whippoorwill
385:With longtime friend
364:Spoon River Anthology
3581:In the Walls of Eryx
3567:The Tree on the Hill
3223:What the Moon Brings
3090:The Terrible Old Man
2584:The Time of Infinity
2346:Dwellers in Darkness
2317:The Trail of Cthulhu
1903:. pp. 137–141.
1665:on October 14, 2023.
1191:August Derleth Award
1010:, the first book by
708:, Thornton Wilder's
308:Fawcett Publications
256:The American Mercury
239:Sauk City, Wisconsin
142: 1953;
51:Sauk City, Wisconsin
3932:Sonia Greene (wife)
3809:Lovecraftian horror
3497:Poetry and the Gods
3307:The Call of Cthulhu
3174:The Quest of Iranon
2619:Travellers by Night
2549:Portals of Tomorrow
2528:Beachheads in Space
2303:The Mask of Cthulhu
2275:Someone in the Dark
2046:Library of Congress
1629:The Count of Thirty
1501:in August Derleth,
1111:Henry David Thoreau
1107:Ralph Waldo Emerson
1069:William F. Thompson
952:, S. T. Joshi, and
931:Someone in the Dark
847:Henry David Thoreau
843:Ralph Waldo Emerson
817:Mycroft & Moran
786:In his 1944 volume
684:Scholastic Magazine
651:psychological novel
283:Henry David Thoreau
243:Ralph Waldo Emerson
3893:Lovecraft (crater)
3852:Frank Belknap Long
3837:Clark Ashton Smith
3599:Fungi from Yuggoth
3518:Under the Pyramids
3504:The Crawling Chaos
3394:The Evil Clergyman
3373:The Dunwich Horror
3104:The Cats of Ulthar
2834:Hounds of Tindalos
2737:Frank Belknap Long
2727:Clark Ashton Smith
2570:New Worlds for Old
2542:Worlds of Tomorrow
2397:The Lonesome Place
1684:The New York Times
954:Richard L. Tierney
893:
749:Arthur Conan Doyle
611:In the same year,
601:St. Louis Dispatch
573:Charles Scribners'
484:
435:April Rose Derleth
389:, Derleth founded
212:Arthur Conan Doyle
188:historical fiction
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3868:Lovecraft studies
3660:Lovecraft Country
3359:The Very Old Folk
3272:The Shunned House
3167:The Nameless City
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2605:From Other Worlds
2591:The Unquiet Grave
2521:The Outer Reaches
2447:Wisconsin Murders
2088:Project Gutenberg
1994:By August Derleth
1982:Library resources
1886:The Capital Times
1131:Katzenjammer Kids
1096:Edgar Lee Masters
1088:The Edge of Night
1036:The Panelled Room
873:was noted by the
839:Jacques Marquette
634:The Capital Times
613:Evening in Spring
400:The Capital Times
380:Outdoors Magazine
359:Edgar Lee Masters
223:Guggenheim Fellow
196:detective fiction
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3825:Lovecraft Circle
3574:Till A' the Seas
3560:Out of the Aeons
3525:The Curse of Yig
3490:The Green Meadow
3244:The Lurking Fear
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3919:Dream Cycle
3888:Adaptations
3746:Books about
3132:From Beyond
2907:Anthologies
2870:Dream Cycle
2844:Serpent Men
2633:Dark Things
2472:Who Knocks?
2032:A biography
1958:All Hallows
1899:. Chicago:
1694:November 7,
1642:Dark Forces
1136:A Boy's Way
1062:during the
1042:Other works
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1014:, as well.
1001:Dark Forces
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939:Weird Tales
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327:Weird Tales
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3972:Categories
3674:Characters
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3069:The Street
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2169:Solar Pons
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3648:Locations
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3237:The Hound
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357:and poet
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3418:Novellas
3401:The Book
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3097:The Tree
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710:Our Town
525:winners
174:and the
154:Children
104:Regional
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3705:Deities
3027:Polaris
2858:Related
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2432:History
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3861:Legacy
3732:Hastur
3665:R'lyeh
3655:Arkham
3609:Essays
3591:Poetry
3464:Novels
3216:Hypnos
3041:Memory
2791:Hastur
2267:Horror
2066:comics
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281:, and
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