The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces is a collection of stories, poems and essays by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others, edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1966 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,460 copies. The dustjacket is by Frank Utpatel.
![]() Dust jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel. | |
Editor | August Derleth |
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Author | H. P. Lovecraft and others |
Cover artist | Frank Utpatel |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, horror |
Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1966 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | x, 321 |
Some controversy was raised by the publication of the Chalker bibliography (see below), as George T. Wetzel claimed with some plausibility that Chalker had pirated Wetzel's own bibliography of 1955.
Contents
editThe Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces contains the following pieces:
- "Introduction", by August Derleth
- "The Dark Brotherhood" by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
- "Suggestions for a Reading Guide", by H. P. Lovecraft
- "Alfredo", by H. P. Lovecraft
- "Amateur Journalism: Its Possible Needs and Betterment", by H. P. Lovecraft
- "What Belongs in Verse", by H. P. Lovecraft
- Six Poems, by H. P. Lovecraft
- "Bells"
- "Oceanus"
- "Clouds"
- "Mother Earth"
- "Cindy"
- "On a Battlefield in France"
- Three Stories by C. M. Eddy, Jr.
- "The Loved Dead"
- "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind"
- "The Ghost-Eater"
- "The Lovecraft "Books": Some Addenda and Corrigenda", by William Scott Home
- "To Arkham and the Stars", by Fritz Leiber
- "Through Hyperspace With Brown Jenkin", by Fritz Leiber
- "Lovecraft and the New England Megaliths", by Andrew E. Rothovius
- "Howard Phillips Lovecraft: A Bibliography", by Jack L. Chalker
- "Walks With H. P. Lovecraft", by C. M. Eddy, Jr.
- "The Cancer of Superstition", by C. M. Eddy, Jr.
- "The Making of a Hoax", by August Derleth
- "Lovecraft's Illustrators", by John E. Vetter
- "Final Notes", by August Derleth
Sources
edit- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 82. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 43–44.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 95. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.