The following listing gives the stories published during H.P. Lovecraft's lifetime (extended to the end of the year of his death) that are considered integral to the Cthulhu Mythos. Some of these were not considered as Mythos stories when first published, but have subsequently been subsumed into the Mythos by more current authors. This chronology only gives the place of first publication and the byline as it appeared therein.If there is a story that you believe should be included in this chronology, we would be more than willing to listen to your reasoning of why it should be so. You can either email us at the address at the bottom of the page or enter the information in our guestbook, accessed from our main page.
NOTE: If for a particular publication the year and/or the date are blank, they are they same as above.
| Year | Date | Publication | Story | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | June | The Scot | The Doom That Came to Sarnath, H.P. Lovecraft | |
| 1921 | November | The Wolverine | The Nameless City, H.P. Lovecraft | |
| 1924 | February | Weird Tales | The Hound, H.P. Lovecraft | |
| 1925 | January | Weird Tales | The Festival, H.P. Lovecraft | |
| 1928 | February | Weird Tales | The Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft | |
| July | Weird Tales | The Space Eaters, Frank Belknap Long Jr. | ||
| 1929 | March | Weird Tales | The Hounds of Tindalos, Frank Belknap Long Jr. | |
| April | Weird Tales | The Dunwich Horror, H.P. Lovecraft | ||
| August | Weird Tales | The Shadow Kingdom, Robert E. Howard | ||
| September | Weird Tales | The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, Robert E. Howard | ||
| 1931 | January | Weird Tales | The Horror from the Hills, Frank Belknap Long Jr. (part 1) | |
| February - March | Weird Tales | The Horror from the Hills, Frank Belknap Long Jr. (part 2) | ||
| April-May | Weird Tales | The Children of the Night, Robert E. Howard | ||
| August | Weird Tales | The Whisperer in Darkness, H.P. Lovecraft | ||
| September | Strange Tales | The Return of the Sorcerer, Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| November | Weird Tales | The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, Clark Ashton Smith The Black Stone, Robert E. Howard | ||
| 1932 | January | Strange Tales | The Door to Saturn, Clark Ashton Smith | |
| February | Weird Tales | The Thing on the Roof, Robert E. Howard The Tree-Men of M'Bwa, Donald Wandrei | ||
| June | Strange Tales | The Nameless Offspring, Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| August | Weird Tales | The Lair of the Star-Spawn, August Derleth and Mark Schorer | ||
| October | Strange Tales | The Hunters from Beyond, Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| Wonder Stories | The Man of Stone, Hazel Heald | |||
| November | Weird Tales | Worms of the Earth, Robert E. Howard | ||
| 1933 | January | Strange Tales | The Thing That Walked on the Wind, August W. Derleth | |
| February | Weird Tales | The Fire Vampires, Donald Wandrei | ||
| July | Weird Tales | The Horror in the Museum, Hazel Heald The Dreams in the Witch-House, H.P. Lovecraft Ubbo-Sathla, Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| November | Weird Tales | The Holiness of Azedarac, Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| December | Weird Tales | The Lady in Gray, Donald Wandrei | ||
| 1934 | July | Weird Tales | Through the Gates of the Silver Key, H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price | |
| August | Weird Tales | The Isle of Dark Magic, Hugh B. Cave | ||
| October | Weird Tales | The Seven Geases, Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| 1935 | Winter | Unusual Stories | The Black Lotus, Robert Bloch | |
| March | Weird Tales | The Sealed Casket, Richard F. Searight | ||
| April | Weird Tales | Out of the Eons, Hazel Heald | ||
| May | Weird Tales | The Secret of the Tomb, Robert Bloch | ||
| June | Weird Tales | The Suicide in the Study, Robert Bloch | ||
| September | Weird Tales | Vulthoom, Clark Ashton Smith The Shambler from the Stars, Robert Bloch | ||
| 1936 | Winter | The Californian | The Night Ocean, H.P. Lovecraft and Robert H. Barlow | |
| February | Astounding Stories | At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft (part 1; abridged) | ||
| March | Astounding Stories | At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft (part 2; abridged) | ||
| [4] | Visionary Press | The Shadow Over Innsmouth, H.P. Lovecraft | ||
| April | Astounding Stories | At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft (part 3; abridged) | ||
| May | Weird Tales | The Faceless God, Robert Bloch | ||
| June | Astounding Stories | The Shadow Out of Time, H.P. Lovecraft (abridged) | ||
| Weird Tales | The Grinning Ghoul, Robert Bloch | |||
| Summer | The Californian | A Dim-Remembered Story, Robert H. Barlow | ||
| Fall | Fanciful Tales | The Forbidden Room, Duane W. Rimel | ||
| October | Weird Tales | The Opener of the Way, Robert Bloch The Secret of Kralitz, Henry Kuttner | ||
| November | Weird Tales | The Dark Demon, Robert Bloch | ||
| December | Weird Tales | The Fire of Asshurbanipal, Robert E. Howard The Haunter of the Dark, H.P. Lovecraft | ||
| 1937 | January | Weird Tales | The Thing on the Doorstep, H.P. Lovecraft The Eater of Souls, Henry Kuttner | |
| February | Weird Tales | Dig Me No Grave, Robert E. Howard | ||
| March | Weird Tales | Brood of Bubastis, Robert Bloch | ||
| March | Weird Tales | The Guardians of the Book, Henry Hasse | ||
| April | Weird Tales | The Mannikin, Robert Bloch | ||
| May | Weird Tales | The Salem Horror, Henry Kuttner | ||
| June | Weird Tales | The Black Kiss, Robert Bloch and Henry Kuttner | ||
| July | Weird Tales | The Creeper in the Crypt, Robert Bloch | ||
| August | Weird Tales | The Terrible Parchment, Manly Wade Wellman | ||
| November | Weird Tales | The Secret of Sebek, Robert Bloch | ||
| December | Weird Tales | Fane of the Black Pharaoh, Robert Bloch |
Created: December 2, 1997; Current Update: August 12, 2004