023-0211
023-0211
FROM Clark Ashton Smith
TO August Derleth
28-Apr-1937

Abstract

Thanks for the photograph of H. P. Lovecraft; on the organization of Lovecraft's stories (mentioning "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Colour Out of Space," and "The Dunwich Horror"); on the development of the artificial mythology in Lovecraft and Smith's stories (citing "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros," "The Testament of Athammaus," "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dunwich Horror," Fungi from Yuggoth, and "The Whisperer in Darkness"); lengthy criticism of Derleth's "The Return of Hastur"; Smith's musings on the Cthulhu Mythos after re-reading several of Lovecraft's tales (citing "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Shadow over Innsmouth," and "The Dreams in the Witch House"); quoting a letter from Lovecraft on Alfred Galpin.

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Preceded By 023-0210 Letters of Clark Ashton Smith and August Derleth Followed by 023-0212
Preceded By 023-0210 Clark Ashton Smith: Letters to H. P. Lovecraft Followed By 023-0212
Preceded By 023-0210 Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith Followed By 023-0212
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