Posts Tagged ‘Cthulhu’
Monday, February 16th, 2026
This PS Publishing anthology finally came in, after difficulties getting the signing sheets all around the world.
Schweitzer, Darrell. Cold War Cthulhu. PS Publishing, 2025 (though I don’t think this hardback edition was actually released until 2026.) First edition hardback (the hardback state was preceded by the trade paperback edition from PS’s Drugstore Indian Press imprint in May 2025), #45 of 100 signed, numbered copies signed by all the contributors, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Cthulhu Mythos stories set from 1950-1989. Includes familiar names like Paul Di Filippo, Harry Turtledove, and Don Webb (two stories). Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. Already sold out from the publisher.
I will have a very small number of these available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, hopefully in May.
Tags:anthology, Books, Cold War, Cthulhu, Darrell Schweitzer, Don Webb, Harry Turtledove, Horror, Paul Di Filippo, PS Publishing
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Friday, January 2nd, 2026
I think this is the final library addition from my DFW trip.
Guran, Paula, editor. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird. Prime Books, 2011. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Reprint anthology of Cthulhu Mythos and related stories, with stories from China Mieville, Neal Gaiman, Michael Shea, John Shirley, etc. Bought at Half Price Books for $13.
Tags:Books, China Mieville, Cthulhu, Half Price Books, Horror, John Shirley, Michael Shea, Neil Gaiman, Paula Guran, Prime Books
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2025
Here are three Charles Stross “Laundry Files” I found at a Half Price Books in the DFW area.
Stross, Charles. A Conventional Boy. Tor, 2025. First edition hardback (ISFDB states that the UK and U.S. editions came out the same day), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. For some reason I’m not finding the Half Price Books receipt for all three of these books, but I believe they were each around $9.99.
Stross, Charles. Dead Lies Dreaming. Tor, 2020. First edition hardback (ISFDB states that the U.S. edition came out two days before the UK edition), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.
Stross, Charles. The Labyrinth Index. Tor, 2018. First edition hardback (ISFDB states that the UK and U.S. editions came out the same day), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.
Tags:Books, Charles Stross, Cthulhu, Half Price Books, Horror, Science Fiction
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
Here’s a Kickstarter I backed all the way back in March of 2024 that finally came in.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Eddy, Muriel E. & C.M. The Gentleman from Angell Street. Helios House Press, 2025. Third edition, first hardback and first thus, a greatly expanded version of the Fenham Publishing trade paperback of 2001 (which I also have), a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Biographical memoir of Lovecraft by two of his neighbors, now filled out with information gleaned from unearthed correspondence. Backed on Kickstarter for $65.
Tags:biography, Books, C.M. and Muriel E. Eddy, Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Helios House, Horror, Kickstarter, reference works
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Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Another purchase from that Facebook seller.
(Lovecraft, H. P.) S. T. Joshi, editor. Primal Sources: Essays on Lovecraft. Hippocampus Press, 2003. First edition trade paperback original (stated, though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine- copy with first page slightly dog-eared at bottom. Joshi essays on various Lovecraftian topics. Joshi, H.P. Lovecraft: A Comprehensive Bibliography III-C-65. Joshi, 200 Books by S. T. Joshi, I.23. Bought for $10.
Tags:Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Hippocampus Press, Horror, S. T. Joshi, small press publishers
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Another purchase from that Facebook seller:
Shirley, John. Lovecraft Alive!. Hippocampus Press, 2016. First edition trade paperback original (stated, though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine copy. Collection of Shirley’s Lovecraftian stories. Bought for $10.
Tags:Books, Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Hippocampus Press, Horror, John Shirley, small press publishers
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Monday, August 25th, 2025
I have all the rest in this series, mostly bought from the publisher when they were first published, but for some reason I missed these two:
Joshi, S. T., editor. Black Wings II: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2012. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket with UPC sticker to rear cover (presumably as issued). Original Lovecraftian horror anthology featuring work from John Shirley, Don Webb, Steve Rasnic Tem, etc. This is the trade edition (there was also a signed, limited edition). Long out of print in hardback, but bought for $30 (pretty close to the original price of £25).
Joshi, S. T., editor. Black Wings IIi: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. original Lovecraftian horror anthology featuring work from Brian Stableford, Don Webb, Peter Cannon, etc. This is the trade edition (there was also a signed, limited edition). Long out of print in hardback, but bought for $30 (pretty close to the original price of £25).
Tags:anthology, Books, Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Horror, John Shirley, PS Publishing, S. T. Joshi, Steve Rasnic Tem
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Monday, June 23rd, 2025
Two more purchases from that eBay seller who’s been offering signed PBOs:
Bloch, Robert. Fear and Trembling. Tor, 1989. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with small chip to top tip of rear cover, small chip to top tip of blurb, slight, non-breaking spine creasing, and slight edgewear, inscribed by Bloch: “For Ingrid/ – best, always./Robert Bloch.” Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers page 111. Bought for $16.77.
Bloch, Robert. Mysteries of the Worm: All the Cthulhu Mythos Stories of Robert Bloch. Kensignton Zebra, 1981. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with a faint crease starting down front spine join and a few thin stray marks to pageblock edges, otherwise tight and square, inscribed by Bloch: “Warmest/good wishes/to/Dan/from/Robert Bloch.” I don’t think the sub-title is entirely accurate (or was even then), but otherwise a very solid collection of Bloch’s Mythos stories. Larson, The Complete Robert Bloch page 61. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers page 111. Supplements a less attractive, unsigned copy. Bought for $17.87.
Tags:Books, Cthulhu, eBay, Horror, PBO, Robert Bloch, signatures
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
Two very different books bought at Half Price Books.
Donoghue, Emma. Room. Little, Brown, 2010. First edition hardback (“FIRST EDITION: SEPTEMBER 2010” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” numberline on copyright page), a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and heel and slight blunting of tips in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Mainstream novel of a mother raising a son in a single room while trying to hide from him the fact she’s a prisoner there. Basis of the 2015 film of the same name. Bought for $5.84.
Houlihan, John. Mon Dieu Cthulhu! The d’Bois Escapades: Volume One. No Publisher, 2018. Presumed first edition trade paperback original (no additional printings listed, but it looks like a POD book), a Fine copy. Contains two Napoleonic Wars Cthulhu Mythos novellas, “The Crystal Void” (“first illustrated edition”) and “Feast of the Dead,” for which this appears to be the first publication anywhere. I just found the concept interesting. Bought for $4.94.
Tags:Books, Cthulhu, Emma Donoghue, Horror, John Houlihan
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Monday, March 17th, 2025
Two PS Publishing signed, limited hardback editions that came in from the publisher.
Blaylock, James P. The Invisible Woman. PS Publishing, 2024. First edition hardback, #76 of 200 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Set in the same universe as Pennies From Heaven.
Campbell, Ramsey. The Inhabitant of the Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants (60th Anniversary Edition). PS Publishing, 2024 (stated, actually 2025). First edition hardback thus, a considerably expanded version of the 1964 Arkham House first edition, #47 of 100 signed, traycased copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket in a Fine traycase. A massively expanded version of Campbell’s first book, a collection of Cthulhu Mythos stories that August Derleth helped him edit and polish before publishing for Arkham House. In addition to being a much more attractive package than both the original and the 2011 PS edition, the book includes 12 additional works (stories and essays) not in the original. Sold out upon publication.
I will have a small number of copies for both of these in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, and I still have signed hardback firsts of Pennies From Heaven available.
Tags:Arkham House, Books, Cthulhu, James P. Blaylock, Limited Editions, PS Publishing, Ramsey Campbell
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