Call of Cthulhu, The

Call of Cthulhu, The
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Title	"The Call of Cthulhu"
Author	H.P. Lovecraft
Country	USA
Genre	Horror
Published in	Weird Tales
Publication date	February, 1928
Characters	Cthulhu

"The Call of Cthulhu" is an American short story of the Weird Fiction genre, which blends elements of the horror genre and science fiction. It was written by noted author H. P. Lovecraft and was written in 1926. It was first published in the February, 1928 issue of Weird Tales.

Appearances

Featured characters

• Francis Wayland Thurston

Supporting characters

• George Gammell Angell
• Gustaf Johansen
• Henry Anthony Wilcox
• John Raymond Legrasse
• William Channing Webb

Villains

• Cthulhu

Minor characters

• Old Castro

Organizations

• Cult of Cthulhu

Races

• Humans
• Old Ones

Locations

• Massachusetts

• Boston

• Rhode Island

• Providence

• Missouri

• St. Louis

• Louisiana

• New Orleans

• Greenland
• Norway

• Oslo

• New Zealand

• Auckland

• Pacific Ocean

Items

• Bas relief of Cthulhu

Vehicles

• The Alert
• The Emma

See also

Lovecraft Lovecraft pages Lovecraft images Lovecraft films

Lovecraft comics Lovecraft stories Lovecraft characters Lovecraft miscellaneous