The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales

After a professor's unexplained death his nephew inherits documents that suggest an ancient horror is rising from the Pacific, spreading madness and murder. Stranded in a coastal backwater, a young man learns too much about its sullen inhabitants and attempts to flee in the dead of night. A German sub commander, plagued by disturbing accidents, is drawn to a temple on the ocean floor.

“The Call of Cthulhu” is by far the most famous of H.P. Lovecraft’s works. The motifs featured in this classic novella have appeared in literature, film, video games and even plush toys. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales collects five of Lovecraft’s stories featuring the sea and the horrors therein:

The Call of Cthulhu
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Temple
Dagon
What the Moon Brings