Crypt of Cthulhu is a booklet from Cryptic Publications. This issue contains ‘The Mark of the Bloody Hand’ by Howard.

Contents

• 2 • Editorial Shards (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • [Editorial Shards] • essay by Robert M. Price
• 2 • Introduction (The Pool) • essay by Gerry de la Ree
• 3 • The Pool • short story by Donald R. Burleson
• 10 • Behind the Mask • short story by Lin Carter
• 20 • Soul Proprietor • (1945) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 26 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Jim Cort
• 27 • Curse of the Crocodile • [Simon of Gitta] • short story by Richard L. Tierney
• 39 • The Mark of a Bloody Hand • (1986) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 44 • The Fantasy & Mystery Bookshop • short story by Peter Cannon (variant of The Fantasy and Mystery Bookshop) [as by Peter H. Cannon]
• 49 • The Keeper at the Crypt (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • [The Keeper at the Crypt] • essay by Carl T. Ford
• 51 • Ethel M. Phillips Morrish: May 15, 1988 – January 17, 1987 • essay by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.
• 54 •   Review: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales by H. P. Lovecraft • review by David E. Schultz
• 55 •   Review: Out of My Head by Robert Bloch • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 56 •   Review: Unholy Trinity by Robert Bloch • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 56 •   Review: Night-World by Robert Bloch • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 59 •   Review: Robert Bloch: Starmont Reader’s Guide 37 by Randall D. Larson • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 60 •   Review: The Complete Robert Bloch by Randall D. Larson • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 61 •   Review: Innsmouth Gold by Henry J. Vester, III • review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• 62 • Review of “Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Volume 22, 1986” edited by Dennis Poupard • essay by Robert M. Price
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Rah Hoffman
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Kevin L. O’Brien
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Roger G. Knuth
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Thomas R. Hall, III
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Robert H. Daugherty
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Robert Hauser
• 63 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Kathy Corcoran
• 64 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • [Letters: Robert Bloch] • essay by Robert Bloch
• 64 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 64 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • [Letters to Crypt of Cthulhu] • essay by Charles Garofalo
• 64 •  Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by Roy A. Squires
• 66 • Next Time … (Crypt of Cthulhu #47) • essay by uncredited

Notes

Edited by Robert M. Price
Volume 6 Number 5

Saddle stapled, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
Cover artist credited on back cover.
“All-Fiction” issue.
Review of “Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism” title abbreviated.