Published in October 1972 by Meade and Penny Frierson, the fanzine HPL is a comprehensive tribute to H. P. Lovecraft, featuring essays, stories, and artwork celebrating his legacy. Of particular interest to Robert E. Howard fans is the inclusion of an originally untitled poem by Howard, here titled “Who Is Grandpa Theobold?”

Contents

• 2 • HPL: An Editorial • (1972) • essay by Meade Frierson, III and Penny Frierson [as by Meade Frierson and Penny Frierson]
• 4 • Poeme en Prose • (1972) • poem by R. Alain Everts
• 4 • The Teller of Tales • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III
• 4 • The Seeker – I • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III
• 4 • The Seeker – II • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III
• 4 •  HPL • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy
• 4 •  HPL [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 5 • The Lovecraft Mythos • (1972) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 5 •  Portrait of Lovecraft • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 6 • A Haunter of the Night • (1972) • essay by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 6 •  HPL (The Thing on the Doorstep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 7 •  HPL (F. B. Long and Chaugnar Faugn) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 7 • An Interview with Frank Belknap Long • (1972) • interview of Frank Belknap Long • interview by Stuart David Schiff
• 9 •  HPL (The White Ship) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson
• 11 •  HPL (Asenath Waite from The Thing on the Doorstep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 12 • HPL: An Astrological Analysis • (1972) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price]
• 12 •  HPL (HPL’s Astrological Chart) • (1972) • interior artwork by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price]
• 14 •  HPL (Edward Derby from The Thing on the Doorstep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 15 •  HPL (William Dyer from Mountains of Madness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 16 • Reminiscences of H. P. L. • (1971) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price]
• 17 •  HPL (Wlater Gilman Through Hyperspace) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 18 • A Few Short Comments on the Writings of HPL • (1972) • essay by Fritz Leiber
• 18 •  HPL (The Festival) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 19 • Atlantis • (1968) • poem by Ira A. Cole
• 19 • Ira A. Cole and Howard Phillips Lovecraft: A Brief Friendship • (1969) • essay by R. Alain Everts
• 22 • Order of Assassins (excerpts) • (1972) • short fiction by Colin Wilson
• 22 •  HPL (The Terrible Old Man) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 23 •  HPL (Wilber Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 24 • An Early HPL Publisher • (1972) • essay by William L. Crawford [as by Wm. L. Crawford]
• 24 •  HPL (At the Mountains of Madness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 25 • Biographic Notes on Lovecraft • (1972) • essay by George T. Wetzel
• 25 •  HPL (Shantak Bird from Unknown Kadath) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 27 • Cromlech • (1972) • poem by Walter Shedlofsky
• 27 •  HPL (Cthulhu Rising) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 28 • HPL and Films • (1972) • essay by J. Vernon Shea
• 28 •  HPL (Innsmouth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 29 •  HPL [3] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 29 •  HPL [44] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy
• 30 • An Unknown HPL Artist • (1972) • essay by Gerry de la Ree
• 31 •  An Unknown HPL Artist (An Old One and a Shuggoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Ivan Funderburgh
• 32 • The Horror Theme after HPL • (1972) • essay by William Scott Home
• 32 •  HPL (The Dunwich Horror) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 33 •  HPL (Hastur, Carcosa and the King in Yellow) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 34 •  HPL [5] • (1972) • interior artwork by Mark Gelotte
• 35 • The Cthulhu Mythos: A Study • (1955) • essay by George T. Wetzel
• 35 •  HPL (Ghouls) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 36 •  HPL (An Innsmouth “Fishwife”) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 37 • A Clerihew • (1972) • poem by J. Vernon Shea
• 37 •  HPL (Nyarlathotep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 38 •  HPL [6] • (1972) • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 39 •  HPL [7] • (1972) • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 40 •  HPL (The Hound) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 41 • Stargazer 1937 & 1972 • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III
• 41 •  Stargazer 1937 & 1972 • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 42 • Stalking the Elusive Necronomicon • (1972) • essay by Roger Bryant
• 43 •  HPL [8] • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 44 • Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana • (1972) • essay by Stuart David Schiff [as by Stuart D. Schiff]
• 44 •  Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 45 •  HPL (Cthulhu Idol) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 46 • Notes on Researching Lovecraftiana • (1972) • essay by John L. McInnis, III
• 46 •  HPL (Albert Wilmarth from The Whisperer in Darkness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 47 • Mountains of Madness • (1963) • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 47 • To Mount Sinai • (1972) • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 47 •  HPL [9] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 47 • Many-Columned Iram • (1972) • poem by Walter Shedlofsky
• 48 • Cthulhu in Mesoamerica • (1972) • essay by Richard L. Tierney
• 49 • Pickman’s Passing • (1972) • poem by Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge
• 49 •  HPL (Wilbur Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 49 •  HPL (Tsathaggua) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 50 • HPL on NIght Gallery: A Review • (1972) • essay by Bill Wallace
• 50 •  HPL [10] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy
• 51 •  HPL (Strange High House in the Mist) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 51 • Lovecraft’s Follies: A Review • (1972) • essay by J. Vernon Shea
• 52 •  HPL (Gug) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 52 •   Review: Selected Letters: 1929—1931 by H. P. Lovecraft • (1972) • review by James Wade
• 53 • The Derleth Mythos • (1972) • essay by Richard L. Tierney
• 53 •  The Derleth Mythos (The Return of Hastur) • (1939) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 54 • My Life with the Greatest Old One • (1972) • essay by James Wade
• 54 •  HPL [11] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 55 • Gruden Itza: The Evolution of a Sub-Mythos • (1972) • essay by Donald J. Walsh [as by Don Walsh, Jr.]
• 55 • HPL (He) • (1972) • short fiction by Mike Scott
• 56 • Final Call • (1972) • poem by John Jacob
• 56 • Crescendoes for the Wind Walker • (1972) • poem by Richard Heffern
• 56 •  HPL (Robert Blake from The Haunter of the Dark) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 56 •  HPL (Ithaqua) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 57 • The Weird Tale of Phillip Love • (1972) • short story by Joseph F. Pumilia
• 57 •  HPL [12] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 59 •  HPL [13] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 61 •  HPL (The Horror in the Burying Ground) • (1937) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of The Horror in the Burying-Ground)
• 62 • Some Unpublished HPL Correspondence • (1972) • short fiction by uncredited
• 62 •  HPL (Coming Home from the Dunwich Bookstore) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 63 •  HPL [14] • (1972) • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris [as by Harry Morris]
• 64 • Found in a Storm-Destroyed Lighthouse • (1972) • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 64 • Psyche • (1972) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
• 64 • The Book of Madness • (1972) • poem by Edward S. Lauterbach
• 64 • The Book and the Horror • (1972) • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 64 •  The Book of Madness • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 64 • The Quarry • (1972) • poem by W. Paul Ganley
• 64 •  HPL [15] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 64 •  HPL [16] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 65 •  HPL (The Outsider) • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 66 •  HPL (Arkham) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 67 •  HPL (R’lyeh) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Adkins Richardson
• 68 •  HPL (Wilbur Whateley’s Death) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 69 •  HPL (Wilbur Whateley’s Death) [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 70 •  HPL (The Dunwich Horror) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 71 •  HPL (The Dunwich Horror) [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by John Adkins Richardson
• 72 •  HPL (Pickman’s Model) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 73 •  HPL (The Whisperer in the Dark) • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Steve Fabian]
• 74 •  HPL (Cthulhu) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 75 •  HPL (The Hound) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 76 •  HPL (The Elder Ones) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 77 •  HPL (Priest of Dagon from the Shadow Over Innsmouth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 78 •  HPL (The Rats in the Walls) • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Steve Fabian]
• 79 •  HPL (The Rats in the Walls) [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 80 •  HPL (Halloween in the Suburbs) • (1972) • interior artwork by Jim Garrison
• 81 • The Terrible Parchment • (1937) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 82 •  HPL (Cthulhu) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson
• 83 • The Burrowers Beneath • (1972) • short story by Brian Lumley
• 83 •  The Burrowers Beneath • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 84 •  HPL (One of the Great Race) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 85 •  HPL (The Festival) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson
• 87 •  HPL (An Inhabitant of the Nameless City) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 89 • Others Who Are Not Men • (1972) • novelette by W. Paul Ganley
• 89 •  HPL [17] • (1972) • interior artwork by Clay Fourrier
• 90 •  HPL (Dunwich’s Round Mtn.) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 91 •  HPL [18] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy
• 93 •  HPL [19] • (1972) • interior artwork by Mark Gelotte
• 94 •  HPL (The Evil Clergyman) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson
• 95 •  HPL [20] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 96 •  HPL (Night Gaunts) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 97 •  HPL [21] • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott
• 98 • The Return of Zhosph • (1972) • short story by Gary Myers
• 98 •  The Return of Zhosph • (1972) • interior artwork by Gary Myers
• 99 • The Drawings on the Desktops • (1972) • short story by John P. Sellers, III
• 99 •  HPL [22] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 102 • Threshold to Doomcrack • (1972) • short story by Robert C. Sudol
• 102 •  HPL (Azathoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 103 • The Temple • (1972) • poem by John P. Sellers, III
• 104 • Planetfall on Yuggoth • (1972) • short story by James Wade
• 104 •  Planetfall on Yuggoth (Yuggoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 105 •  HPL (Mi-Go) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 105 •  HPL (Henry Akeley from the Whisperer in the Darkness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 106 • Predator • (1972) • short story by Walter C. DeBill, Jr. [as by Walter C. DeBill]
• 107 • They Wake Off Innsmouth • (1972) • poem by Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge
• 107 •  HPL [23] • (1972) • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 107 •  HPL [24] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy
• 108 • Those Beneath the Waves • (1972) • short story by Herb Arnold
• 108 •  Those Beneath the Waves • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 109 •  Those Beneath the Waves [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 111 •  HPL (Yog-Sothoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 112 •  HPL [25] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 113 • A Madness from the Vaults • (1972) • short story by Ramsey Campbell [as by J. Ramsey Campbell]
• 113 •  HPL [26] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 114 •  HPL (Shub-Niggurath) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 115 • Legends • (1972) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
• 116 • The Elder Sign • (1972) • short story by A. A. Attanasio [as by Al Attanasio]
• 117 •  HPL [27] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy
• 118 • Dull Scavengers Wax Crafty • (1972) • short story by William Scott Home [as by Wm. Scott Home]
• 119 •  HPL [28] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 120 •  HPL [29] • (1972) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 121 •  HPL [30] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 122 •  HPL [31] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dave Studzinski
• 123 •  HPL [32] • (1972) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye
• 124 • The Eater of the Dead • (1972) • short story by George T. Wetzel
• 125 •  HPL (Chaugnar Faugh) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 126 • What the Moon Brings • (1972) • short story by George T. Wetzel
• 127 •  HPL (Ambrose deWart’s House from Lurker at the Threshold) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 128 • Totem • (1972) • short story by John Jacob
• 131 • Down to the Sea • (1972) • short story by Bill Wallace
• 132 •  HPL [33] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dave Studzinski
• 133 •  HPL (Deep Ones) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 134 • Who Is Grandpa Theobold? • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 134 • The Dreamer’s Knell • (1972) • poem by Walter Shedlofsky
• 134 • Notes to “Who Is Grandpa Theobold?” • (1965) • essay by Glenn Lord
• 134 •  HPL [34] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani
• 135 • Contributor’s Notes (HPL)? • (1972) • essay by uncredited
• 136 •  HPL (Wilbur Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 137 •  HPL (The Dunwich Horror) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 139 •  HPL [35] • (1972) • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris [as by Harry Morris]
• 140 •  HPL [36] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich
• 140 •  HPL (Death of Wizard Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold
• 141 • Hannes Bok and HPL • (1972) • essay by Emil Petaja
• 141 •  Hannes Bok and HPL • (1972) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
• 141 • Arkham Episode • (1972) • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 141 • Special Announcements • (1972) • essay by uncredited
• 142 •  Gallery • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold and Tim Kirk and Ron Miller and Mike Scott
• 143 • Survey of Current Publications in the Field of the Macabre with Special Emphasis on H. P. Lovecraft • (1972) • essay by uncredited
• 144 •  HPL (The Haunter of the Dark) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold

Notes

First printing limited to 1000 copies.
Second Printing limited to 500 copies.
The Associate Editor for articles was Stuart Schiff.
The Associate Editor for artwork was Herb Arnold.
Only one issue was ever published.
Two supplementary issues followed:
The HPL Supplement #1, released October 1972, and The HPL Supplement #2, released early 1973.
35 bound copies were numbered on a special page.

Price increased on this printing from $3 to $4.
Data from “The Illuminated Eye” bookstore, Springfield, IL. Contents from the verified 1st printing. Date of publication from Fanac.org. Presumably published with the first supplement, which is dated for the same month.