Fantastic Science Fiction Stories May, 1960, Volume 9 Number 5.

Contains THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND. The challenge from beyond is a round-robin (collaboration) 1935 horror short story written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, and Abraham Merritt. It was published in Fantasy Magazine and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Many later publications of this story have words and pieces of sentences missing. When comparing Lovecraft’s segment against his manuscript there are some mistakes like the word “globe” instead of “cube”.

Contents

• 5 • Editorial (Fantastic, May 1960) • [Editorial (Fantastic)] • essay by Norman M. Lobsenz
• 6 • Fireman • novelette by J. F. Bone
• 7 •  Fireman • interior artwork by Mel Varga
• 35 • A Study in Horror: The Eerie Life of H. P. Lovecraft • [Studies in Science Fiction] • essay by Sam Moskowitz
• 51 • The Challenge from Beyond • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long and H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt and C. L. Moore [as by H. P. Lovecraft]
• 53 •  The Challenge from Beyond • interior artwork by uncredited
• 59 • Coming Next Month (Fantastic, May 1960) • essay by uncredited
• 60 • When the Sea-King’s Away… • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • novelette by Fritz Leiber (variant of When the Sea-King’s Away)
• 61 •  When the Sea-King’s Away… • interior artwork by Grayam
• 86 • World Without Annette • novelette by J. T. McIntosh
• 87 •  World Without Annette • interior artwork by Grayam
• 119 • The Devil’s Due • short story by Donald Moffitt
• 127 • According to You … (Fantastic, May 1960) • essay by uncredited

Notes

Edited by Cele Goldsmith
“The Challenge from Beyond” was written in a round-robin fashion by five authors: C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long, in that order.

Thanks to Martin Andersson for pointing out the reliability of the text in later publications.