Cover image unavailableFantastic Science Fiction Stories May 1960
Publication date: May 1960
Introduction
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".
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.
Edition and production details
- Format
- Periodical (Digest)
- Publication date
- May 1960
- Pages
- 132
- Publisher / imprint
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Cover art
- John Duillo
- Illustrations
- Unknown
1 linked Howard work
20 contents entries
- "The Challenge From Beyond" (see notes)
- Editorial (Fantastic, May 1960) • [Editorial (Fantastic)] • essay by Norman M. Lobsenz 5 · editorial
- Non-REH Content
- Fireman • novelette by J. F. Bone 6 · novelette
- "Firemen" by J. F. Bone
- Fireman • interior artwork by Mel Varga 7 · artwork
- "A Study in Horror: The Eerie Life of H. P. Lovecraft" by Sam Moskowitz (biography)
- A Study in Horror: The Eerie Life of H. P. Lovecraft • [Studies in Science Fiction] • essay by Sam Moskowitz 35 · essay
- "When the Sea-King's Away" by Fritz Leiber
- 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] 51 · story
- "World Without Annette" by J. T. McIntosh
- The Challenge from Beyond • interior artwork by uncredited 53 · artwork
- "The Devil's due" by Donald Moffitt
- Coming Next Month (Fantastic, May 1960) • essay by uncredited 59 · essay
- When the Sea-King's Away... • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • novelette by Fritz Leiber (variant of When the Sea-King's Away) 60 · novelette
- When the Sea-King's Away... • interior artwork by Grayam 61 · artwork
- World Without Annette • novelette by J. T. McIntosh 86 · novelette
- World Without Annette • interior artwork by Grayam 87 · artwork
- The Devil's Due • short story by Donald Moffitt 119 · story
- According to You ... (Fantastic, May 1960) • essay by uncredited 127 · essay
Contributors
- John Duillo
- Cover artist
Characters / Featuring
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Fantastic Science Fiction Stories Volume 9 Number 5
- Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Date
- May 1960
- Source file
- fantasticv9n5.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Fantastic Science Fiction Stories May 1960
- Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Date
- May 1960