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The Black Bear Bites

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HorrorMythosWeird Menace

Introduction

Considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The story was sent to Argosy after having been rejected by both Adventure and Far East. it was later rejected by Argosy as well. Also sent to Fiction House on June 18, 1931, according to Rusty Burke's timeline. Which magazine was not mentioned.

Textual states

Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.

Draft 1The Black Bear Bites — Draft 1
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Characters in this Work

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Bill LannonO’Donnell’s companion1 textual stateBlack John O'DonnellIrish adventurer targeted by Yotai Yun1 textual stateCthulhuthe great Cthulhu invoked by the Hooded Lama's false cult1 textual stateEric BrandEnglishman revealed behind the Black Lama disguise1 textual stateKang Yaoassociate in Yotai Yun’s organization1 textual stateYog-Sothothdeity named as the focus of a real Mongolian devil-worshipping priesthood1 textual stateYotai YunChinese antagonist1 textual state

Publication appearances

From Beyond the Dark Gateway #3Silver Scarab PressApril 1974↗Swords of ShahrazarBerkleyMarch 1978↗Terra Fantasy 80: Der Schatz der Tartaren (The Treasure of the Tartars)Erich Pabel Verlag KG1980↗Kirby O'DonnellNeOSeptember 1984↗Swords of ShahrazarAceNovember 1987↗Коготь дракона (Kogot drakona) ( Claw of the Dragon ) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1999↗Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. HowardChaosiumDecember 2001↗Barsoom número 1La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)December 2006↗Espadas de Shahrazar y otras historias orientales (Swords of Shahrazar and Other Oriental Stories)La Biblioteca del Laberinto (Spain)May 2008↗Οι θεοι τησ μπαλ-σαγκοθ και άλλες ιστορίες της μυθολογίας Κθούλου I thi tis bal-sangoth kai álles istoríes tis mitholoyías Kthoúlou The Gods of Bal-Saggoth and Other Stories of the Cthulhu MythosΗ Άγνωστη Καντάθ (E Άynoste Kantath) (The Unknown Kandath)July 2008↗Volk der FinsternisFesta VerlagMarch 2010↗Tales of Weird MenaceREH Foundation PressJanuary 2011↗Królestwo Cieni i inne opowiadania z mitologii Cthulhu (The Shadow Kingdom and Other Stories from the Cthulhu Mythos)AghartaJanuary 2013↗La piedra negra y otras aventuras sobrenaturales de Kirowan, Conrad y O'Donnel (The Black Stone and Other Supernatural Adventures of Kirowan, Conrad, and O'Donnel)La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)2014↗Cultos InomináveisSaída de EmergênciaFebruary 2014 (Trade paperback) March 2014 (eBook)↗Agnès la NoireBragelonneJune 2014↗O Mundo Sombrio: Histórias dos Mitos de Cthulhu (The Dark World: Stories of the Cthulhu Mythos)Editora Clock TowerMarch 2016↗Der Fluch des blutroten Gottes (The Curse of the Crimson God)Apex VerlagNovember 2020 (Hardcover) August 2018 ( Paperback ) August 2018 (eBook)↗Der Mythos des Cthulhu: Erzählungen (The Cthulhu Mythos: Narratives)Festa VerlagAugust 2020↗Хозяин судьбы (Khoziain sud-by) (Master of Fate) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2021↗Tales of Weird MenaceREH Foundation PressTBA 2025↗Weird Mystery Stories Volume 1ElaraJanuary 2025↗Artigli nelle tenebre (Claws in the Darkness)Dagon PressNovember 2025↗Providence Tales n.13Providence PressDecember 2025↗