WritingPermanent catalogue Work
The Challenge from Beyond
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Introduction
The Challenge from Beyond is a 1935 round-robin horror collaboration by H. P. Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore and A. Merritt. Howard wrote one section of the story. It was published in the fan publication Fantasy Magazine in September 1935.
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.
Characters in this Work
Counts are across exact Textual Versions currently represented. They are not assumed exhaustive until the underlying texts have been analyzed.
George Campbellprotagonist of The Challenge from Beyond whose mind is transferred to Yekub.1 textual stateReverend Arthur Brooke Winters-Halllearned occultist cited in The Challenge from Beyond as translator/interpreter of the Eltdown Shards.1 textual stateTotheYekubian worm-being whose body is occupied by George Campbell.1 textual stateYukthYekubian supreme lord of science encountered and killed by Campbell.1 textual state
Publication appearances
Conrad H. RuppertContentsSeptember 1935↗
Beyond the Wall of SleepArkham House1943↗
The Challenge from BeyondFantasy Amateur Press AssociationFebruary 1954↗
Fantastic Science Fiction Stories May 1960Ziff-Davis Publishing CompanyMay 1960↗
Las Mejores Historias de HorrorEditorial Bruguera (Spain)1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979↗
Horrors UnknownThe Ryerson Press (Canada)June 1971↗Horrors UnknownWalker and CompanyJune 1971↗
Horrors UnknownKaye & WardMay 1972↗
Univers 01 (Universe 1)J'ai LuMay 1975↗
Horrors UnknownBerkley MedallionFebruary 1976↗
Sfida dall'infinitoFanucci EditoreSeptember 1976↗
The Illustrated Challenge From BeyondNecronomicon Press1978↗
Tales of Unknown HorrorNew English LibraryJuly 1978↗
真ク・リトル・リトル神話大系 2 (Shinku ritoru ritoru shinwa taikei #2) (Tales of Cthulhu at Last #2)Kokusho KankohkaiAugust 30, 1982↗
PolarisFanucci EditoreJanuary 1989↗
The Challenge from BeyondNecronomicon PressMarch 1990, second printing October 1997↗
H. P. Lovecraft. Tutti i racconti. 1931-1936Arnoldo Mondadori Editore / Oscar MondadoriJune 1992 January 1998 May 2008↗
Tutti i romanzi e i racconti L'incubo. Tutte le storie dell'orrore puro. Tomo II Lovecraft: Le storie dell'orrore puroNewton Compton EditoriOctober 1993 September 2004↗
Miscellaneous Writings: H. P. LovecraftArkham House1995↗
Das grosse Lesebuch der FantasyWilhelm Goldmann VerlagNovember 1995↗
Los Diletantes de Lovecraft 2Club Los Diletantes de Lovecraft (Spain)October 1997↗
Der Lovecraft-ZirkelBlitz-Verlag2000 2000 (2nd printing)↗
Pulpmagazine Número 5Río Henares Producciones Gráficas (Spain)September 2001↗
Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. HowardChaosiumDecember 2001↗
James Van HiseContentsFebruary 2003↗
Seekers of DreamsCold Spring PressAugust 2005↗
Sword & Fantasy #4James Van HiseOctober 2005↗
Frank CoffmanContentsDecember 2005↗
Der Lovecraft-ZirkelFesta VerlagFebruary 2006↗
Beyond the Black River: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 7Wildside PressSeptember 2007↗
新編 真ク・リトル・リトル神話大系 2 (Shinpen ma ku ritoru ritoru shinwa taikei #2) (Tales of Cthulhu Mythos #2)Kokusho KankohkaiNovember 20, 2007↗
People of the Dark : The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2Audio RealmsJune 2008↗
Beyond the Black River: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeCosmos BooksJuly 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↗
Os Melhores Contos de H. P. Lovecraft Volume 5 (The Best Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Volume 5)Saída de EmergênciaJune 2010↗
Weird Tales: 101 Weird, Strange, and Supernatural Stories Volume 1Civitas MediaMay 2012 (Kindle) April 2013 (Nook)↗
Adventures in Science FantasyREH Foundation PressMay 2012↗
Królestwo Cieni i inne opowiadania z mitologii Cthulhu (The Shadow Kingdom and Other Stories from the Cthulhu Mythos)AghartaJanuary 2013↗
La mujer zorro y otras piezas breves (The Fox Woman and Other Short Pieces)La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)2013↗
Lovecraftin lähteilläJalava2013↗
Малое собрание сочинений. Книга первая (Maloe sobranie sochinenii. Kniga pervaia) (Small Collected Works. Book One) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently Published2014↗
La tumba del dragón. Miscelánea 2 (The Dragon's Tomb. Miscellaneous 2)La Biblioteca del Laberinto (Spain)October 2014↗
The Challenge from BeyondLance ThingmakerOctober 2014↗
Chilling Horror Short StoriesFlame Tree PublishingSeptember 2015↗
The Shadow Kingdom and Other Weird TalesUlwencreutz MediaOctober 2015↗
Tales of CthulhuPerennial PressNovember 2015↗
Неизданное (Neizdannoe) (Unreleased) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .И.Ю. Гусаров (I.Yu. Gusarov)December 2015↗
Those Dreadful Eltdown ShardsH. Harksen ProductionsAugust 2016↗
The Second Cthulhu Mythos MegapackWildside PressOctober 2016↗
Tales of CthulhuJovian PressDecember 2016↗
Ночной страх (Nochnoi strakh) (Night Terror) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Литера-Т (Litera-T)January 2017↗
Парадиз-стрит (Paradiz-strit) (Paradise Street) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .КЛФ Подсолнечник (KLF Podsolnechnik ) (KLF Sunflower)April 2018↗
The Challenge from Beyond DraftsRobert E. Howard FoundationApril 2020↗
Darker № 8, August 2020 (113) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently PublishedAugust 2020↗
The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. HowardWordFire PressSeptember 2020↗
Затмение двойных звёзд (Zatmenie dvojnyh zvëzd) (Eclipse of Binary Stars) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Издательство (Izdatelʹstvo) (Vozrozhdenie)2024↗
O Jardim do Medo e Outras Histórias (The Garden of Fear and Other Stories)Red Dragon PublisherMarch 2024↗
Adventures in Science Fantasy - Ultimate EditionREH Foundation PressJanuary 31, 2025↗
Almuric y otras historias de ci-fi (Almuric and Other Sci-Fi Stories)La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)March 2025↗