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Life

The son of William Julius Derleth and his wife Rose Louise Volk, he grew up in Sauk City, Wisconsin. At the age of 16, he sold his first story to Weird Tales magazine. Derleth wrote all throughout his four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a B.A. in 1930. During this time he served briefly as editor of Mystic Magazine. Sauk City is a village located in Sauk County, Wisconsin. ... This page is about the fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine and its heirs. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ...

In the mid-1930s he organised a Ranger's Club for young people, served as clerk and president of the local Board of Education, served as a parole officer, organised a local Men’s Club and a Parent-Teacher Association. He also lectured in American Regional Literature at the University of Wisconsin. A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors of a local school district. ... A Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) (alternately called a Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO), Parent-Teacher Service Organization (PTSO), Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA), Home School Association (HSA) is a voluntary organization bringing together parents and teachers of pupils in a particular school, usually for fund-raising and other activities relating to...

Derleth was a contemporary and friend of H. P. Lovecraft — when Lovecraft wrote about "le Comte d'Erlette" in his fiction it was in homage to Derleth. After Lovecraft's death he wrote a number of stories based on that author's fragments and notes, which were published in Weird Tales and later in book form; he never just finished any stories by Lovecraft. In the process, he invented the term Cthulhu Mythos to describe the invented mythology that seemed to lie behind much of Lovecraft's fiction. Derleth codified the Mythos to bring it more in line with his own Christian conception of the battle between good and evil and, as other authors had done before him, added new gods and creatures to the stories. Some say that his influence has taken away from Lovecraft's work, which was not about good versus evil but rather the futility of mankind in relation to the universe. H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... This is a complete, exhaustive list of works by H.P. Lovecraft. ... Cthulhu Mythos is the term coined by the writer August Derleth to describe the shared elements, characters, settings, and themes in the works of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers. ... // The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament. ...

When Lovecraft died in 1937, Derleth and Donald Wandrei put together a collection of that author's stories and tried to get them published. With existing publishers showing little interest, they founded Arkham House in 1939 to do it themselves. The name of the company comes from Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, which featured in many of his stories. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Donald Wandrei (1908 - 1987) was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Arkham House is a weird fiction specialty publishing house founded by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. ... Alternate history Campaign setting Fantasy world Fictional battlegrounds Fictional buildings Fictional city Fictional company Fictional counties Fictional country Fictional schools List of fictional Cambridge colleges List of fictional Oxford colleges Fictional universe List of fictional universes Future history Imaginary country Imaginary state Imaginary union Multiverse Mythical place Parallel universe Phantom... Arkham is a fictional city in Massachusetts. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq. ...

In 1939 Arkham House published The Outsider and Others, a huge collection that contained most of Lovecraft's short stories then known to exist. Derleth and Wandrei soon decided to expand Arkham House and began a regular publishing schedule after its second book, Someone in the Dark in 1941, a collection of some of Derleth's own horror stories. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

In 1941 he became literary editor of The Capital Times newspaper in Madison, a post he held until his resignation in 1960. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Wisconsin State Capitol Nickname: Mad Town Map Political Statistics Founded 1836 Incorporated 1848 County Dane County Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 219. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Derleth was married April 6, 1953 to Sandra Evelyn Winters, and they were divorced six years later in 1959. He retained custody of their two children, April Rose and Walden William. In 1960, Derleth began editing and publishing a magazine called Hawk and Whippoorwill, dedicated to poems of man and nature. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Look up poetry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

He died on July 4, 1971 and is buried in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Sauk City, Wisconsin. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Aloysius Gonzaga (9 March 1568–21 June 1591) was the oldest son of the Marquis Ferdinand of Castiglione, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marta Tana Santena, daughter of a baron from Piemonte, of the Della Rovere family. ... Sauk City is a village located in Sauk County, Wisconsin. ...

Derleth wrote more than 150 short stories and more than 100 books during his lifetime. Included among that number were several novels about a British detective named Solar Pons, who was quite similar in many respects to Sherlock Holmes. He also wrote introductions to several collections of classic early 20th century comics such as Buster Brown, Little Nemo in Slumberland, and Katzenjammer Kids, as well as a book of children's poetry entitled A Boy's Way. Derleth, however, lacked the knowledge to make the details of those stories authentic, as he had never been to England. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Stephen Grendon, Kenyon Holmes and Tally Mason. Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes. ... Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Edward Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... Buster Brown is a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcault which is known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company. ... Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay (1887-1934) that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearsts New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905- April 23, 1911 and April 30, 1911-1913 respectively. ... Katzenjammer Kids is probably the worlds second oldest comic strip (after The Yellow Kid, which ran from 1895-98) and the oldest one still in syndication. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...

Derleth's papers and comic book collection were donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison. They have been organized by the State Archives that is located there. // Person Name Traditionally, Madison was a surname, meaning son of Maud. ...

Bibliography

Short fiction

• The Lurker at the Threshold|Billington's Wood (unknown) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Gorge Beyond Salapunco (unknown)
• The House of Curwen Street (unknown)
• The Lurker at the Threshold|Manuscript of Stephen Bates (unknown) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Lurker at the Threshold|Narrative of Winfield Phillips (unknown) with H.P. Lovecraft
• Bat's Belfry (1926)
• The Coffin of Lissa (1926)
• The Devil's Pay (1926)
• The Elixir of Life (1926) with Marc R. Schorer
• The Marmoset (1926) with Marc R. Schorer
• The Black Castle (1927) with Marc R. Schorer
• The Night Rider (1927)
• The River (1927)
• The Sleepers (1927)
• The Turret Room (1927)
• The Conradi Affair (1928) with Carl W. Ganzlin
• The Owl on the Moor (1928) with Marc R. Schorer
• The Philosophers' Stone (1928)
• Riders in the Sky (1928) with Marc R. Schorer
• The Statement of Justin Parker (1928)
• The Tenant at Number Seven (1928)
• The Tenant (1928)
• The Three-Storied House (1928)
• "Melodie in E Minor" (1929)
• The Deserted Garden (1929)
• A Dinner at Imola (1929)
• He Shall Come (1929)
• The House on the Highway (1929)
• The Inheritors (1929)
• An Occurrence in an Antique Shop (1929)
• Old Mark (1929)
• Scarlatti's Bottle (1929)
• "Just a Song at Twilight" (1930)
• Across the Hall (1930)
• The Lilac Bush (1930)
• A Matter of Sight (1930)
• Mrs. Bentley's Daughter (1930)
• The Pacer (1930) with Marc R. Schorer
• The Pacer (1930)
• The Portrait (1930)
• The Whistler (1930)
• The Bridge of Sighs (1931)
• The Captain Is Afraid (1931)
• Prince Borgia's Mass (1931)
• The Bishop Sees Through (1932)
• In the Left Wing (1932) with Mark Schorer
• The Lair of the Star-Spawn (1932) with Mark Schorer
• Laughter in the Night (1932) with Mark Schorer
• Red Hands (1932) with Mark Schorer
• The Shadow on the Sky (1932)
• The Sheraton Mirror (1932)
• Those Who Seek (1932)
• Birkett's Twelfth Corpse (1933)
• The Carven Image (1933) with Mark Schorer
• An Elegy for Mr. Danielson (1933)
• Nellie Foster (1933)
• The Return of Andrew Bentley (1933) with Mark Schorer
• The Thing that Walked on the Wind (1933)
• The Vanishing of Simmons (1933)
• The White Moth (1933)
• A Cloak From Messer Lando (1934)
• Colonel Markesan (1934) with Mark Schorer
• Feigman's Beard (1934)
• A Matter of Faith (1934) with Mark Schorer
• The Metronome (1934)
• Wild Grapes (1934)
• Mr. Berbeck Had a Dream (1935)
• Muggridge's Aunt (1935)
• Death Holds the Post (1936) with Mark Schorer
• Lesandro's Familiar (1936)
• The Return of Sarah Purcell (1936)
• The Satin Mask (1936)
• The Telephone in the Library (1936)
• They Shall Rise (1936) with Mark Schorer
• The Woman at Loon Point (1936) with Mark Schorer
• Glory Hand (1937)
• McGovern's Obsession (1937)
• The Panelled Room (1937)
• The Shuttered House (1937)
• The Wind from the River (1937)
• Three Gentlemen in Black (1938)
• Logoda's Heads (1939)
• Mrs. Elting Does Her Part (1939)
• The Second Print (1939)
• Spawn of the Maelstrom (1939) with Mark Schorer
• The Vengeance of Ai (1939) with Mark Schorer
• The Return of Hastur (1939)as August W. Derleth
• The Drifting Snow (1939)as Stephen Grendon
• After You, Mr. Henderson (1940)
• Bramwell's Guardian (1940)
• The Sandwin Compact (1940)
• "Come to Me!" (1941)
• Altimer's Amulet (1941)
• Beyond the Threshold (1941)
• Compliments of Spectro (1941)
• Ithaqua (1941)
• Here, Daemos! (1942)
• Lansing's Luxury (1942)
• Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind (1942)
• Headlines for Tod Shayne (1942)as August W. Derleth
• Mr. Ames' Devil (1942)as August W. Derleth
• Baynter's Imp (1943)
• McElwin's Glass (1943)
• No Light for Uncle Henry (1943)
• A Thin Gentleman with Gloves (1943)
• A Wig for Miss DeVore (1943)
• No Light for Uncle Henry (1943) as August W. Derleth
• The Dweller in Darkness (1944)
• Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square (1944)
• Pacific 421 (1944)
• The Trail of Cthulhu (1944)
• A Gentleman from Prague (1944)as Stephen Grendon
• Carousel (1945)
• The God-Box (1945)
• The Inverness Cape (1945)
• The Lost Day (1945)
• Mrs. Lannisfree (1945)
• The Watcher from the Sky (1945)
• Alannah (1945) as Stephen Grendon
• A Collector of Stones (1946)
• Pikeman (1946)
• Dead Man's Shoes (1946)as Stephen Grendon
• The Occupant of the Crypt (1947) with Mark Schorer
• The Churchyard Yew (1947)as Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
• Bishop's Gambit (1947)as Stephen Grendon
• The Extra Passenger (1947)as Stephen Grendon
• The Ghost Walk (1947)as Stephen Grendon
• Mr. George (1947)as Stephen Grendon
• Parrington's Pool (1947)as Stephen Grendon
• A Little Knowledge (1948)
• The Lonesome Place (1948)
• Saunder's Little Friend (1948)
• Something in Wood (1948)
• The Whippoorwills in the Hills (1948)
• Blessed Are the Meek (1948) as Stephen Grendon
• Mara (1948) as Stephen Grendon
• The Night Train to Lost Valley (1948) as Stephen Grendon
• The Tsanta in the Parlor (1948) as Stephen Grendon
• The Tsantsa in the Parlor (1948) as Stephen Grendon
• The Wind in the Lilacs (1948) as Stephen Grendon
• Kingsridge 214 (1949)
• The Slayers and the Slain (1949)
• The Testament of Claiborne Boyd (1949)
• Twilight Play (1949)
• Balu (1949) as Stephen Grendon
• The Blue Spectacles (1949) as Stephen Grendon
• Mrs. Manifold (1949) as Stephen Grendon
• Open, Sesame! (1949) as Stephen Grendon
• The Song of the Pewee (1949) as Stephen Grendon
• The Closing Door (1950)
• The Fifth Child (1950)
• The Island Out of Space (1950)
• The Ormolu Clock (1950)
• Potts' Triumph (1950)
• A Room in a House (1950)
• The Man on B-17 (1950) as Stephen Grendon
• The Keeper of the Key (1951)
• A Knocking in the Wall (1951)
• The Man Who Rode the Saucer (1951)
• The Other Side of the Wall (1951)
• Something from Out There (1951)
• "Who Shall I Say is Calling?" (1952)
• The Black Island (1952)
• The Lost Path (1952)
• McIlvaine's Star (1952)
• The Night Road (1952)
• The Place of Desolation (1952)
• "Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall" (1953)
• The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (1953) with Mack Reynolds
• Century Jumper (1953)
• A Corner for Lucia (1953)
• The Detective and the Senator (1953)
• The Disc Recorder (1953)
• The Ebony Stick (1953)
• The House in the Valley (1953)
• Invaders from the Microcosm (1953)
• The Maugham Obsession (1953)
• A Traveler in Time (1953)
• Mark VII (1954)
• The Mechanical House (1954)
• The Penfield Misadventure (1954)
• The Place in the Woods (1954)
• The Remarkable Dingdong (1954)
• The Survivor (1954) with H.P. Lovecraft
• Thinker, Mark VII (1954)
• The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (1955) with Mack Reynolds
• The Dark Boy (1956)
• The Ancestor (1957) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Lamp of Alhazred (1957) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Martian Artifact (1957)
• The Peabody Heritage (1957) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Seal of R'lyeh (1957)
• Halloween for Mr. Faulkner (1959)
• Lovecraft and "The Pacer" (excerpt) (1959)
• The Shuttered Room (1959) with H.P. Lovecraft
• Miss Esperson (1962)as Stephen Grendon
• The Adventure of the Intarsia Box (1964)
• By Rocket to the Moon (1965)
• The Dark Brotherhood (1966) with H.P. Lovecraft
• Ferguson's Capsules (1966)
• The Horror from the Middle Span (1967) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The House in the Oaks (1971) with Robert E. Howard
• Innsmouth Clay (1971) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Figure with the Scythe (1973) with Mark Schorer
• The Watchers Out of Time (1974) with H.P. Lovecraft
• An Eye for History (1975)
• Protoplasma (1975)

Anthologies

• Who Knocks? (1946)
• The Night Side (1947)
• The Sleeping and the Dead (1947)
• Strange Ports of Call (1948)
• The Other Side of the Moon (1949)
• Beyond Time and Space (1950)
• Far Boundaries (1951)
• The Outer Reaches (1951)
• Beachheads in Space (1952)
• Worlds of Tomorrow (1953)
• Portals of Tomorrow (1954)
• Time to Come (1954)
• Dark Mind, Dark Heart (1962)
• New Worlds for Old (1963)
• The Sleeping and the Dead (abridged) (1963)
• The Time of Infinity (1963)
• The Unquiet Grave (1963)
• From Other Worlds (1964)
• Travellers by Night (1967)
• Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1969)
• Dark Things (1971)
• The Lurker at the Threshold (1971) with H.P. Lovecraft
• New Horizons: Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow (1998)

Collections

• Not Long for This World (1948)
• The Survivor and Other Stories (1957) with H.P. Lovecraft
• The Mask of Cthulhu (1958)
• The Trail of Cthulhu (1962)
• Mr. George and Other Odd Persons (1963) as Stephen Grendon
• The Watchers Out of Time and Others (1974) with H.P. Lovecraft
• Harrigan's File (1975)

Poems

• Incubus (1934)
• Omega (1934)
• To a Spaceship (1934)
• Man and the Cosmos (1935)
• "Only Deserted" (1937)
• The Shores of Night (1947)
• A Boy's Way (1947) (Illustrated by Claire Victor Dwiggins)
• Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight (1948)
• Jacksnipe Over (1971)
• Something Left Behind (1971)

Essays/articles

• Introduction (The Mask of Cthulhu) (unknown)
• Foreword (Who Knocks?) (1946)
• Foreword (The Night Side) (1947)
• Introduction (The Sleeping and the Dead) (1947)
• Foreword (Not Long for This World) (1948)
• Introduction (Strange Ports of Call) (1948)
• Introduction (The Other Side of the Moon) (1949)
• Introduction (Beyond Time and Space) (1950)
• Foreword (The Outer Reaches) (1951)
• Introduction (The Haunter of the Dark) (1951)
• Introduction (Beachheads in Space) (1952)
• Introduction (Worlds of Tomorrow) (1953)
• Foreword (Time to Come) (1954)
• Introduction (Beachheads in Space) (1954)
• Introduction (Portals of Tomorrow) (1954)
• Introduction (Worlds of Tomorrow) (1955)
• Foreword (Dark Mind, Dark Heart) (1962)
• Foreword (Time to Come) (1963)
• H.P. Lovecraft And His Work (1963)
• H.P. Lovecraft And His Work (1963)
• Introduction (Mr. George and Other Odd Persons) (1963)
• Introduction (Worlds of Tomorrow) (1963)
• Introduction (Beachheads in Space) (1964)
• Introduction (From Other Worlds) (1964)
• Foreword (The Night Side) (1966)
• Foreword (The Unspeakable People) (1969)
• Clark Ashton Smith: Master of Fantasy (1974) with Donald Wandrei

Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961) was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. ... Donald Wandrei (1908 - 1987) was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. ...

External links

• The August Derleth Society
• A more detailed biography
• A short autobiography
• Online catalog for Derleth's collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society
• "The Ultimate Cthulhu Mythos Book List" - Listing of all mythos novels, anthologies, collections, comic books, and more.