The Trail of Cthulhu

This article is about the stories written by August Derleth. For the role-playing game, see Trail of Cthulhu (role-playing game).
The Trail of Cthulhu
Dust jacket illustration by Richard Taylor.
AuthorAugust Derleth
Cover artistRichard Taylor
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, horror
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1962
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages248
On its original publication, the story "The Trail of Cthulhu" was cover-featured in the March 1944 Weird Tales.

The Trail of Cthulhu is a series of interconnected short stories by American writer August Derleth as part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction. The stories chronicle the struggles of Laban Shrewsbury and his companions against the Great Old Ones, particularly Cthulhu.

The stories were originally published in Weird Tales from 1944 to 1952, and were republished in collected form as The Trail of Cthulhu by Arkham House in 1962 [1] in an edition of 2,470 copies.