A master-list of August Derleth’s articles and reviews

In 2006, for his first separate title, John D. Haefele contributed the third number to The Cimmerian Library chapbook series with A Bibliography of Books and Articles Written by August W. Derleth, Concerning Derleth and the Weird Tale and Arkham House Publishing. Going to press in a limited edition of 100 copies, the chapbook cited approximately 400 nonfiction pieces written by Derleth. The research comes from decades of delving into every Arkham House book and piece of ephemera, along with much else, by the weird fiction scholar.

A new edition published by The Cimmerian Press is now available on Amazon. August Derleth: A Bibliography of His Nonfiction, with about 900 entries, is the most complete checklist ever compiled on the writings the founder of Arkham House did over the years on such subjects as H.P. Lovecraft and the Weird Tale—and on Arkham House itself. For the first time, Haefele provides page numbers from the original source on most entries, as well as annotations for context, all in a clear, readable format.

Derleth’s influence in the field eventually spread to millions of readers around the world, in particular his lionization of H. P. Lovecraft and championship of weird fantasy as literature. See the story of Derleth’s efforts as they appeared year by year—and sometimes week by week—in this all-new master list of his ongoing articles and reviews.