"I suppose that more than one of his friends was looking for something in wood for Jason Wecter, but it fell to my lot to find it one day in an out-of-the-way second-hand shop in Portland, where I had gone for a holiday --a strange piece indeed, but exquisitely done, a kind of bas-relief of an octopoid creature rising out of a broken monolithic structure in a sub-aqueous setting. The price of four dollars was extremely reasonable, and the fact that I could not interpret the carving was, if anything, all the more likely to add to its value in Wecter's eyes."
- --Something in Wood, August Derleth
This is a small listing of professionally made Mythos items you can purchase, followed by a list of my favourite Mythos sites. I recommend looking on eBay the online auction service for out of print Mythos books and other items.
- Chaosium sells a collection of stories and texts under the title Necronomicon as part of its Cycle Book series.
Here is information about the paperback Avon Necronomicon (i.e. the Simon Necronomicon).
Here is a photo and advertisement for the original Simon Necronomicon. Copies of this book sometimes appear on eBay.
Here is a picture of the George Hay/Colin Wilson Necronomicon.
Amazon.com has information about the availability of the Simon Necronomicon as well as the George Hay/Colin Wilson Necronomicon (ISBN 1871438160), and the R'lyeh Text (ISBN 187143890X).
Wizard's Attic sells a Necronomicon for Dummies text book cover.
Dan Clore runs a page with information about all the different fake Necronomicons, and a list of those available on the internet.
Or go straight to Bob Maurus's Homepage and check out his other great Mythos sclptures for sale, including this Deep One!
Dan Perez has a great site on his sculptures. There's some great stuff here.
Catalyst Studios sells a great little Cthulhu Bust in the "artifacts" section of their online store.
Arkham in England sells three different Cthulhu statues along with other great lovecraftian objects like a Deep one goblet. UPDATED LINK! 9/6
Bowen Designs sells an incredible Cthulhu statue based on the cover of the Robert E. Howard collection, Kindred Horrors.
Wizard's Attic sells a vinyl Cthulhu model and the Bowen Designs sculpture along with a lot of other great things.
This is a garage kit of a Cthulhu Spawn.
Here is a photo of a garage kit Cthulhu that was available a few years ago.
Here are my favourite Mythos links:
- While not really a Lovecraftian link, Indygear.com has information on all the props from the Indiana Jones movies, especially the Grail Diary.
- The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook By Thurston James is an incredible resource for serious model builders.
- Cthulhu Live Official Site Run by Robert McLaughlin, author of Cthulhu Live!
- The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets A great site from the only Cthulhu Punk band in the world!
- The Dark Gulf of N'Kai This is a superb site. Check it out!
- Bob Maurus's Homepage He sculpts excellent Cthulhu's and more!
- The Shub-Niggurath Fanclub A visually stunning page with lots of Mythos information to offer.
- Robert W. Chambers and the King in Yellow Devoted to one of Lovecraft's biggest influences.
- "The King in Yellow": An Introduction Another great site concerning The King in Yellow.
- R'Lyeh 2 Full of information about the Mythos.
- Chaosium, Inc. The creators of the Call of Cthulhu and Cthulhu Live games.
- Miskatonic University Home Page A page which shows that sometimes the scariest thing is what you don't say...
- The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook By Thurston James is an incredible resource for serious model builders.
Email me at: cmatzke@miskatonic.net
