Author Topic: Neil Gaiman wrote a Cthulhu short story?  (Read 9183 times)

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Neil Gaiman wrote a Cthulhu short story?
« on: April 27, 2014, 04:03:06 PM »
My mind was blown today.
I found out that in 1986 Neil Gaiman wrote a Cthulhu short story that was published in Dagon magazine nr.16 .

As far as I can see it's Gaimans first published story.

And after some google-fu I dug it up for you. Here you go (Link to tor.com).

Your welcome.

EDIT: Forgot to add the title:
I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9’ S, Longitude 126° 43’ W)?
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Re: Neil Gaiman wrote a Cthulhu short story?
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2014, 05:10:33 PM »
Fun fact: The second issue of The Sandman: Overture features an aspect of Dream that corresponds to the mythology of the Old Ones.
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Re: Neil Gaiman wrote a Cthulhu short story?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2014, 10:35:14 PM »
Gaiman has also been published in several Cthulhu anthologies.

Thanks for the link and trivia.

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Re: Neil Gaiman wrote a Cthulhu short story?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2014, 04:48:30 AM »
Fun fact: The second issue of The Sandman: Overture features an aspect of Dream that corresponds to the mythology of the Old Ones.

Really?  I have to go to my public library and check out The Sandman again.  (Yes, my local library has Sandman.  It's cool that way  8))

On a side note.  Here is another Old One story by him that I didn't know about.  Some kind soul on the internet told me about it on in another forum.

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He also wrote A Study in Emerald.

(PDF - A Study in Emerald)
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