The Call of Cthulhu

Cthulhu, Dagon, Yog-Sothoth, and many other dark deities invented by H. P. Lovecraft in the 1920s later became so popular that hundreds of fantasy creators—including Neil Gaiman and Stephen King—still continue to expand his mythology.

Every monster in the Lovecraftian world embodies one of countless facets of chaos. Hiding in the depths of the ocean or dwelling deep within impenetrable forests, sleeping in Egyptian pyramids or sealed away in mountain caves, arriving on our planet from the stars or from an abyss of countless ages—they are always hostile to humanity and beyond the reach of reason. And the only thing left for a person to do is stay on guard…