Recently I saw that the latest issues of Eldritch Tales #10 and 11. I was hoping we’d get another issue of Crypt of Cthulhu, but I don’t see one.
Both are from Robert M. Price through his Cryptic Publications and are made available from Amazon on print-on-demand and Kindle. And both are digest-size, 8.5- by 5.5-inches, and neither have any copyright notices or publication dates.
Eldritch Tales #10 came out in August 2023. It’s marked as volume 2, with an editorial by Price dated June 2023, which is more a commentary on zombies and zombie movies. The issue comes in at 80 pages with a color cover. There are eight stories, with several by the same authors. Glen M. Usher has two with another that he collaborates with Price on. J.J. Travis has three.
All are good Lovecraftian tales of varying lengths. Glen Usher’s two tales are linked.
Eldritch Tales #11 came out in November 2023. Frustratingly, Amazon told me I already had ordered this item, but I was pretty sure this was #11, despite the number not being on the cover. I wound up being correct.
This time Price’s editorial is undated, and it’s about religion and horror. This time we get nine stories by eight authors, Price being the only one with two stories. The issue comes in at 132 pages, the longest so far.
Peter Rawlick gives us a story set in the ’30s, about an academic traveling to New York to look for some statues. Robert Price’s first tale is about a modern day expedition to Mexico by Miskatonic University that doesn’t go quite as planned; his second is set in the West in the 1890s. Rafe McGregor‘s story is set in 1920s Africa and takes its inspiration from H. Rider Haggard. Michael A. Turton provides a story more about a barbarian warrior. This one would have fit in well in Flashing Swords.
It’s another set of zines for those wanting Lovecraftian tales. Still it’s a little frustrating trying to find out when new issues appear. I hope that posting about them here will help others find them.
