Necronomicon Press
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| Founded | 1976 |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | West Warwick, Rhode Island |
| Fiction genres | HorrorandFantasy |
| Official website | necropress |
Necronomicon Pressis an Americansmall presspublishing house specializing in fiction, poetry andliterary criticismrelating to thehorrorandfantasygenres. It is run by Marc A. Michaud.[1]
Necronomicon Press was founded in 1976, originally as an outlet for the works ofH. P. Lovecraft,after whose fictitiousgrimoire,theNecronomicon,the firm is named. However, its repertoire expanded to include authors such asRobert E. Howard,Clark Ashton Smith,Ramsey Campbell,Hugh B. Cave,Joyce Carol Oates,Brian LumleyandBrian Stableford.
Necronomicon Press published critical works by such pioneering Lovecraft scholars asDirk W. Mosig,Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Kenneth W. Faig, andS. T. Joshi,including Joshi's biography,H. P. Lovecraft: A Life(1996).
The firm published critical journals such asLovecraft Studies(now superseded byLovecraft Annualpublished byHippocampus Press) andStudies in Weird Fiction,both edited by Joshi;Crypt of Cthulhu,edited byRobert M. Price;and has also published critical studies of Campbell (The Count of Thirty,edited by Joshi) andFritz Leiber(Witches of the Mind,written byBruce Byfield).
Necronomicon Press was awarded theWorld Fantasy Awardin 1994 and 1996 for its contributions to small-press publishing, and theBritish Fantasy Awardin 1995 for its publicationNecrofile: The Review of Horror Fiction.
Necronomicon Press' books are mostly illustrated by Jason Eckhardt and Robert H. Knox. Some of their titles, such as Lovecraft'sThe Colour Out of Space,contain original artwork from the amateur writers' magazines of Lovecraft's own time. One issue ofLovecraft Studieswas illustrated by Sam Gafford.
A flood in March 2010 caused a loss of more than $20,000 worth of books. The press has since reactivated its website.
Selected publications
[edit]- Crypt of Cthulhu92–101, 108–113, edited byRobert M. Price
- Cthulhu Codex7–16, edited byRobert M. PriceandJoseph S. Pulver
- Demon and Other TalesbyJoyce Carol Oates
- Far Away & NeverbyRamsey Campbell
- Ghor, Kin-SlayerbyRobert E. Howard
- Ghoul Warning and Other TalesbyBrian Lumley
- H. P. Lovecraft: A LifebyS. T. Joshi
- Lovecraft Studies31–45, edited byS. T. Joshi
- Midnight Shambler5–11, edited byRobert M. PriceandJoseph S. Pulver
- Mosig at Last: A Psychologist Looks at LovecraftbyDirk W. Mosig
- Necrofile: The Review of Horror Fiction2–32 edited byS. T. Joshi,Michael Morrisson, and Stefan R. Dziemianowicz
- Other Dimensions1–3, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz
- Parts14–15, edited byRobert M. Price
- Studies in Weird Fiction7–27, edited byS. T. Joshi
- Tales of Lovecraftian Horror7–10, edited byRobert M. Price
References
[edit]- ^"Followers of H. P. Lovecraft Assure Posthumous Fame".Playground Daily News.Fort Walton Beach, Florida. 12 June 1977. p. 51 – via newspapers.com.
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