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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1048587" data-attributes="member: 4144">Honestly, I don't like a lot of Mythos stuff outside of HPL.&nbsp; That said: there was a paperback collection of Robert E. Howard's Mythos stories put out a few years back.&nbsp; Clark Ashton Smith is usually a bit more surreal than Lovecraft, and wrote stuff that would mostly be considered sci-fi, but his Averoigne series of stories deals with the Mythos somewhat.&nbsp; Robert Bloch was OK, the majority of his Mythos stuff was written in his early years, before he really hit his stride as an author.&nbsp; Anything by August Derleth is touch-and-go...he contributed the most besides only HPL himself to CoC, but I don't care for his stories too much, just a matter of personal taste.&nbsp; Ramsey Campbell is about the only modern author whose Mythos stuff I like.&nbsp; There's a great anthology of his Mythos stories out, Cold Print.&nbsp; Pretty much any of the anthologies put out by Chaosium (the 'Cycle' books) are worth at least a gander.&nbsp; The quality is uneven, since they're often by several different authors, but overall they're good.&nbsp; I also tracked down, read, and enjoyed greatly the older stuff that influenced HPL, I particularly like Arthur Machen.&nbsp; I'd recommend any Machen anthology you can find.&nbsp; He's not Mythos strictly speaking, but he had his own Mythos (you can definitely see his influence) involving the &quot;little people&quot; of Britain and Wales.&nbsp; He's a very big influence on a Victorian-era Cthulhu D20 game I may run here at some point in the future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrew D. Gable, post: 1048587, member: 4144"] Honestly, I don't like a lot of Mythos stuff outside of HPL. That said: there was a paperback collection of Robert E. Howard's Mythos stories put out a few years back. Clark Ashton Smith is usually a bit more surreal than Lovecraft, and wrote stuff that would mostly be considered sci-fi, but his Averoigne series of stories deals with the Mythos somewhat. Robert Bloch was OK, the majority of his Mythos stuff was written in his early years, before he really hit his stride as an author. Anything by August Derleth is touch-and-go...he contributed the most besides only HPL himself to CoC, but I don't care for his stories too much, just a matter of personal taste. Ramsey Campbell is about the only modern author whose Mythos stuff I like. There's a great anthology of his Mythos stories out, [i]Cold Print[/i]. Pretty much any of the anthologies put out by Chaosium (the 'Cycle' books) are worth at least a gander. The quality is uneven, since they're often by several different authors, but overall they're good. I also tracked down, read, and enjoyed greatly the older stuff that influenced HPL, I particularly like Arthur Machen. I'd recommend any Machen anthology you can find. He's not Mythos strictly speaking, but he had his own Mythos (you can definitely see his influence) involving the "little people" of Britain and Wales. He's a very big influence on a Victorian-era Cthulhu D20 game I may run here at some point in the future. [/QUOTE]

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