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Title: The Dweller in Darkness Title Record # 65100
Author: August Derleth
Date: 1944-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Cthulhu Mythos short fiction
Language: English
User Rating: 6.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: horror (1), fantasy (1), ancient gods (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1951ⓘTranslated by Julio Vacarezza
 Spanish El morador de las tinieblas
1972ⓘTranslated by Claude Gilbert.
 French L'habitant de l'ombre

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff
ⓘ1 nominations with 0.33 final points
 2020 Retro Hugo Best Novella
Nominations Below Cutoff
ⓘ2 nominations with 1.25 final points
 2020 Retro Hugo Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, November 1944 1944-11-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.15?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag Matt Fox Checkmark
Something Near 1945-00-00 August Derleth Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Ronald Clyne Checkmark
Cuentos del más allá 1951-00-00 August Derleth Compañia General Fabril (Centauro #56)     192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll  
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1969-11-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House  
$7.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xii+
407
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1971-05-00 ed. August Derleth Beagle Books / Ballantine (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #5) 95080
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
241
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Victor Valla Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1973-04-00 ed. August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-03226-8
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
241
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth John Holmes Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1974-02-00 ed. August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-23226-7
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
241
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth John Holmes Checkmark
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1975-00-00 ed. August Derleth Christian Bourgois (Dans l'épouvante)  
F50.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
 419
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1975-00-00 ed. August Derleth Panther 0-586-04151-6
£0.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1975-11-00 ed. August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-24687-X
$1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
241
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth John Holmes Checkmark
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1975-11-12 ed. August Derleth France Loisirs     214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Benjamin Baltimore  
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1981-02-13 ed. August Derleth J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1161) 2-277-21161-3   409
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Tibor Csernus Checkmark
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1985-01-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket #2306) 2-266-01483-8   441
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth  
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1988-00-00 ed. August Derleth Grafton 0-586-20344-3
£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 508
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Tim White Checkmark
L'appel de Cthulhu 1989-10-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) 2-266-03170-8   253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth W. Siudmak  
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1990-00-00 ed. uncredited Arkham House 0-87054-159-5
$23.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jeffrey K. Potter Checkmark
L'appel de Cthulhu 1990-07-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) 2-266-03170-8   253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth W. Siudmak  
Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1 1991-09-00 Howard Phillips Lovecraft Robert Laffont (Bouquins) 2-221-05684-1
F140.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
 xxxvi+
1174
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 omni Philippe Druillet  
L'appel de Cthulhu 1992-12-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) 2-266-03170-8   253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth W. Siudmak  
L'appel de Cthulhu 1995-06-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) 2-266-03170-8   253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth W. Siudmak  
The Cthulhu Mythos 1997-02-00 August Derleth Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0253-5
$9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 448
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Leah Lococo Checkmark
The Nyarlathotep Cycle: The God of a Thousand Forms 1997-05-00 ed. Robert M. Price Chaosium (Cthulhu Cycle #6019) 1-56882-092-5
$10.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xii+
239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth H. E. Fassl Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1998-10-00 ed. uncredited Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-42204-X
$12.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xi+
461
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth John Jude Palencar  
In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth 1998-11-00 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Mycroft & Moran 1-55246-003-7
$60.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
351
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Stephen Fabian Checkmark
L'appel de Cthulhu 2000-09-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) 2-266-10811-5   253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth W. Siudmak  
The Nyarlathotep Cycle: The God of a Thousand Forms 2006-00-00 ed. Robert M. Price Chaosium (Cthulhu Cycle #6019) 978-1-56882-260-0
$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xii+
239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth H. E. Fassl Checkmark
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1?Legendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1
 2007-11-00 ed. August Derleth Presses Pocket 978-2-266-17393-3
€5.80?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
 256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Marc Simonetti  
Weird Tales 2012-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos date unknown ed. uncredited Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-42204-X
$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xi+
461
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth John Jude Palencar Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos date unknown ed. uncredited Arkham House 0-87054-159-5
$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jeffrey K. Potter Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos date unknown ed. uncredited Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-42204-X
$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xi+
461
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth John Jude Palencar  
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