Cover Illustration by Allen Koszowski [illustration]

National Defense by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow [essay]

National Defense by E. D. Barlow [essay]

Briefly Noted [essay]

Atmosphere and the Qualitative Analysis of “The Colour out of Space” by Steven J. Mariconda [essay]

H. P. Lovecraft’s First Appearance in Print by Richard Bleiler [essay]

Missing the Punchline: The Subversive Nature of H. P. Lovecraft’s Occult Detective by Dylan Henderson [essay]

Briefly Noted [essay]

Yuletide Horror: “Festival” and “The Messenger” by Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer [essay]

The Doomed Lovecrafts of Rochester by Will Murray [essay]

How to Read Lovecraft, Number 4: Incompetence or Irony? by Steven J. Mariconda [essay]

John Osborn Austin’s Seven Club Tales: Did They Inspire Lovecraft? by Ken Faig, Jr. [essay]

The “Extreme Fantasy” of Delirious New York by Andrew Gipe-Lazarou [essay]

An Arctic Mystery: The Lovecraftian North Pole by Edward Guimont [essay]

Textual Sources and Corrigenda Minora to “A Living Heritage: Roman Architecture in Today’s America” by César Guarde-Paz [essay]

On Hawthorne’s Unwitting “Children”: The Strange Case of H. P. Lovecraft by Simone Turco [essay]

Zeitgeist and Untoten: Lovecraft and the Walking Dead by Duncan Norris [essay]

Reviews [review]

Review of Letters with Donald and Howard Wandrei and to Emil Petaja by H. P. Lovecraft; edited by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz; reviewed by D. H. Olson

Review of The Flock of Ba-Hui and Other Stories by Oobmab; translated by Arthur Meursault and Akira; reviewed by S. T. Joshi

Review of Letters to Alfred Galpin and Others by H. P. Lovecraft; edited by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz; reviewed by Martin Andersson

Review of Letters to Wilfred B. Talman and Helen V. and Genevieve Sully by H. P. Lovecraft; edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi; reviewed by Leigh Blackmore