The Call of Cthulhu is a short story by the American writer H.P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1926 and first published in the pulp magazine ""WeirdTales"" in 1928. Lovecraft was a pioneer of cosmic horror, a subgenre that emphasizes the cosmic horror of the unknown (and in some cases, unknowable) more than gore or other elements of shock. In The Call of Cthulhu, Lovecraft introduces the Great Old One known as Cthulhu, an ancient and powerful cosmic entity that lies dormant beneath the sea in the…Show more