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The Doom That Came to Sarnath

H. P. Lovecraft

First published March 1935
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Dream Cycle

Synopsis

Humans destroy a city of loathsome primitive creatures and build their own great city nearby, but the creatures and their god eventually take their vengeance.

Notes

Written on 3 Dec 1919 and first published in The Scot No. 44 in June 1920.

External Links

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Publications (93)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1935 Marvel Tales of Science and Fantasy, March-April 1935 Fantasy Publications MAGAZINE 157
June 1938 Weird Tales, June 1938 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 742
1943 Beyond the Wall of Sleep Arkham House Collection 20
1962 Dreams and Fancies Arkham House Collection 77
December 1963 Swords and Sorcery: Stories of Heroic Fantasy Pyramid Books Anthology 123
1965 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 34
1967 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Gollancz Collection 34
1969 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 34
1969 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 31
1969 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 31
1970 Bizarre Fantasy Tales, Fall 1970 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 81
1971 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 34
1971 The World of H. P. Lovecraft Ballantine Books Omnibus 13|2.1
February 1971 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Ballantine Books Collection 13
1973 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 31
November 1975 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 34
1976 Realms of Wizardry Doubleday Anthology 7
1976 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Ballantine Books Collection
December 1978 Lost Worlds, Unknown Horizons Thomas Nelson Anthology 97
1981 A Treasury of Fantasy Avenel Books Omnibus 467
February 1982 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 13
August 1983 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 13
1984 A Treasury of Fantasy Chatham River Press Omnibus 435
1985 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 49
June 1985 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 13
1987 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 43
1987 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Grafton Collection 49
January 1987 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 43
May 1987 The Mammoth Book of Classic Fantasy Robinson Omnibus 435
July 1987 The Mammoth Book of Classic Fantasy Firecrest Omnibus
1991 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Ballantine Books Collection
1991 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 43
May 1991 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 13
1993 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Ballantine Books Collection 13
1994 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Grafton Collection 49
December 1994 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 138
1995 A Treasury of Fantasy Gramercy Books Omnibus 467
October 1995 The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 24
1997 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 43
1997 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 138
2001 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 43
March 2003 The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft Del Rey / Ballantine Collection
September 2004 The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 5
2005 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 138
April 2005 The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books Collection 5
November 2005 Shadows of Death Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 156
February 2007 Horror Story Collection 1 LibriVox Anthology |3
2008 The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 70
March 2008 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz Collection 15
April 2008 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion Collection 15
September 2008 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion Collection
October 2008 Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft LibriVox Collection |8
November 2008 H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection 641
October 2009 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz Collection 15
2010 The Weird Writings of H. P. Lovecraft: Vol 2 Girasol Collectables Collection
March 2011 The Complete Fiction Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 70
June 2011 The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Oneiric Works Creation Oneiros Collection
September 2011 Weird Tales, June 1938 Girasol Collectables Anthology 742
2012 The Complete Marvel Tales Lance Thingmaker Anthology 4157
April 2013 L'Appel de Cthulhu: The Call of Cthulhu Presses Pocket Collection |3
2014 Tales Heritage Illustrated Publishing Collection |6
2014 Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft Ageless Reads Omnibus |34
February 2014 The Doom That Came to Sarnath Start Publishing Chapbook
September 2014 The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
April 2015 Windy City Pulp Stories #15 Black Dog Books Nonfiction 88
2016 The Complete Works uncredited Omnibus 40
2016 Dark Dreamlands Pegana Press Collection 25
January 2016 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 71
January 2016 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 71
July 2016 The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Chartwell Books Omnibus 75
February 2017 Lovecraft Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 37
May 2017 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 304
May 2017 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection |32
October 2017 The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus |2004
2018 Exterus, Volume 6 G. Owen Wears MAGAZINE 128
2018 Exterus, Volume 6 G. Owen Wears MAGAZINE 128
2018 The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus 33|2004
2018 Stories of the Dreamlands Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Collection 33
2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 111
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 111
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection |111
August 2018 HorrorBabble's Dream Cycle HorrorBabble Collection |3
August 2018 HorrorBabble's Dream Cycle HorrorBabble Collection |3
2019 Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) Anthology 742|43106742
June 2019 The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume Pulp-Lit Productions Omnibus |111
November 2019 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 304
November 2020 Appendix N.: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons & Dragons Strange Attractor Press Anthology 185
November 2021 The Drabblecast, #454 The Drabblecast MAGAZINE
July 2022 Grimoire Sentinel Creatives Anthology |11
July 2022 Grimoire Sentinel Creatives Anthology 354
July 2022 Grimoire Sentinel Creatives Anthology 354
July 2022 Grimoire Sentinel Creatives Anthology |11
2024 Appendix N: Weird Tales from the Roots of Dungeons & Dragons Strange Attractor Press Anthology 185