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Premise labels used: Cthulhu mythos, cult investigation, eldritch horror, cosmic dread, ancient beings, forbidden knowledge, investigative horror, mystery revelation, madness spiral, monster encounter

Setting labels used: New England, rural New England, deep sea, oceanic setting, remote island, urban ruin, abandoned cathedral, American setting, early 20th century, war-era setting, academic milieu, small-town setting, global conspiracy

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The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales

H.P. Lovecraft · 2016

A lavish collection of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos tales, where forbidden lore and alien horrors erode reality and sanity.

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Premise labels: cosmic horror · forbidden knowledge · eldritch beings · ancient cults · alien intelligence · human insignificance · uncanny revelation · mythos continuity · curiosity punished · secrets uncovered

Setting labels: New England · small towns · isolated places · antiquarian settings · ancient ruins · subterranean worlds · ocean depths · Antarctica · outer space · deep time · early 20th century · archaic world

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Distance: 0.1456

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Cthulhu

H.P. Lovecraft · 2016

A group of interconnected Lovecraft tales follows scholars and witnesses into cults, ruins, and cosmic dread.

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Premise labels: cosmic horror · ancient beings · forbidden knowledge · cult mystery · investigation narrative · supernatural threat · otherworldly entities · world-ending menace · sanity erosion · occult discovery

Setting labels: New England · ocean depths · remote village · isolated coast · rural countryside · desert ruins · mountains · forest · small-town gothic · ancient ruins · mythic universe · cosmic setting

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Distance: 0.1481

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H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror

Joe R. Lansdale, Robert Weinberg · 2012

A modern graphic adaptation of Lovecraftian horror where a small town faces an occult, otherworldly threat.

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Premise labels: cosmic horror · old gods · forbidden knowledge · monster reveal · small-town dread · occult threat · dimensional entity

Setting labels: rural New England · small town · isolated farmhouse · early 20th century · fictional horror world

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Distance: 0.1979

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No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories

Premee Mohamed · 2023

Seventeen linked speculative horror stories of old gods, colonial critique, and strange human survival across eerie worlds.

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Premise labels: cosmic horror · old gods · eldritch horror · monsters and gods · human vs unknown · scientific inquiry · apocalyptic threat · world under strain · investigation into the uncanny · offering and sacrifice · reclaiming horror · social justice horror

Setting labels: rural Canada · France · Uganda · deep sea · oceanic · underwater · deep space · alternate dimensions · wartime · post-apocalyptic · small towns · colonized planet · cosmic setting · contemporary speculative world · mythic landscape

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Distance: 0.2016

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Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

Jim Turner · 1998

A chronological anthology of Lovecraft Mythos tales by Lovecraft and later writers, tracing cosmic horror across decades.

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Premise labels: mythos anthology · Lovecraft homage · shared universe · eldritch horror

Setting labels: New England · academic setting · small town · cosmic horror world · 20th century · future setting

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L'Appel de Cthulhu

François Baranger, H.P. Lovecraft · 2017

An heir pieces together documents and clues about a secret cult and an ancient sea-born terror stirring beneath the world.

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Premise labels: cosmic horror · forbidden knowledge · investigation · secret cult · ancient god · awakening threat · madness · eldritch horror

Setting labels: 1920s · Massachusetts · Louisiana bayous · Pacific Ocean · submerged city · port town · undersea realm · Earthbound cosmic horror · mythic antiquity

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The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror

William Sloane · 2015

Two 1930s novellas unite science, mystery, and dread as brilliant men confront deaths, secrets, and the unknown.

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Premise labels: cosmic horror · scientific mystery · forbidden knowledge · investigation · locked-room death · communication with the dead · scientific experiment · otherworldly intrusion · grief-driven obsession · unexplained phenomenon

Setting labels: 1930s · college setting · university observatory · Arizona desert · rural Maine · small town · isolated house · Long Island Sound · New England · remote location · American landscape · cosmic scale

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H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Gou Tanabe · 2023 · H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth

A young traveler detours into a decaying coastal town and uncovers a terrifying family-linked secret.

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Premise labels: isolated town · forbidden knowledge · ancestry mystery · investigation · cosmic horror · small-town horror

Setting labels: 1920s · New England · Massachusetts · coastal town · isolated settlement · rundown town · seaside horror · oceanic horror

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Gideon Falls, Vol. 3: Stations of the Cross

Jeff Lemire · 2019 · Gideon Falls

A priest chases a murderous mystery across time and realities as a small town’s dark secrets begin to surface.

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Premise labels: horror mystery · time travel · parallel worlds · demonic possession · investigation · evil location · secret history · identity mystery

Setting labels: small-town horror · alternate realities · multiple timelines · past and present · rural setting · church setting · barn setting · historical setting · cosmic horror

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A Book of Horrors

Stephen Jones · 2011

An original horror anthology gathers global writers for a range of creepy, old-school, and often uneven tales.

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Premise labels: original horror anthology · dark fantasy anthology · monster stories · ghost stories · macabre tales · new horror fiction · classic chills

Setting labels: modern times · historical settings · 19th-century rural England · New England · American backwoods · Cornish landscape · rural setting · small town · isolated house

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The Lurker at the Threshold

August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft · 1945 · August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations"

A man inherits a haunted Massachusetts estate and uncovers a family legacy tied to occult forces and a forbidden threshold.

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Premise labels: inherited house · family curse · occult legacy · ancient ritual · forbidden knowledge · cosmic threat · possession · sealed threshold · investigation

Setting labels: New England · Massachusetts · Arkham · Dunwich · rural estate · haunted house · forest · woods · old mansion · fictional town · cosmic reality

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New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird

Paula Guran · 2011 · New Cthulhu

A 21st-century anthology of Lovecraft-inspired weird tales, mixing cosmic horror, homage, and modern twists.

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Premise labels: Lovecraftian anthology · modern weird fiction · mythos-inspired stories · cosmic horror

Setting labels: modern era · twenty-first century · alternate history · Lovecraftian world · Antarctica · Bristol · New England

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Distance: 0.2633

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