When was the story by Lovecraft that the Xothic legend cycle is based on first published?
The Call of Cthulhu "The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine "Weird Tales", in February 1928.
The Crawling Chaos "The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson (first published April 1921 in the "United Cooperative". As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). Lovecraft wrote the entire text , but Jackson is also credited since the story was based on a dream she experienced.