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 Spawn of Cthulhu The Spawn of Cthulhu is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1971 as the thirty-sixth volume of its "Ballantine Adult Fantasy series". It was the fifth anthology assembled by Carter for the series.