The Ithaqua Cycle: The Wind-Walker of the Icy Wastes is a thematic Cthulhu Mythos anthology.
Overview[]
As its title suggests, The Ithaqua Cycle contains stories centred around the Great Old One Ithaqua created by August Derleth, which was inspired by Algernon Blackwood's short story "The Wendigo", also included. Edited by noted Lovecraft scholar Robert M. Price, who also provided an introduction for each of the stories, it was published by Chaosium and runs to 256 pages, with the first edition released in 1998 and a second edition in 2006. Cover art was supplied by H. E. Fassl with an interior plate by Dave Carson.
Contents[]
- The Ithaqua Cycle artwork by Dave Carson
- Introduction: "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Robert M. Price
- "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood
- "The Thing from Outside" by George Allan England
- "The Thing That Walked on the Wind" by August Derleth
- "The Snow-Thing" by August Derleth (variant of "Ithaqua")
- "Beyond the Threshold" by August Derleth
- "Born of the Winds" by Brian Lumley
- "Spawn of the North" by George C. Diezel, II and Gordon Linzner
- "They Only Come Out at Night" by Randy Medoff
- "Footsteps in the Sky" by Pierre Comtois
- "Jendick's Swamp" by Joseph Payne Brennan
- "The Wind Has Teeth" by Scott H. Urban and G. Warlock Vance
- "Stalker of the Wild Wind" by Stephen M. Rainey
- "The Country of the Wind" by Pierre Comtois
- "Wrath of the Wind-Walker" by James Ambuehl
Gallery[]
2006 cover, identical to the 1998 cover other than coloration