The Titus Crow series, sometimes referred to as The Cthulhu Cycle Deities series, is a Cthulhu Mythos story arc by noted British author Brian Lumley. It comprises six novels and eleven short stories featuring the eponymous protagonist Titus Crow and those allied with him against the forces of the Great Old Ones, primarily Ithaqua, but including several other Mythos entities.
The books are heavily influenced by the interpretation of the Mythos forwarded by August Derleth, even citing his elemental classifications for the Great Old Ones, and are pulpish battles between good versus evil where the heroes triumph as often as fail. It also introduces good counterparts to the Great Old Ones in the Elder Gods, including Kthanid, who is Cthulhu's brother. The books also introduced the Chthonians, terrifying squid-like worms and their own Great Old One, Shudde M'ell.
Novels[]
- The Burrowers Beneath (1974)
- The Transition of Titus Crow (1975)
- The Clock of Dreams (1978)
- Spawn of the Winds (1978)
- In the Moon of Borea (1979)
- Elysia (1989)
Short Stories[]
These stories were first collected in The Compleat Crow (1987, Hodder and Stoughton).
- "Inception" (1987)
- "Lord of the Worms" (1983)
- "The Caller of the Black" (1971)
- "The Viking's Stone" (1977)
- "The Mirror of Nitocris" (1971)
- "An Item of Supporting Evidence" (1970)
- "Billy's Oak" (1970)
- "Darghud's Doll" (1977)
- "De Marigny's Clock" (1971)
- "Name and Number" (1982)
- "The Black Recalled" (1983)
Referenced by[]
- Titus Crow is referenced in the lyrics from the Arkham Witch song, "The Lord of R'lyeh"
- Titus Crow makes an appearance in David Niall Wilson's short story, "All the Way Up" in Tales of Nyarlathotep
- Titus Crow is referenced several times in Cthulhu Armageddon as a past sorcerer. The in-universe tome, the Re'Kithnid, by Brianna Lethder is a reference to the series and the works of August Derleth.
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| Novels The Burrowers Beneath • The Transition of Titus Crow • The Clock of Dreams • Spawn of the Winds • In the Moons of Borea • Elysia Short Stories "Inception" • "Lord of the Worms" • "The Caller of the Black" • "The Viking's Stone" • "The Mirror of Nitocris" • "An Item of Supporting Evidence" • "Billy's Oak" • "Darghud's Doll" • "De Marigny's Clock" • "Name and Number" • "The Black Recalled" |