"The Call of Cthulhu" is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories and the pinical in the Cthulhu mythos. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. This is the only short story written by Lovecraft in which the Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. Discover cosmic horror in a way that only Lovecraft can portray.