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{{Infobox book
| title = The Call of Cthulhu
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| image = Weird Tales volume 11 number 02 page 159 The Call of Cthulu captioned.jpg
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| author = H.P. Lovecraft
| central theme = The horror of what cannot be described
| elevator pitch = A recount of the increasingly bizarre events surrounding a cult to the titular eldritch being.
| genre = Horror
| franchise = Cthulhu Mythos
| publication date = February 1928
| source page exists = yes
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
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"'''The Call of Cthulhu'''" is a [[short story]], written by American writer [[H.
The story narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, takes interest in a cult that worships a being called Cthulhu after discovering the notes and work of his recently deceased grand-uncle, who was studying said cult and believed eldritch shenanigans were on. But the more Thurston investigates, the more horrific the revelations become...
▲"'''The Call of Cthulhu'''" is a [[short story]] by American writer [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''[[Weird Tales]]'', in February 1928.
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* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: What happens to the one other guy who escaped on the ''Alert'' at the end of the story.
* [[Ramming Always Works]]: This is attempted to kill Cthulhu, but turns into a wasted effort.
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