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puUishcd b!/ ZEV SHLASINGER,

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CAVEAT LECTOR.
~Jla6on ~th~ pn.s:sn!1e.5 hns been kno.wn to
drirC! iHlpre:s.sionnUC! chiJhC!n to thC! re/~ brink
~suicidnJ Hlndne:s.s nnd despnirJ nnn' hl/onn:

;sfirAZATHOTH~

lfho d'.welis ;H

the ceHler~

'2Jrealfl;H!1 uspOlfl a place

nat .we caHHot eHler.

B ;sfir BYAKHEE

~ ;ftlerSlellar race thai o/left ~rres :lbslurJ

SUlfllflOftedft0lfl the s/(!!J ;ft-bJ space the!! w;llp!!J

~dy!!OU shout "M~ I~i'; the!!ll goftSler.

isfir CTHULHU
lfho lies ilt Jl~leh adreaH/ilt!!J
Olte si!Jhl 0/whoH/ leares H/as~
Jibktilt!!J nrooJiIt!! or screaH/ilt!!_

D ;sfir DAGON

-b'ecause hes olte 0/ Ihe godS

~d Itolfir Ihe Peep Olte5
J#;o're./uslolte step up
pogs.
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E ;sfir the ELDER GODS,

fi;;ut whom Itot much;s .kJtOWIt,
Snre thnt whelt the stnrs nuglt
nltd the .senls nre i.o/(elt,
2he!/ prok.w!/ WOIt;t nltSwer the phofte.

fSfir Ihe

FACELESS GOD!

Or ~arlalhO-kp

10/ l1ame!

The sopl al1dme.s5el1!1er ']I'lhe {k,-kt:-!JOds!

J/1;o alU/a!/s seems 10 hare H1fschfo/011 Ihe hafl1.

G ;sfir GOL-GOROTH~

Hho IJres JPhere }is coin' as '2JeceH1kr~

Hho ;s JPorshJpd 10/ ShaH-inks 1 ;s alsofir!lol-kH-~

.For reaSOftS I caH-H-ol reH1eH1kr.

H ;s.fOr od~ o/dHERBERT WEST

}ff;o rer;red Ihe dead U/;Ih h;s potfons.

Hs sa;dp/a!j;ft!1 U/Jih a/;ens

aftdH1a/{;ft!1 a $oH1f;}e
/1{;re.Jusl iUJo

q/c/esus

q/h;s ;ft-krestfft!1 ftotfons.

r ;5fir INNSMOUTH,
J! Hell 0/n

!own,
l1'/;ere the people wenr !10l~
~d nre ,u;u hnrd!o drown.

J ;s.fOr poor GUSTAF JOHANSEN~

fi sailorfrom

Oslo most sorel!! /tied,

J.fho SUf1/;Yedp;rales~ JlJ!!eh aftd eYeft gred eihulhu~

Iheft was hd

a kltme

0/papers aftd dfed

K ;sfir KADATH!
Ihe hOH/e 0/ -Ihe !l0nS 0/Lr-Ik
}ff;}ch has k;JJed erer!! r;sJtor
Garefir -Ihe dreaH/;n!l J?nndoJph earler)!
~d -Ihus ;s no-l orerJ!! known fir ;-is H/;r-Ih.

L ;sfir H.P.
Iheftther

LOVECRAFT~

':Iall H1oR'erH horror~

Jf/;o createR' the A:o/thas terJust 2- !/ears

l1/;ereas H1ast

':IH1arrJage~

':Ius UJoulR'''re HeeneR' at least 4.

M ;s.fOr MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY~

fi .k!/ League school orer 200 !/ears ol,/,
r!Ous;ng the largest occult collec6on ;n the western worl'/'

fin" the Hlost rarJen" aluHlH;~ If" -Ioln:

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N ;sfir NECRONOMICON~
Ihni horridflesh-kuHd book q/Hlng;c~
Ihe rendlHg q/which 4 Hlere
Hlorln/S bf.;HgS ihe;r dnHlHed sou/s~
10 eHd'5 kih -Ur#;Hg nHd trng;c.

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the OLD ONES~

..lVtOWH nlso ns E:Jhr IJ,fHgs~

::Just n terrfUe~ tertiUe spnWH-

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fi;td' sfH1pl!/J ust cnH

Hot k

nrnWH,

;sfir PICKMAN! Ihe artJsi

Ihe olte ~/h ;~H10US altd ruJie reftOUlIt! .
fighoul ;It Ihe elt~ altd Itol H1uch 0/a fteltd..
:Bul ul6H1nkl!l as darfltg a pa;ltler as calt k fiultd

Q ;s.fOr Q'YTH-AZ~
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}ff;O UJJJl Iurl1 ~our plal1ello glass hard'as gral1;u~
eeria;l1l~ 110 ol1e 5 prescrJplJol1.fOr/UI1.

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If/;ose k;;dfHgS are/d Iogether ;H a

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fitd HO eHd 0/HlUrderOUS pass;oH.
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S isfir the SHUGGOTHS~

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If/;o crush~ hrour PH.n' /(iJ~ pJljusifir p thtiJ~

fltn' who hnre cpusen; oh/~JusiH.O eH.n' ']I' Iroufdes.

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Ihe HOUNDS OF TINDALOS!

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IO n'e.siro!j n// nlieH1p6.11g -to irnre/ Ihrough 6H1e!
~n' -to ftnslo.l1 Ihe reH1n;n.s whHe s6// WnrH1.

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V ;sfir FRIEDRICH WILHElM VON

JUNZT~

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fi nolen' e.:tplorer~ ann' a

hell 0/a !1u!l~

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l#2ches nlto'W}:znrds nlto'enters 0/g}:z:znrds

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A%90 hOHleworl,!, YUGGOTH,

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lfh;le OJ't Iheir separa& wa!/s 10 Enrlh aJ'tn' k!/oJ'td

Z isfir ANTON

ZARNAK~
P!lschic Sleuth is his geHernl bs~
Ms resi'/eHce~ 13 ehiHn~le!l~
Or cd lens~ Ji will k~ iH Ihe pnst.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Abandoned as a child
in Canada's vast
Yukon Territory in the
winter of 1899, CJ.
Henderson
was
adopted into a wolf
pack - while others
his age were learning
to read and write,
Henderson was filing
his teeth down to
vicious points in order
to survive. Captured
by lumberjacks while
leading his pack on a daring daylight raid on a logging camp, the then
teenaged Henderson was sold into slavery as a carnival sideshow novelty and
displayed throughout Canada and parts of the American midwest as the
"Carnivorous Wild Boy." Henderson escaped but, now partially civilized,
decided to remain in the world of men. He travelled to San Francisco, where
he won his wife, a Celestial beauty, from the leader of a Chinatown Tong in a
blindfolded knife fight. With a wife - and soon after, a girl-child Henderson mellowed somewhat, and turned to less dangerous pursuits to
earn a living. He gravitated naturally towards writing, a profession in which
having teeth filed to points proved remarkably useful, and published his first
tale in the December, 1928 issue of The Lariat Story Magazine. Later venues
included Oriental Stories, Wild Game Stories, Man Stories, Red Blooded Stories,
Popular Engineering Stories and Fire Fighters.
Henderson's daughter Erica was stricken with a rarified skin condition that
precluded her from venturing out of doors during the daylight hours without
suffering agonizing lesions and boils over the exposed portions of her body.
Thus she spent her youth within the confines of the fabulous Nob Hill mansion her father purchased with the proceeds of his successful writing career.
She became enamored ofthe rare books he acquired to line the shelves of his
mammoth library, many of them dealing with the occult. While her parents
and the servants slept, she would perform the rites described in these books,
seeking companionship to ease her enforced isolation. By the time she was
15, Henderson Hall was acknowledged by the Theosophical Society to be the
most haunted place in all San Francisco. Erica's pen and ink and oil renderings of the invisible creatures that stalked her home were briefly the toast of
San Francisco's art world, before being condemned by the Catholic Church.
2003 by C). Henderson. Illustrations 2003 by Erica
Henderson. Design 2003 by Vince Sneed. All rights reserved, including the
right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. ISBN: 1-931748-2S-X.
Printed in the USA. First Printing: October, 2003 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
BABY'S FIRST MYTHOS

.From the twisteR'miHn's '!f

C.J. HENDERSON
& ERICA HENDERSON
(3;mes the/PHHiest orecro/l book erer.'
But don't just and take our word for it - listen to what
the critics have said in the past and are saying now!
"Not since Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson joined forces on the classic
Cycle of the Werewolf has an exceedingly talented writer and artist come
together to generate a truly groundbreaking and memorable tome that puts
a wickedly delightful spin on classic horror lore."
-Joseph B. Mauceri, FEARSmag.com
"The consistently enjoyable C). Henderson delivers again.....
-Cemetery Dance

"Baby's First Mythos is a remarkably original book that heralds the work of a
phenomenal new artist talent, Erica Henderson, and a name to keep a watch on."
-World ofFandom Magazine
"Henderson is a first-rate Mythos writer."

-Cthulhu@bass.org
"I'm sure Baby's First Mythos would have put a smile on the habitually dour
expression of H.P. Lovecraft's face. This is a guilty pleasure that is sure to be
one of the least dusty books in your collection."
-NITE SHIFT, WBAI 99.5 FM
"Erica's work in Baby's First Mythos is strikingly intense, suggestive of a
hundred masters in the field, yet both starkly and amazingly unique. This is a
woman who will be delighting that part of us that loves to be scared for
decades to come."
- The Brooklyn Skyline
"Erica is one of the best new lights on the horizon. I wish there was something left I could teach her."
-Allen Koszowski

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