Proof that [[SturgeonsLaw the remaining 10% of things man is not meant to know are worth going mad for]]:

These are recommendations made by Tropers for Creator/HPLovecraft works and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, all of which have been signed. After a few samples, you will be able to judge whether you might be interested in the 'fic, based on who recommended it. ''No-name recommendations will be '''zapped'''.'' Nobody would back up the rec. Discussion of the recommendation is welcome on the discussion page. As such discussion is important, do remember to add the discussion page to the watchlist, if need be.

Do warn when a fanfic may head into sexual or non-canon territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness.
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[[WMG:[[GenFic General Fics]]]]
''Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.''

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2856609/ The Call of Cutethulu]]'' by Piccolo Sky
* Recommended by @/{{Specialist290}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': An interesting humorous take on the Cthulhu mythos.
* ''Comments'': I've never read any of Lovecraft's stuff myself, but I enjoyed this story immensely.

''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'' by John Biles and Rod M. (AU, FusionFic)
* Recommended by @/DMint
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': It's an AU that fuses ''Evangelion'' with the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Instead of battling Angels, the Children fight the Old Gods for the future of humanity.
* ''Comments'': While it is still sadly unfinished, John Biles and Rod M.'s ''Children of an Elder God'' is a must-read.
** @/LooneyToons: Note that an "incomplete" John Biles fic is almost never a DeadFic. Biles works on many projects simultaneously, and chapters for any of them may appear unexpectedly.
** Lightice: As mentioned in the Evangelion section, the quality of this initially wonderful fic falls steadily as it goes on. Do yourself a favour and skip the two final chapters, to avoid spoiling the wonderful experience for good.
** @/LooneyToons: As of August 2010, ''Children'' is complete.

''[[http://jusenkyo.wikia.com/wiki/Sic_Semper_Morituri Sic Semper Morituri]]'' by Daniel Jess Gibson (AU, FusionFic, crossover)
* Recommended by @/LooneyToons
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Synopsis'': ''Sic Semper Morituri'' by Daniel Jess Wilson is another take on the fusion of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and Creator/HPLovecraft, but from a different angle and with TimeTravel and a few extra crossover elements leavening the mix.
* ''Comments'': Incomplete but far from abandoned. (Does anyone have a guide or flow-chart for this? It's almost incomprehensible)
** It's really not that convoluted--it's just that it's ''long''. Fortunately, it's interesting and innovative enough that once the story got into its stride, this troper was hooked.

''[[http://www.maison-otaku.net/~rhea/Cthulhu/Shaggy The Insects from Shaggy; or, The Last Testament of Daphne Pickman]]'' by John Biles (crossover)
* Recommended by @/HeartBurnKid
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' reinterpreted in the style of the Cthulhu mythos. 'Nuff said.
* ''Comments'':
** @/MrScourge: Eh, not very good in my opinion. Scooby Doo characters are ''way'' out of character, there's a lot of strange irrelevant stuff about drugs and orgies, and there's some pretty bland writing too.

''[[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm A Colder War]]'' by Creator/CharlesStross (alternate history)
* Recommended by @/KhymChanur
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': An alternate history which asks "What would the UsefulNotes/ColdWar between the U.S. and the Soviet Union have been like if it had been set in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos world, with both sides stock-piling {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and meddling with [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Things Man Was Not Meant To Know]]?"
* ''Comments'':
** @/FishCalledWaldo: While we can get into fights about what 'Fanfiction' means over this later, I want to say that the semi-sequels by Stross in the semi-same universe are also amazing awesome. No links to raw text, as they're published works, but the names of the novels are ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atrocity_Archives The Atrocity Archives]]'' and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jennifer_Morgue The Jennifer Morgue.]]'' Those links should help enough to find them.
** Ofidian: If anything, this story is somehow ''darker'' than Lovecraft's original works. In the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Cthulhu Mythos]] upon which Stross based ''A Colder War,'' the worst that could happen to someone was that you'd end up dead, insane, or with your mind removed from your body by aliens. In Stross' novella, [[spoiler: the author manages to subject most or all of humanity to a combination of all three of those things.]]

''[[http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf A Study in Emerald]]'' by Creator/NeilGaiman
* Recommended by Lavanya Six
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': An alternate history Sherlock Holmes story where the Great Old Ones rose up and conquered humanity centuries ago.
* ''Comments'': Won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Also not the only HPL he wrote; both 'Only the end of the world again' and 'Bay Wolf' are about a werewolf (possibly private detective?) who lives in Innsmouth, while 'Shoggoth's Old Peculiar' is about a travelling student who stumbles upon Innsmouth.

''[[http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20041025/pumpkin-f.shtml The Great Old Pumpkin]]'' by John Aegard
* Recommended by Silver, @/{{Nabi}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Linus van Pelt of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' fame catalogs his mission to find the Great Old Pumpkin and the horrific results.
* ''Comments'': Though not set explicitly in the Cthulhu Mythos, the story mimics H.P. Lovecraft's style and cosmology exactly, which I think merits it a spot in here.

''[[http://owmysanity.comicgenesis.com/d/20091225.html Ow, My Sanity]]'' by Adam J. Thaxton
* Recommended by Tropers/K9Thefirst1
* ''Status'': On Hiatus
* ''Synopsis'': It's ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' as David Andrew Barlett of [[LovecraftCountry Glowbury MA]], an UnluckyEverydude of epic proportions accidentally walks in on a summoning ceremony for a Servant for EldritchAbomination Azaborath, who grants the desires of those who summon it. After killing everyone there (as is the wont of an Abomination), said servant comes to David, and he mentally wishes for someone "to give a crap about me for once." As anyone familiar with ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' knows, this counts as a wish, and a pact is made. Ow My Sanity: Puttin' the [[PowerOfLove Love]] back in [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]].
* ''Comments'': A web-comic that thus far has managed to avoid ScheduleSlip, though it's a bit early to tell thus far how long that will last. David seems like a fine analogue thus far for Keiichi in a Lovecraftian work: Whereas Keiichi just has rotton luck, David's family (aside from his sister, [[CrapsackWorld maybe]]) pretty much ignored him. Thus far, this seems like it'll be more of a LovecraftLite work since David didn't turn insane upon seeing [[TheUnpronounceable *mnlwejioajdflka*'s]] (or Nancy [[MythologyGag Alhazred]]) real form. It'll be interesting to see which end of the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism scale]] this gravitates to, or if it'll fit right in the middle, as well as how an EldritchAbomination learns both [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove about that weird Human thing called "Giving a Crap"]] and how to [[BecomeARealBoy Become A Real Human Girl]].
** ''Update'': The webcomic is no longer being updated.

''[[http://dark-precipice.deviantart.com/gallery/40555373/The-Little-Apartment-Building The Little Apartment Building]]'' by dark-precipice
* ''Recommended by'': Hokova
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A Multi-crossover of Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Stephen King and some more, a.k.a what would it look like if various (most part human) character lived under the same roof, not knowing, why did they survive their deaths yet... Dark humour/adventure/a bit of romance. (Pairing: Helen Vaughan of the Great God Pan and Wilbur Whateley)

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10216626/ The Other Side of the Street]]'' by Morris Kenyon
* ''Recommended by'': MaddKossack115
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': "Of all HP Lovecraft's stories, 'The Street', published in 1920, shows the more negative side of his writing, particularly his racism. Evil foreigners are plotting revolution. This short tale looks at the events of The Street from a different point of view, although I'm not sure HPL himself would have appreciated this."
* ''Comments:'' As the title suggests, this is a PerspectiveFlip of Lovecraft's now-infamous short story, 'The Street'. After establishing the basic synopsis of Lovecraft's original story (which details a street developing from a Colonial country lane to an "Evil Foreigner" infested slum, before the EsotericHappyEnding [[DiabolusExMachina has the buildings simultaneously collapse]], killing all the foreigners before they could carry out their anti-American revolution), "The Other Side of the Street" takes the perspective of an immigrant forced to live in the slums after being sacked from his old job. What follows is a ForegoneConclusion as the slums cave in catastrophically [[spoiler: killing everybody but the narrator, including his lover]], and what amounts to a RageAgainstTheAuthor when the narrator is outraged over how Americans (and in turn, Lovecraft), [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman think his people aren't human for being part of a "lesser race"]].

''[[https://malakialagatta.deviantart.com/art/LL-The-Statement-of-Randolph-Carter-pag1-398059928 Lovely Lovecraft]]'' by Sara Bardi (Malakialagatta)
* ''Recommended By'': CaptEquinox
* ''Status'': In Progress
* ''Synopsis'': A webcomic (now available in print) re-imagining the tales, the Elder Gods, and HPL and family, in a slightly manga-ish cartoon form. As the story goes, The Elder Gods have all been trapped into forms that can exist in the everyday waking world, mostly human (yicchk). The Phillips family fortune having been scuppered, Susie has brought young Howard to live in Arkham, in the home of Randolph Carter, who has disappeared. Investigating Carter's attic library, Howard accidentally summons a talky night-gaunt who fills him in on what's been happening and enlists his help to locate Carter. Wry humor and colorful, intricate art.

''[[https://sicherheitskultur.at/David%20Ehi%20Reverse%20Scam.htm DR DAVID EHI reverse scam]]''
* ''Recommended By'': Ulathon1
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Nigerian Businessman Dr. David Ehizojie [[FourOneNineScam needs a foreign partner for a multi-million dollar natural gas project]]. Through e-mail he comes in contact with Dr. Randolph Carter from Miskatonic University in Arkham, who needs money to finance his research into some fragmentary references to a god named "Cthulhu.". HilarityEnsues.

"Dispensation", short story by Tim Powers
* ''Recommended By'': CaptEquinox
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': The very last letter HPL sent in his life described a walk through Squantum Woods near Narragansett Bay, where he was met by ''"two tiny kittens"'' who played with and escorted him to the edge of the wood. Right out of a Carter dream-tale. He died just five months after this encounter. But who were these little furballs and what was their interest in the Old Gentleman? Find out as Tim Powers connects Lovecraft's heritage, a pair of latter-day Carter & Warren wannabees, and a compassionate goddess.

''[[https://www.wonkette.com/p/make-me-shub-niggurath-your-house Make Me, Shub-Niggurath, Your House Speaker, Or Be Cast Into Death Beyond Death, Mortals.]]'' by Gary Legum
* ''Recommended By'': Ulathon1
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Washington DC, October 2023. As the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives repeatedly fails to elect a new Speaker of the House and descends into chaos, a surprising candidate emerges ...


[[WMG:[[{{Shipping}} Shipping Fics]]]]
''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1083643 Chaos Crawls]]'' by sweetcarolanne
* ''Recommended by'': Slothbeetle
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A lonely dream warrior named Joseph Hyman seeks true love. Instead, he finds a breathtakingly handsome Outer God (see title).
* ''Comments'': Some may balk at any story in the Cthulhu Mythos that includes explicit sex, and most of the time, such objections are well-founded, but this example rises above those expectations. The author clearly loves Lovecraft's original stories, as evidenced by her use of the Dreamlands setting and sophisticated prose style. The original characters, both the human and the feline god, are organic to the universe, and Nyarlathotep's characterization is hauntingly accurate.
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[[WMG:[[{{Crossover}} Crossover Fics]]]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13641357/1/Dragon-of-the-Eldritch?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_fEenRmYOcw0J_05ex7wNBghxG_48uVGFDJa9yJWcu.g-1634684858-0-gqNtZGzNAmWjcnBszQq9 Dragon of the Eldritch]]'' by AkumaKami64
* ''Crossover With'': ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''
* ''Recommended by'': bf2234
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Synopsis'': Instead of a fallen angel, Issei is approached by a very different girl. One who takes great offence to attempts on Issei's life. The Supernatural realms of Earth are about to find out how small they really are, now that Azathoth has found her beloved. Issei steadily ascending into Eldritch-Godhood, a harem including female Eldritch, and various Cthulhu/Lovecraft elements.
* ''Comments'': Quite the interesting fic, especially with its 'for want of a nail' premise. Interactions between Aza Rafubuto(aka Azathoth) and Issei are surprisingly heartwarming.