Lovecraft, Edward S Lauterbach, and 1973 Fanzine

From the seller:

THE DARK BROTHERHOOD JOURNAL #3
This 1973 copy of The Dark Brotherhood Journal #3 was published by George H. Record who started an organization for fans of Weird Tales magazine, Arkham House books and other macabre fiction and called it The Dark Brotherhood. The name came from an Arkham House book of stories and articles by and about H.P. Lovecraft. After producing a number of newsletters and several of these journals, George Record seemed to disappear and the organization was no more. We think these journals were produced in a very limited quantity because we have a membership roster which only listed 116 persons as members, including some famous-name honorary members. Cover by Craig Robertson.

Contents:
Ave (editorial) by George H. Record
Lovecraft in the British Thriller by Edward S. Lauterbach
Atlantis: The Temple by Edward S. Lauterbach
Witch House by Edward S. Lauterbach
Reprinting the Classics by J.B. Post
The Second Passenger by Basil Copper
About Bram Stoker by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. (includes a bibliography of Stoker's work)

1979: Barlow Articlebarl

Journal of the H.P. Lovecraft Soceity #1.2 (October 1979)
Edited by Scott Connors
36 pages
Contents:
* cover photos of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Robert Howard Barlow
* comprised of one long article on R.H. Barlow by Kenneth Faig Jr., with many photos

JOURNAL OF THE H. P. LOVECRAFT SOCIETY (1979)

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While this is named for HPL, this particular issue was devoted to Barlow. At this time, Lovecraft had been dead over 40 years, and the late 1970's became a sort of renaissance for understanding the legends and perspectives of Lovecraft, his time, and his circle of friends and colleagues.
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JOURNAL OF THE H. P. LOVECRAFT SOCIETY. 1979 (number 2). // Richmond, CA: H. P. Lovecraft Society, 1979 (number 2) Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. The whole of this issue comprises "R. H. Barlow," a illustrated biography by Kenneth Faig, Jr.

Lovecraft's Legacy: 1974

Nyctalops, Vol. 2, No. 2 (#9) July 1974

Front Cover by Dennis Tiani
The Four Faces of The Outsider by Dirk Mosig
In Search of Yig by John Koblas
The Horror Film Yith by Walter DeBill, Jr,
Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Sex by R. Alain Everts
Artfolio by Hermut Weske
Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Photographs by R. Alain Everts
H. P. Lovecraft: The Early Years (Part 2) by Kenneth Faig, Jr.

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New Clue: Could HPL Have Ever Been a Spy?

The answer apparently is yes. However, not between 1923 and 1926 with Houdini (we are still searching for THAT smoking gun) but in 1917 !!

Faig (1) reports in his 1999 essay that a 1948 memoir by Michael White (d. 1960) entitled "Fond Memories that Linger On" (The Fossil, January 1948) states Lovecraft collaborated with a paid British agent to exacerbate an Irish enclave of activists. Lovecraft presented the United Amateur Press Association at a Boston literary club in 1917 to which White was in attendance. White states that he knew of Demarest Loyd, a dandy-dressed English sympathizer was paid to out Irish (IRA) sympathizers. He enlisted Lovecraft's help - or they at least stumbled into one another's arms.

As usual, HPL was inconsistent in his vehemence, though. He adored Lord Dunsany, and probably did not know he was an IRA sympathizer. He attacked (2), though a series of published letters, John T. Dunn - a freind - and some of HPL's vitriolic spume spilled into the pages of The Conservative. White, himself, was a sympathizer. White was a close friend to Edith Miniter after HPL introduced the two of them. (Miniter once fancied by Lovecraft - see blog entry). Miniter's mother was keen on writing verse in Irish fashion.

This tantalizing bit of "historicical" gossip shows that Lovecraft was quite capable of espionage leanings. He was never shy about berating those he keenly felt were wrong-headed and dangerous to his personal belief systems.

Loyd had a Kentucky connection, having been stationed at Camp Zachary taylor in Oct 1918. He was born in Chicago in 1883 making him older than HPL - always a plus, since Lovecraft gravitated to older men. Both of his degrees were from Harvard making him a Boston mainstay. Lovecraft's Uncle lived in Boston. Loyd's British airs probably (?) reminded him of HPL's father.

1. Kenneth W Faig, Jr, The Unknown Lovecraft I: Political Operative, Crypt of Cthulhu 103, Vol. 19, No.,1, 1999
2. S T Joshi, "H P Lovecraft: Letters to John T Dunn", Books at Brown, Vol. 38&39, 1991-1992, published 1995, Providence, RI.