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Joseph Vernon Shea (1912-1981) was an American author of horror, fantasy, poetry, and essays; and a correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and August Derleth.

Shea was born in Dayton, Kentucky, the son of a professional magician. When corresponding with Lovecraft in 1931-1937, he resided in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shea later served overseas in the Army Medical Corps, then returned to civilian life and worked as a metallurgist in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a long-time member of the "Esoteric Order of Dagon" Amateur Press Association at the time of his sudden accidental death.

Stories

 * "The Necronomicon". (Written before Lovecraft's death in 1937; Lovecraft read and annotated the manuscript.)
 * "The Old Lady's Room". August Derleth, ed., Over the Edge. Arkham House, 1964.
 * "Five-Year Contract". Magazine of Horror, September 1964.
 * "The Flaw". Magazine of Horror, Spring 1967.
 * "The Haunter of the Graveyard". August Derleth, ed., Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. Arkham House, 1969.
 * "Icarus Climbs Toward the Sun". The Dark Brotherhood Journal, No. 2, 1972.
 * "Dead Giveaway". Outré, 1976. Reprinted in Robert M. Price, ed., The New Lovecraft Circle. Fedogan & Bremer, 1996. ISBN 187825216X.
 * '"The Snouted Thing". 1979. Reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991. Posthumous collaboration with Lovecraft.
 * "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit". Whispers, No. 15-16 (Vol. 4, No. 3-4), March 1982.

Poems

 * "When Artists Die"
 * "Look to the Skies"
 * "The Dream-World of H.P. Lovecraft"
 * "We tire of tyrants...”
 * "A Walk in Providence"
 * "H.P.L.’s Gravestone"
 * "So Little Time Beneath the Stars"
 * "Impermanence"
 * "Better Days?"
 * "What Good Is a Book?"
 * "Roses Blooming in November"
 * "Here at Swan Point"
 * "Tomorrow"
 * (All above reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991.)

Essays

 * "H. P. Lovecraft: The House and the Shadows." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1966. (Memoir of Lovecraft.)
 * "H.P.L. and Films". 1972. Reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991.
 * "The Lovecraftian Saga". 1976. Reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991.
 * "H. P. Lovecraft and Samuel Johnson: A Comparison". 1978. Reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991.
 * "The Timeless Lovecraft". 1979. Reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991.
 * The Outsider. 1979. Reprinted in In Search of Lovecraft, 1991.
 * "On the Literary Influences Which Shaped Lovecraft’s Works". S.T. Joshi, ed., H. P. Lovecraft: Four Decades of Criticism. Ohio State University Press, 1980. ISBN 0821405772, ISBN 9780821405772.
 * "An Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos". Fantasy Empire Presents H. P. Lovecraft. Tampa FL: New Media Publishing, 1984.

Books

 * Strange Desires. Lion Books, 1954. (Edited short-story anthology.)
 * Strange Barriers. Lion Books, 1955. Reprinted: Pyramid Books, 1961. (Edited short-story anthology.)


 * H.P. Lovecraft: The House and the Shadows. West Warwick RI: Necronomicon Press, 1982. (1966 essay in chapbook.)
 * In Search Of Lovecraft. West Warwick RI: Necronomicon Press, 1991. ISBN 0940884399, ISBN 9780940884397. (Collection of essays, fiction, and poetry.)

Periodicals

 * Outré. (Science fiction fanzine.)