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Campbell had already been attracted to the weird field before he read H. P.

Lovecraft.

His earliest stories, written in 1957-58, when Campbell was but eleven years of age, comprised a collection called Ghostly Tales.

( This collection of juvenilia was eventually published as a special issue of Crypt of Cthulhu magazine titled-Ghostly Tales-Crypt of Cthulhu 6, No 8, whole number 50, Michaelmas 1987, edited by Robert M. Price ).

Another issue of this magazine-Crypt of Cthulhu No 43 ( Hallowmas 1983 ), titled The Tomb-Herd and Others collects various early stories including some early drafts of tales later published revised in Campbell's first book, The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants ( Arkham House, 1964 ).