▁professional ▁sale ▁of ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Howard , ▁who ▁would ▁become ▁famous ▁as ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁Con an ▁the ▁Bar bar ian . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁Wright ▁added ▁a ▁" We ird ▁T ales ▁repr int " ▁department , ▁which ▁show c ased ▁old ▁weird ▁stories , ▁typically ▁horror ▁class ics . ▁ ▁O ften ▁these ▁were ▁transl ations , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁the ▁appearance ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁was ▁the ▁story ' s ▁first ▁appearance ▁in ▁English . ▁ ▁Wright ▁initially ▁rejected ▁Love craft ' s ▁" The ▁Call ▁of ▁C th ul hu ", ▁but ▁eventually ▁bought ▁it , ▁and ▁printed ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁February ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁issue . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁tale ▁of ▁the ▁C th ul hu ▁M yth os , ▁a ▁fict ional ▁universe ▁in ▁which ▁Love craft ▁set ▁several ▁stories . ▁ ▁Over ▁time ▁other ▁writers ▁began ▁to ▁contribute ▁their ▁own ▁stories ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁shared ▁background , ▁including ▁Frank ▁Bel kn ap ▁Long , ▁August ▁Der le th , ▁E . ▁Hoff mann ▁Price , ▁and ▁Donald ▁W and rei . ▁ ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Howard ▁and ▁Clark ▁As ht on ▁Smith ▁were ▁friends ▁of ▁Love craft ' s , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁contribute ▁C th ul hu ▁stories ; ▁instead ▁Howard ▁wrote ▁sword ▁and ▁sor c ery ▁fiction , ▁and ▁Smith ▁produced ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁high ▁fant asy ▁stories , ▁many ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁Hyper b ore an ▁cycle