Editing Arkham (section)

==Appearances==

===Lovecraft's fiction===
''Dates are the year written.''

Arkham first appeared in Lovecraft's short story "[[The Picture in the House]]"<ref name="The Dunwich horror and others">{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=The Dunwich horror and others|date=1963|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540378|page=[https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/117 117]|edition=corrected 7. printing|url=https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/117}}</ref> (1920), which is also the first to mention "Miskatonic".<ref name="The Dunwich horror and others"/>

It appears in other stories by Lovecraft, including:
* "[[Herbert West–Reanimator]]" (1921–[[1922 in literature|1922]]); first story to mention "Miskatonic University"<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lovecraft|first1=H. P.|others= selected by August Derleth, text edited by S. T. Joshi, introduction by T. E. D. Klein|title=Dagon and other macabre tales|date=1987|publisher=Arkham House Publishers|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540394|page=133|edition=Corr. 5th print.}}</ref>
* "[[The Unnamable (short story)|The Unnamable]]" (1923)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lovecraft|first1=H. P.|others= selected by August Derleth, text edited by S. T. Joshi, introduction by T. E. D. Klein|title=Dagon and other macabre tales|date=1987|publisher=Arkham House Publishers|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540394|page=200|edition=Corr. 5th print.}}</ref>
* "[[The Silver Key]]" (1926)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=At the mountains of madness, and other novels|date=1985|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, WI|isbn=0870540386|page=413|edition=Corr. 7. print.}}</ref>
* "[[The Colour Out of Space]]" (1927)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P. |last1=Lovecraft |others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch |editor=S. T. Joshi|title=The Dunwich horror and others|date=1963|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540378|page=[https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/53 53]|edition=corrected 7. printing|url=https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/53}}</ref>
* "[[The Dunwich Horror]]" (1928)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=The Dunwich horror and others|date=1963|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540378|page=[https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/165 165]|edition=corrected 7. printing|url=https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/165}}</ref>
* "[[The Whisperer in Darkness]]"  (1930); Albert N. Wilmarth is described as a folklorist and assistant professor of English at Miskatonic University.
* ''[[At the Mountains of Madness]]'' (1931); one of the ships is named ''Arkham'' and the expedition that is the story’s subject is commissioned and financed by Miskatonic University<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=At the mountains of madness, and other novels|date=1985|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, WI|isbn=0870540386|page=6|edition=Corr. 7. print.}}</ref>
* ''[[The Shadow over Innsmouth]]'' (1931)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=The Dunwich horror and others|date=1963|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540378|page=[https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/305 305]|edition=corrected 7. printing|url=https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/305}}</ref>
* "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]" (1932)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=At the mountains of madness, and other novels|date=1985|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, WI|isbn=0870540386|page=262|edition=Corr. 7. print.}}</ref>
* "[[Through the Gates of the Silver Key]]" (1932–1933)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=At the mountains of madness, and other novels|date=1985|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, WI|isbn=0870540386|page=422|edition=Corr. 7. print.}}</ref>
* "[[The Thing on the Doorstep]]" (1933); first to mention "Arkham Sanitarium"<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft |others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S. T. Joshi|title=The Dunwich horror and others|date=1963|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540378|page=[https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/276 276]|edition=corrected 7. printing|url=https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/276}}</ref>
* "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]" (1934–1935)<ref>{{cite book|first1=H. P.|last1=Lovecraft|others=selected by August Derleth, introduction by Robert Bloch|editor=S.T. Joshi|title=The Dunwich horror and others|date=1963|publisher=Arkham House|location=Sauk City, Wis.|isbn=0870540378|page=[https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/370 370]|edition=corrected 7. printing|url=https://archive.org/details/dunwichhorroroth0000love/page/370}}</ref>

=== Other appearances ===
* [[Arkham Asylum]] is a high-security asylum in the [[DC Universe]], run by the [[Eponym|eponymous]] Amadeus Arkham, where many [[Gotham City]] [[supervillains]], including the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]], are kept under guard.<ref name="Unauthorised">{{cite book |last=O'Neil |first=Dennis |url=https://archive.org/details/batmanunauthoriz0000unse/page/111 |title=Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City |publisher=BenBella Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-933771-30-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/batmanunauthoriz0000unse/page/111 111]}}</ref> Editor [[Jack C. Harris]] and writer [[Dennis O'Neil]] picked the name as a homage to Lovecraft.<ref name="Dark Age">{{cite book|title=The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics|last1=Voger|first1=Mark|last2=Voglesong|first2=Kathy|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|year=2006|isbn=1-893905-53-5|page=5}}</ref> 
* ''[[Arkham Horror]]'' is a cooperative adventure board-game based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Players explore the town of Arkham while attempting to stop unmentionable horrors from spilling into the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34/arkham-horror|title=Arkham Horror|website=Board Game Geek|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[Splatterhouse (2010 video game)|Splatterhouse]]'' takes place in Arkham, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/splatterhouse-easter-eggs-and-references-guide/|title=Splatterhouse easter eggs and references guide|first=Jeff|last=McAllister |date=2010-12-07|website=gamesradar}}</ref>
* ''[[The Haunted Palace]],'' the 1963 film directed by [[Roger Corman]] and based on H. P. Lovecraft's novella ''[[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward]],'' is set in Arkham.
* Arkham appears in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]],'' season 2, episode 32, titled ''The Collect Call of Cthulhu'' (October 27, 1987), when members of the Ghostbusters go to Miskatonic University to get information on how to stop [[Cthulhu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Real Ghostbusters (a Titles & Air Dates Guide) |url=http://epguides.com/RealGhostbusters/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119095529/http://epguides.com/RealGhostbusters/ |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |access-date=November 18, 2015 |website=Episode Guides}}</ref>
* ''[[Suitable Flesh]]'', a 2023 film starring [[Heather Graham]], directed by [[Joe Lynch (director)|Joe Lynch]], and based on the H.P. Lovecraft story ''[[The Thing on the Doorstep]]'', takes place in Arkham. Character Asa Waite is a student at [[Arkham#Miskatonic University|Miskatonic University]].

=== Novels ===
* Arkham is the primary setting of Steven Philip Jones' ''Lovecraftian: The Shipwright Circle,'' part of his ''Lovecraftian'' series which reimagines the weird tales of [[H. P. Lovecraft]] into one single universal modern epic.
* Arkham is the setting the 2006 anthology ''[[Arkham Tales]]'' published by [[Chaosium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Arkham Tales|url=http://www.chaosium.com/arkham-tales/|website=Chaosium|access-date=March 3, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317041851/http://www.chaosium.com/arkham-tales/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In the 2005 novel ''[[The Arcanum (novel)|The Arcanum]]'', Lovecraft himself is said to have been involved in solving a case involving a witch cult in Arkham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Arcanum |url=https://www.librarything.com/work/382540 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231219061003/https://www.librarything.com/work/382540 |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=LibraryThing}}</ref>
* Arkham is mentioned in two novels by [[Charles Stross]]. In ''[[The Atrocity Archives]]'', a philosopher is attracted to Arkham due to the "unique library" there.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Atrocity Archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4fG4aVdvAMC&q=arkham&pg=PT47|access-date=March 3, 2015|ref=Arkham has a really unique library, you know|isbn = 9781101208847|last1 = Stross|first1 = Charles|date = January 3, 2006| publisher=Penguin }}</ref> In ''[[The Jennifer Morgue]]'', the occult branch of the American intelligence community, code-named "[[Black Chamber]]", is headquartered in Arkham.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Jennifer Morgue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNvJTW0mL1EC&q=arkham|access-date=December 20, 2015|ref=Overseas Operation Directorate, based out of Arkham|isbn = 9780748124145|last1 = Stross|first1 = Charles|date = November 4, 2010| publisher=Little, Brown Book }}</ref>