I normally just chuckle at new themed anthologies of new Lovecraft stories, as they reach for ever-more obscure and outre topic hooks on which to hang the anthology. But I’ll make an exception for a valiant effect to incorporate Cumbria, in northern England, into the Mythos.

Cumbrian Cthulhu Complete Short Stories Volumes 1-4 is a 650-page hardback whopper, newly listed in Lulu. Perhaps in a new edition, since Google Books has it at 2015 but perhaps that was a paperback. In the book…

“all the stories are set somewhere in the Cumbrian region and are based around the themes of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The stories are a tribute to both the mythos of H.P.Lovecraft and the awesome beauty and rich history of the Lake District.”

“All profits from the publishing of the Cumbrian Cthulhu book will be donated to LDSAMRA, the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association.”

If you want to try some of the stories, several are free on the Cumbrian Cthulhu blog.

So far as I know, Lovecraft had no ancestral connection with Cumbria, as he did with its neighbouring Northumbria (Hexham and district). Although he does have the Curwens as hailing from there…

“the Curwens were of the most ancient armigerous [i.e.: a recognised Scots clan] Cumbrian lineage, probably descended from the early Kings of Scots”.