The Esoteric Order of Dagon (EOD.) is an amateur press association (APA) devoted to scholarship related to H.P. Lovecraft and the works of the Weird Tales school of writers. Its origins date back to 1971 when Texan writer Joseph F. Pumilia (a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop) and Bill Wallace conceived the idea of a Lovecraft APA. Two years later Roger Bryant, an Ohio devotee, founded the society, taking its name from the order of degenerated fish-like humans who worship the god Dagon in Lovecraft's novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931).
As with other APAs, each member (or acolyte) of the Esoteric Order of Dagon is required to contribute a specified minimum number of pages a year to the group's zine. These are sent to the elected editor who collates the articles and adds other content such as an editorial, membership roster, contents page, dues and obligations etc, before posting these out to members.
Joe Mouldry replaced Roger Bryant as EOD editor in the late 1970s and he was in turn followed by Bernadette Bosky. The fourth editor was Mollie Werba (1980-87). S. T. Joshi became the fifth official editor in 1987 and continued to undertake this role for more than two decades.
Among the Australian members and contributors to the Esoteric Order of Dagon is Leigh Blackmore.
