The Book of Cthulhu Author:Ross E. Lockhart (Editor) Tales Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. — The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century''s most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of it... more »s own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil. The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales. From weird fiction masters to enigmatic rising stars, The Book of Cthulhu demonstrates how Mythos fiction has been a major cultural meme throughout the 20th century, and how this type of story is still salient, and terribly powerful today.
Contents:
Introduction / Ross E. Lockhart --
Andromeda Among the Stones / Caitlin R. Kiernan; --
The Tugging / Ramsey Campbell; --
A Colder War / Charles Stross; --
The Unthinkable / Bruce Sterling; --
Flash Frame / Silvia Moreno-Garcia; --
Some Buried Memory / W. H. Pugmire; --
The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins / Molly Tanzer; --
Fat Face / Michael Shea; --
Shoggoths in Bloom / Elizabeth Bear; --
Black Man with a Horn / T.E.D. Klein; --
Than Curse the Darkness / David Drake; --
Jeroboam Henley's Debt / Charles R. Saunders; --
Nethescurial / Thomas Ligotti; --
Calamari Curls / Kage Baker; --
Jihad Over Innsmouth / Edward Morris; --
Bad Sushi / Cherie Priest; --
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife / John Hornor Jacobs; --
The Doom That Came to Innsmouth / Brian McNaughton; --
Lost Stars / Ann K. Schwader; --
The Oram County Whoosit / Steve Duffy; --
The Crawling Sky / Joe R. Lansdale; --
The Fairground Horror / Brian Lumley; --
Cinderlands / Tim Pratt; --
Lord of the Land / Gene Wolfe; --
To Live and Die in Arkham / Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.; --