When all is madness... there is no madness. Is there wisdom in insanity? Enlightenment in blackest despair? Higher consciousness in the depths of chaos? These are the stories of the men and women who choose to cast off from the shores of our placid island of ignorance and sail the black seas of infinity beyond. Those who would dive into primeval consciousness in search of dark treasures. Thos who would risk the Deadly Light for one reason: it is still light. Martian Migraine Press presents fifteen diverse tales of enlightenment and horror from some of the best new voices working in Weird Fiction today. Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis features poetry from Bryan Thao Worra, stories by Gord Sellar, Kristi DeMeester, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, and the groundbreaking Mythos novella from Ruthanna Emrys, The Litany of Earth. With cover art by Alix Branwyn, interior illustrations by Michael Lee Macdonald, and an introduction by editor Scott R Jones (author of When The Stars Are Right: Towards An Authentic R'lyehian Spirituality), Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis will plunge readers into a seriously entertaining contemplation of the mysticism and magic inherent to Lovecraft's fantastical world of cosmic horror and dread. Take the Cthulhusattva Vow! Enter the Black Gnosis! Table of Contents The Pearl in the Shadows — Bryan Thao Worra Keys in Stranger Deserts — Vrai Kaiser Mr Johnson and the Old Ones — Jamie Mason Antinomia — Erica Ruppert Heiros Gamos — Gord Sellar Mother's Nature — Stefanie Elrick At the Left Hand of Nothing — Jayaprakash Satyamurthy The Litany of Earth — Ruthanna Emrys Emperor Eternal — Konstantine Paradias The Wicked Shall Come Upon Him — Kristi DeMeester Messages — John Linwood Grant That Most Foreign of Veils — Luke R J Maynard We Three Kings — Don Raymond Feeding the Abyss — Rhoads Brazos After Randolph Carter — Noah Wareness Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis edited by Scott R Jones 5.58.5″ trade paperback and electronic book formats ISBN 978-1-927673-16-4 Publication date: May 23, 2016 Distributed to the trade by Ingram
Authors
John Linwood Grant lives in Yorkshire with a pack of lurchers and a beard. He may also have a family. When he's not chronicling the adventures of Mr Bubbles, the slightly psychotic pony, he writes a range of supernatural, horror and speculative tales, some of which are actually published. You can find him every week on his website which celebrates weird fiction and weird art, greydogtales.com, often with his dogs.
I read, I write, I play the bass guitar. Reality isn't and stories won't save you from what is. But still. I live in Bangalore, India with my wife Yasmine and a hoard of feline masterminds as well as a handful of daft dogs.
Luke R. J. Maynard is a writer, poet, musician, literary scholar, and wearer of sundry other hats in the arts and letters. His poetry, short fiction, and scholarship have appeared in various collections across Canada and the United States, and his first CD, Desolation Sound, was released independently in 2018. Luke is best known as the author of the Travalaith Saga, an epic fantasy series that began with "The Season of the Plough" in July 2019, and continues with "The Season of the Cerulyn," released earlier this spring. He lives in Toronto, where he is studying the law and hard at work on a sequel.
Konstantine Paradias is a writer by choice. At the moment, he's published over 100 stories in English, Japanese, Romanian, German, Dutch and Portuguese and has worked in a freelancing capacity for videogames, screenplays and anthologies. People tell him he's got a writing problem but he can, like, quit whenever he wants, man. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His book, "Sorry, Wrong Country" is published by Rooster Republic Press.
Bryan Thao Worra is the first Laotian American writer to hold a Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is the award-winning author of several books including DEMONSTRA, On The Other Side Of The Eye, BARROW, Winter Ink, Tanon Sai Jai, Touching Detonations, and The Tuk-Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs. He is the creative works editor for the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and the Arts and Entertainment Editor for Asian American Press. He works actively to support the work of Lao and Southeast Asian American writers across the country.
