
Featuring new stories specially commissioned for the collection this offering of H.P. Lovecraft's shared universe is a thrilling immersion into the world of Old Ones and the Elder Gods, an ancient race of terrifying beings. In Lovecraft's vision we live in a deep, but fragile illusion, unable to comprehend the ancient beings, such as the Cthulhu who lies dead but dreaming in the submerged city of R'lyeh, waiting to rise then wreak havoc on our realm of existence. Lovecraft used the mythos to create a background to his fiction, and challenged many writer companions to add their own stories. Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner were amongst the first but over the years many others such as Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter and August Derleth added their voices to the many mythic cycles, developing themes and new fictional pathways for the town of Arkham, and the creatures Azathoth and Nyarlathotep. The Lovecraft Mythos is fertile ground for any writer of supernatural, horror, fantasy and science fiction, so for this edition we opened our submissions for brand new stories, many published here for the first time, to continue expanding the shared universe. Contents List:
- Haita the Shepherd by Ambrose Bierce
- Notebook Found in a Deserted Houseby Robert Bloch
- Cthulhu-Seltzer by Hal Bodner
- Offspring by Evey Brett
- The Franklyn Paragraphs by Ramsey Campbell
- The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers
- Foxfire Future by Helen E. Davis
- The Return of Hastur by August W. Derleth
- The Kith of the Elf-folk by Lord Dunsany
- Grave Secrets by JG Faherty
- He Opens a Window by Cody Goodfellow
- The Fire of Asshurbanipal by Robert E. Howard
- Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard
- The Innsmouth of the South by Rachael K. Jones
- The Damage by Scott R. Jones
- Black Ships Seen South of Heaven by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Always a Castle? by Nancy Kilpatrick
- The Hunt by Henry Kuttner
- Let It Stand by N.R. Lambert
- Up from Slavery by Victor LaValle
- Diary in the Snow by Fritz Leiber
- The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long
- Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft
- The History of the Necronominicon by H. P. Lovecraft
- Nyarlathotep by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Color Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Curse of Yig by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
- Out of the Aeons by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald
- The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
- The Whisper of Stars by Thana Niveau
- My First Abomination by John Possidente
- By Any Other Name by John Llewellyn Probert
- A Gentleman from Mexico by Mark Samuels
- The Beat of Averogine by Clark Ashton Smith
- Usurped by William Browning Spencer
- Entirely Surrounded by Water by R.S. Stefoff
- Shed a Tear for Asenath by Jonathan Thomas
- Cloaca Maxima by Donald Tyson
- Tracking the Black Book by Douglas Wynne
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