The book of Cthulhu: 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 its 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. Table of Contents: Caitlin R. Kiernan - Andromeda among the Stones Ramsey Campbell - The Tugging Charles Stross - A Colder War Bruce Sterling - The Unthinkable Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Flash Frame W. H. Pugmire - Some Buried Memory Molly Tanzer - The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins Michael Shea - Fat Face Elizabeth Bear - Shoggoths in Bloom T. E. D. Klien - Black Man With A Horn David Drake - Than Curse the Darkness Charles Saunders - Jeroboam Henley''s Debt Thomas Ligotti - Nethescurial Kage Baker - Calamari Curls Edward Morris - Jihad over Innsmouth Cherie Priest - Bad Sushi John Hornor Jacobs - The Dream of the Fisherman''s Wife Brian McNaughton - The Doom that Came to Innsmouth Ann K. Schwader - Lost Stars Steve Duffy - The Oram County Whoosit Joe R. Lansdale - The Crawling Sky Brian Lumley - The Fairground Horror Tim Pratt - Cinderlands Gene Wolfe - Lord of the Land Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. - To Live and Die in Arkham John Langan - The Shallows Laird Barron - The Men from Porlock Introduction -- Ross E. Lockhart Andromeda among the stones -- Caitlín 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. The shallows -- John Langan The men from Porlock -- Laird Barron. Harvests some of the weirdest and most corpulent crop of the modern mythos tales. From weird fiction masters to enigmatic rising stars, this title demonstrates how Mythos fiction has been a major cultural meme throughout the 20th century, and how this type of story is still salient.