Synopses & Reviews
Modern Masters of Terror
The works of H. P. Lovecraft have inspired brilliant writers for decades, leading Stephen King to call him the “twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”
S.T. Joshi–the twenty-first century’s preeminent expert on all things Lovecraftian–gathers greatest modern acolytes, including Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shea, Brian Stableford, Nicholas Royle, Darrell Schweitzer and W.H.Pugmire, each of whom serves up a new masterpiece of cosmic terror that delves deep into the human psyche to horrify and disturb.
Synopsis
Editor S.T. Joshi has assembled 18 brand-new stories of cosmic mayhem and terror, by Jason V. Brock, Rick Dakan, Jason C. Eckhardt, Brian Evenson, Tom Fletcher, Richard Gavin, Caitlin R. Kiernan, John Langan, Nick Mamatas, Nicholas Royle, Darrell Schweitzer, John Shirley, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Don Webb, and Chet Williamson.
When Death Wakes Me to Myself by John Shirley
View by Tom Fletcher
Houndwife by Caitlin R. Kiernan
King of Cat Swamp by Jonathan Thomas
Dead Media by Nick Mamatas
The Abject by Richard Gavin
Dahlias by Melanie Tem
Bloom by John Langan
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead by Jason C. Eckhardt
Casting Call by Don Webb
The Clockwork King, the Queen of Glass, and the Man with the Hundred Knives by Darrell Schweitzer
The Other Man by Nicholas Royle
Waiting at the Crossroads Motel by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wilcox Remainder by Brian Evenson
Correlated Discontents by Rick Dakan
The Skinless Face by Donald Tyson
The History of a Letter by Jason V Brock
Appointed by Chet Williamson
Synopsis
The second volume in a thrilling new Lovecraftian horror anthology series featuring spine-tingling tales from Caitl n R. Kiernan, John Shirley, and more Editor S.T. Joshi has assembled 18 brand-new stories of cosmic mayhem and terror, by Jason V. Brock, Rick Dakan, Jason C. Eckhardt, Brian Evenson, Tom Fletcher, Richard Gavin, Caitl n R. Kiernan, John Langan, Nick Mamatas, Nicholas Royle, Darrell Schweitzer, John Shirley, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Don Webb, and Chet Williamson.
Including:
When Death Wakes Me to Myself by John Shirley
View by Tom Fletcher
Houndwife by Caitl n R. Kiernan
King of Cat Swamp by Jonathan Thomas
Dead Media by Nick Mamatas
The Abject by Richard Gavin
Dahlias by Melanie Tem
Bloom by John Langan
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead by Jason C. Eckhardt
Casting Call by Don Webb
The Clockwork King, the Queen of Glass, and the Man with the Hundred Knives by Darrell Schweitzer
The Other Man by Nicholas Royle
Waiting at the Crossroads Motel by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wilcox Remainder by Brian Evenson
Correlated Discontents by Rick Dakan
The Skinless Face by Donald Tyson
The History of a Letter by Jason V Brock
Appointed by Chet Williamson
About the Author
When Death Wakes Me to Myself by John Shirley
View by Tom Fletcher
Houndwife by Caitlín R. Kiernan
King of Cat Swamp by Jonathan Thomas
Dead Media by Nick Mamatas
The Abject by Richard Gavin
Dahlias by Melanie Tem
Bloom by John Langan
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead by Jason C. Eckhardt
Casting Call by Don Webb
The Clockwork King, the Queen of Glass, and the Man with the Hundred Knives by Darrell Schweitzer
The Other Man by Nicholas Royle
Waiting at the Crossroads Motel by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wilcox Remainder by Brian Evenson
Correlated Discontents by Rick Dakan
The Skinless Face by Donald Tyson
The History of a Letter by Jason V Brock
Appointed by Chet Williamson
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