Synopses & Reviews
For decades, H. P. Lovecraft's masterpiece of terror has inspired writers with its gripping account of a village whose inhabitants have surrendered to an ancient and hideous evil. In this companion to the acclaimed anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth, World Fantasy Award winning editor Stephen Jones has assembled eleven of today's most prominent and well-respected horror authors - the finest of the Lovecraftian acolytes.. Included is Lovecraft's own unpublished draft of The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
"Introduction: Weird Shadows..." by Stephen Jones
"Discarded Draft of 'The Shadows Over Innsmouth'" by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Quest for Y'ha-nthlei" by John Glasby
"Brackish Waters" by Richard A. Lupoff
"Voices in the Water" by Basil Copper
"Another Fish Story" by Kim Newman
"Take Me to the River" by Paul McAuley
"The Coming" by Hugh B. Cave
"Eggs" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6" by Caitlín R. Kiernan
"Raised by the Moon" by Ramsey Campbell
"Fair Exchange" by Michael Marshall Smith
"The Taint" by Brian Lumley
Synopsis
A World Fantasy Award-winning editor brings together the works of today's most talented Lovecraftian writers in this horror anthology inspired by The Shadow Over Innsmouth For decades, H. P. Lovecraft's masterpiece of terror has inspired writers with its gripping account of a village whose inhabitants have surrendered to an ancient and hideous evil. In this companion to the acclaimed anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth, World Fantasy Award-winning editor Stephen Jones has assembled eleven of today's most prominent and well-respected horror authors--the finest of the Lovecraftian acolytes. Included is Lovecraft's own unpublished draft of The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Introduction: Weird Shadows... by Stephen Jones
Discarded Draft of 'The Shadows Over Innsmouth' by H. P. Lovecraft
The Quest for Y'ha-nthlei by John Glasby
Brackish Waters by Richard A. Lupoff
Voices in the Water by Basil Copper
Another Fish Story by Kim Newman
Take Me to the River by Paul McAuley
The Coming by Hugh B. Cave
Eggs by Steve Rasnic Tem
From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6 by Caitl n R. Kiernan
Raised by the Moon by Ramsey Campbell
Fair Exchange by Michael Marshall Smith
The Taint by Brian Lumley
About the Author
Stephen Jones is a leading expert on horror and is the author of the Illustrated Movie Guide series. He is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, four Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards and three International Horror Guild Awards as well as being a twenty-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award and a Hugo Award nominee.