Lovecraft Mythos Book (New & Classic Collection) - Flame Tree Publishing

Contains new stories specially commissioned for this collection. H.P. Lovecraft's shared universe is an exciting immersion into the world of the Great Old Ones and Elder Gods, an ancient race of terrifying beings. In Lovecraft's vision, we live in a deep but fragile illusion, unable to comprehend ancient entities like Cthulhu, who lies dead but dreaming in the sunken city of R'lyeh, waiting to rise and wreak havoc in our realm of existence.

Lovecraft used myth to create a backdrop for his fiction and challenged many fellow writers to add their own stories. Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner were among the first, but over the years many others, such as Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, and August Derleth, added their voices to the many mythical cycles, developing themes and new fictional paths for the city of Arkham and the creatures Azathoth and Nyarlathotep.

Lovecraft's mythos is fertile ground for any writer dealing with the supernatural, horror, fantasy, and science fiction, which is why in this edition we opened our submissions to brand new stories, many of which are published here for the first time, to further develop the shared universe.

Table of Contents:

Cthulhu-Seltzer by Hal Bodner

The Offspring by Evey Brett

Franklyn Paragraph by Ramsey Campbell

Foxfire Future by Helen E. Davis

Grave Secrets by JG Faherty

Opens a Window by Cody Goodfellow

Innsmouth of the South by Rachael K. Jones

Damages by Scott R. Jones

Black Ships Seen South of Heaven by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Always a Castle? by Nancy Kilpatrick

Let It Stand by N.R. Lambert

Out of Captivity – Victor LaValle

Whisper of Stars by Thana Niveau

My First Abomination by John Possidente

By Any Other Name by John Llewellyn Probert

A Gentleman from Mexico – Mark Samuels

Usurped by William Browning Spencer

Entirely Surrounded by Water by R.S. Steffoff

Shed a Tear for Asenath by Jonathan Thomas

Cloaca Maxima by Donald Tyson

Tracking the Black Book by Douglas Wynne

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