The children of Cthulhu : chilling new tales inspired by H.P. Lovecraft / edited by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937.

Pelan, John

Adams, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937--Parodies, imitations, etc.

Lovecraft, H. P.

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937.

Horror tales, American.

Horror tales, English.

Genre:

Parodies, imitations, etc.

Fiction.

Parodies (Literature)

Physical Description:

x, 469 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Pub., 2002.

Summary:

In 21 dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with disturbing tales set in a misbegotten new world that could only have been spawned by H. P. Lovecraft himself.

Contents:

Introduction: the call of lovecraft / John Pelan and Benjamin Adams

Details / China Miéville

Visitation / James Robert Smith

The invisible empire / James Van Pelt

A Victorian pot dresser / L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims

The cabin in the woods / Richard Laymon

The stuff of the stars, leaking / Tim Lebbon

Sour places / Mark Chadbourn

Meet me on the other side / Yvonne Navarro

That's the story of my life / John Pelan and Benjamin Adams

Long Meg and her daughters / Paul Finch

A fatal exception has occurred at... / Alan Dean Foster

Dark of the moon / James S. Dorr

Red clay / Michael Reaves

Principles and parameters / Meredith L. Patterson

Are you loathsome tonight? / Poppy Z. Brite

The serenade of starlight / W. H. Pugmire, Esq.

Outside / Steve Rasnic Tem

Nor the demons down under the sea / Caitlin R. Kiernan

A spectacle of a man / Weston Ochse

The firebrand symphony / Brian Hodge

Teeth / Matt Cardin.

ISBN:

0345449266

0345441087

OCLC:

48077390