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Post by andydecker on Feb 18, 2012 10:06:11 GMT
Ross E. Lockhart The Book of Cthulhu Nightshade Books 2011
Content:
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. Klein - Black Man With A Horn David Drake - Than Curse the Darkness Charles R. 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
Another reprint anthology with Lovecraft tales. A lot of new(er), some classics, a typical case of the good, the bad and the ugly.
Ramsey Campbell - The Tugging First publ. 1976. The idea has often been done since then, still a good read.
Charles Stross - A Colder War First publ. 2000. What if the Cold War and Irangate were fought with the Old Ones? A great story.
W. H. Pugmire - Some Buried Memory First publ. 2011. A story firmly placed in necrophilic CAS territory. CAS is so hard to do and few writers get him. Pugmire does it.
Molly Tanzer - The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins First publ. 2011. A historical tale in Jane Austen land. It was a bit rough in parts, but I quite liked it.
Michael Shea - Fat Face First publ. 1987. Hollywood Boulevard meets Shoggoths. Well, Hollywood Boulevard with drugged whores. Has a great atmosphere.
T. E. D. Klein - Black Man With A Horn first publ. 1980. I read this a long time ago, and it is still is a marvelous tale.
David Drake - Than Curse the Darkness A really violent tale of imperialistic Congo where suddenly there is a new god in the jungle, while the sadistic belgian overseers terrorize and maim the natives. In comes the demon-huntress from Europe. The two elements don´t mesh particulary well.
Edward Morris - Jihad over Innsmouth First publ. 2008. High concept. An islamic terrorist comes to America to fight against the Innsmouth people. But he has to discover that his target is on the same flight.
Cherie Priest - Bad Sushi First publ. 2006. A japanese WWII veteran is working as a shushi cook in America. Suddenly the restaurant gets a a new supllier, and the smell of this particular fish triggers a memory of an incident in the war where he encountered the Deep Ones. While the guests are transformed into hypnotized zombies, the cook takes his shushi-knifes for a last fight. Suspenseful story which would made a terrific little B-Movie.
Brian McNaughton - The Doom that Came to Innsmouth First publ. 1999. A tough story which combines the Deep Ones and Civil Rights with the serial killer. McNaughton was so good as a writer.
Joe R. Lansdale - The Crawling Sky First publ. 2009. A typical Lansdale western of Texas where everybody is either inbred or vicious. And there is a thing in the well. Reverend Jebediah Mercer to the rescue with his colts. Not really anything new here, but nicely written.
Brian Lumley - The Fairground Horror First publ. 1976. Still the train-wreck as I remembered. Embraces the Derleth school of Lovecraft which transformes Cosmic Horror into micromanaging two-bit monsters. Still, as a refresher course in Lovecraft lore it still works.
Laird Barron - The Men from Porlock First publ. 2011. It is 1923 in woodcutter country. Young Axeman and WWI veteran Miller goes on a hunting trip with some co-workers which goes terrible awry when they stumble upon a strange village. Suspenseful story, very well written. Would also make a terrific little horror-movie, down to the clever ending.
I bought this as a Kindle and was pleasantly surprised. Very entertaining and gave me a lots of tips.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 18, 2012 11:54:34 GMT
Brian McNaughton - The Doom that Came to Innsmouth When did I click on this?
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Post by andydecker on Feb 18, 2012 15:55:07 GMT
When did I click on this? Tales out of Innsmouth?
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