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Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft's shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos. In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft.

Contents:

• vii - Introduction: The Call of Lovecraft - essay by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams
• 1 - Details - shortstory by China Miéville
• 21 - Visitation - shortstory by James Robert Smith
• 33 - The Invisible Empire - novelette by James Van Pelt
• 57 - A Victorian Pot Dresser - novelette by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims
• 85 - The Cabin in the Woods - novelette by Richard Laymon
• 109 - The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking - shortstory by Tim Lebbon
• 125 - Sour Places - shortstory by Mark Chadbourn
• 141 - Meet Me on the Other Side - shortstory by Yvonne Navarro
• 161 - That's the Story of My Life - shortstory by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams
• 181 - Long Meg and Her Daughters - novella by Paul Finch
• 243 - A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At ... - shortstory by Alan Dean Foster
• 261 - Dark of the Moon - shortstory by James S. Dorr
• 275 - Red Clay - shortstory by Michael Reaves [as by J. Michael Reaves ]
• 291 - Principles and Parameters - novelette by Meredith L. Patterson
• 325 - Are You Loathsome Tonight? - (1998) - shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite
• 331 - The Serenade of Starlight - shortstory by W. H. Pugmire (variant of Serenade of Starlight) [as by W. H. Pugmire, Esq. ]
• 345 - Outside - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 355 - Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea - [Dandridge Cycle] - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• 371 - A Spectacle of a Man - shortstory by Weston Ochse
• 389 - The Firebrand Symphony - (2001) - novelette by Brian Hodge
• 437 - Teeth - novelette by Matt Cardin
• 463 - Notes on the Contributors (Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft) - essay by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams

A tribute anthology to the late Bard of Auburn, Clark Ashton Smith. These tales of dark fantasy and horror deal with love and lust, despair and debauchery. Each story is told in the author's own voice and style (these are not pastiches), and evokes the last days of a dying earth.

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime.

For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle's peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself.

In this collection of all-new, all-original tales, twenty of today's most cutting edge writers provide their answers to that burning question.

"A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought that only one man in all London could have planned it – and only one man can hope to stop it.

"A Case of Royal Blood" by Steven-Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a ghost – or perhaps something far worse than a ghost.

"Art in the Blood" by Brian Stableford: One man's horrific affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all humankind.

"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson: A girl who has not eaten in more than three years teaches Holmes and Watson that sometimes the impossible cannot be eliminated.

"The Horror of the Many Faces" by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses a maniacal murder in London – and recognizes the villain as none other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

• Elizabeth Bear
• Poppy Z. Brite
• Simon Clark
• David Ferguson
• Paul Finch
• Neil Gaiman
• Barbara Hambly
• Caitlin R. Kiernan
• Tim Lebbon
• James Lowder
• Richard A. Lupoff
• F. Gwynplaine McIntyre
• John Pelan
• Steve Perry
• Michael Reaves
• Brian Stableford
• John P. Vourlis
• David Niall Wilson
• Patricia Lee Macomber

A collection of thirty horror stories features tales by Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, Elizabeth Massey, Lucy Taylor, and others.

An all-new collection of twenty-seven original tales by some of the finest authors of contemporary horror includes chilling works by Poppy Z. Brite, Peter Crowther, Edo van Belkom, Richard Laymon, Lucy Taylor, David Niall Wilson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and other notables. Original.

Take a walk on the dark side

21 all-new horror stories from Caitlin R. Kiernan, Brian Hodge, Tim Lebbon and more

This fourth collection in the acclaimed series features 15 original horror stories by David Silva, Michael Reaves, Ramsey Campbell, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, John Pelan, Joseph Ezzo, Mark Samuels, David Wilson, Michael Laimo, Tony Richards, Joe Nassise, Paul Melniczek, Maria Alexander, Gerard Houarner, and Jeffrey Thomas.

Sixteen original tales of terror from Lucy Taylor, Brian Hodge, d.g.k. Goldberg, Michael Kelly, Gerard Houarner, Mark Samuels, and ten other talented storytellers in the latest collection of the continuing horror series.

In celebration of the new millennium, Cemetery Dance Publications has commissioned a spectacular two-volume anthology project under the editorship of noted author and historian of the horror genre, John Pelan.

John will be selecting one story published during each year of the 20th Century (1901-2000) as the most notable story of that year -- all 100 stories will then be collected in The Century's Best Horror Fiction.

The ground rules are simple: Only one selection per author. Only one selection per year.

Two huge volumes, one hundred authors, one hundred classic stories, over 700,000 words of fiction -- history in the making!

Table of Contents:

• One Hundred Years of Horror - essay by John Pelan
• The Undying Thing - (1901) - by Barry Pain
• The Monkey's Paw - (1902) - by W. W. Jacobs
• The Valley of Spiders - (1903) - by H. G. Wells
• The White People - (1904) - by Arthur Machen
• The Lover's Ordeal - (1905) - by R. Murray Gilchrist
• The House of the Nightmare - (1906) - by Edward Lucas White
• The Willows - (1907) - by Algernon Blackwood
• Thurnley Abbey - (1907) - by Perceval Landon
• The Coach - (1909) - by Violet Hunt
• The Whistling Room - (1910) - by William Hope Hodgson
• Casting the Runes - (1911) - by M. R. James
• Caterpillars - (1912) - by E. F. Benson
• The Testament of Magdalen Blair - (1913) - by Aleister Crowley
• The Place of Pain - (1914) - by M. P. Shiel
• The Spider - (1915) - by Hanns Heinz Ewers (trans. of Die Spinne 1908)
• Thirteen at Table - (1916) - by Lord Dunsany
• The Black Pool - (1917) - by Frederick Stuart Greene
• The Middle Bedroom - (1918) - by H. de Vere Stacpoole
• The Sumach - (1919) - by Ulric Daubeny
• In the Light of the Red Lamp - (1909) - by Maurice Level
• Master of Fallen Years - (1921) - by Vincent O'Sullivan
• Seaton's Aunt - (1922) - by Walter de la Mare
• The Thing From—"Outside" - (1923) - by George Allan England
• The Loved Dead - (1924) - by C. M. Eddy, Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft
• The Smoking Leg - (1925) - by John Metcalfe
• The Outsider - - (1926) - by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Red Brain - (1927) - by Donald Wandrei
• The Red Lodge - (1928) - by H. Russell Wakefield
• Celui-La - (1929) - by Eleanor Scott
• The Spirit of Stonehenge - (1930) - by Rosalie Muspratt
• Cassius - - (1931) - by Henry S. Whitehead
• The Thing in the Cellar - (1932) - by David H. Keller, M.D.
• Shambleau - (1933) - by C. L. Moore
• The Tower of Moab - (1934) - by L. A. Lewis
• The Dark Eidolon - (1935) - by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Crawling Horror - (1936) - by Thorp McClusky
• The Eerie Mr. Murphy - (1937) - by Howard Wandrei
• Pigeons from Hell - (1938) - by Robert E. Howard
• Far Below - (1939) - by Robert Barbour Johnson
• Evening Primrose - (1940) - by John Collier
• The Words of Guru - (1941) - by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Idol of the Flies - (1942) - by Jane Rice
• They Bite - (1943) - by Anthony Boucher
• The Jar - (1944) - by Ray Bradbury
• Carousel - (1945) - by August Derleth
• Shonokin Town - (1946) - by Manly Wade Wellman
• Bianca's Hands - (1947) - by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Lottery - (1948) - by Shirley Jackson
• The Pond - (1949) - by Nigel Kneale
• Born of Man and Woman - (1950) - by Richard Matheson

In celebration of the new millennium, Cemetery Dance Publications has commissioned a spectacular two-volume anthology project under the editorship of noted author and historian of the horror genre, John Pelan.

John will be selecting one story published during each year of the 20th Century (1901-2000) as the most notable story of that year -- all 100 stories will then be collected in The Century's Best Horror Fiction.

The ground rules are simple: Only one selection per author. Only one selection per year.

Two huge volumes, one hundred authors, one hundred classic stories, over 700,000 words of fiction -- history in the making!

Table of Contents:

• Uncle Isaiah - (1951) - by Russell Kirk
• I Am Nothing - (1952) - by Eric Frank Russell
• The Altar - (1953) - by Robert Sheckley
• Call Not Their Names - (1954) - by Everil Worrell
• Ringing the Changes - (1955) - by Robert Aickman
• Lonely Road - (1956) - by Richard Wilson
• Founding Father - (1957) - by Clifford D. Simak
• That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - by Robert Bloch
• The Howling Man - (1959) - by Charles Beaumont
• The House - (1960) - by Fredric Brown
• Sardonicus - (1961) - by Ray Russell
• The Aquarium - (1962) - by Carl Jacobi
• The Mirror of Cagliostro - (1963) - by Robert Arthur
• A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - (1964) - by Charles Birkin
• The Shadowy Street - (1965) - by Jean Ray (trans. of La ruelle ténébreuse 1932)
• The Mirror - (1966) - by Arthur Porges
• Carcinoma Angels - (1967) - by Norman Spinrad
• Come - (1968) - by Anna Hunger
• The Last Work of Pietro of Apono - (1969) - by Steffan B. Aletti
• The Lurkers in the Abyss - (1970) - by David A. Riley
• The Derelict Track - (1971) - by Dorothy K. Haynes
• The Price of a Demon - (1972) - by Gary Brandner
• Like Two White Spiders - (1973) - by Eddy C. Bertin (trans. of Als Twee Grote Witte Spinnen 1971)
• Sticks - (1974) - by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Barrow Troll - (1975) - by David Drake
• It Only Comes Out at Night - (1976) - by Dennis Etchison
• The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady - (1977) - by Barry N. Malzberg
• Within the Walls of Tyre - (1978) - by Michael Bishop
• Mackintosh Willy - (1979) - by Ramsey Campbell
• The Autopsy - (1980) - by Michael Shea
• The Reach - (1981) - by Stephen King
• Horrible Imaginings - (1982) - by Fritz Leiber
• One for the Horrors - (1983) - by David J. Schow
• The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. - (1984) - by Bob Leman
• The Night People - (1985) - by Michael Reaves
• Night Moves - (1986) - by Tim Powers
• Evil Water - (1987) - by Ian Watson
• The Night They Missed the Horror Show - (1988) - by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Earth Wire - (1989) - by Joel Lane
• Stephen - (1990) - by Elizabeth Massie
• The Glamour - (1991) - by Thomas Ligotti
• Calcutta, Lord of Nerves - (1992) - by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Family Underwater - (1993) - by Lucy Taylor
• The Box - (1994) - by Jack Ketchum
• The Toddler - (1995) - by Terry Lamsley
• Tears Seven Times Salt - (1996) - by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Crawl - (1997) - by Stephen Laws
• As Above, So Below - (1998) - by Brian Hodge
• Mr. Dark's Carnival - (2000) - by Glen Hirshberg
• Reconstructing Amy - (2000) - by Tim Lebbon