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For more than eighty years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - today remain not only viable motifs, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. NEW CTHULHU: THE RECENT WEIRD presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction - bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters - eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly appealing.

Many of the best weird fiction writers (and creators in most other media) have been profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos H.P. Lovecraft created eight decades ago. Lovecraft's themes of cosmic indifference, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. A few years ago, New Cthulhu : The Recent Weird presented some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction from the first decade of the twenty-first century. Now, New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird brings you more eldritch tales and even fresher fiction inspired by Lovecraft.

Contents:

• "Introduction" by Paula Guran
• "The Same Deep Waters as You" by Brian Hodge
• "Mysterium Tremendum" by Laird Barron
• "The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings" by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• "Bloom" by John Langan
• "At Home with Azathoth" by John Shirley
• "The Litany of Earth" by Ruthanna Emrys
• "Necrotic Cove" by Lois H. Gresh
• "On Ice" by Simon Strantzas
• "The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward" by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• "All My Love, A Fishhook" by Helen Marshall
• "The Doom That Came to Devil Reef" by Don Webb
• "Momma Durtt" by Michael Shea
• "They Smell of Thunder" by W. H. Pugmire
• "The Song of Sighs" by Angela Slatter
• "Fishwife" by Carrie Vaughn
• "In the House of the Hummingbirds" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• "Who Looks Back?" by Kyla Ward
• "Equoid" by Charles Stross
• "The Boy Who Followed Lovecraft" by Marc Laidlaw