The Children of Cthulhu

Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft’s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescientCthulhu 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. Inside you’ll find:
Details by China Miéville: A curious boy discovers that within the splinters of cracked wood or the tangle of tree branches, the devil is in the details.
Visitation by James Robert Smith: When Edgar Allan Poe arrives, a callow man finally gets what he always wanted—and what he may eternally despise.
Meet Me on the Other Side by Yvonne Navarro: A couple in love with terror travels beyond their wildest dreams—and into their nightmares.
A Fatal Exception Has Occurred at… by Alan Dean Foster: Internet terrorism extends far beyond transmitting threats of evil.
and seventeen more harrowing tales.
Contents
Details, by China Miéville
Visitation, by James Robert Smith
The Invisible Empire, by James Van Pelt
A Victorian Pot Dresser, by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims
The Cabin in the Woods, by Richard Laymon
The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking, by Tim Lebbon
Sour Places, by Mark Chadbourn
Meet Me on the Other Side, by Yvonne Navarro
That’s the Story of My Life, by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams
Long Meg and Her Daughters, by Paul Finch
A Fatal Exception Has Occurred at…, by Alan Dean Foster
Dark of the Moon, by James S. Dorr
Red Clay, by Michael Reaves
Principles and Parameters, by Meredith L. Patterson
Are You Loathsome Tonight?, by Poppy Z. Brite
The Serenade of Starlight, by W. H. Pugmire, Esq.
Outside Steve, by Rasnic Tem
Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea, by Caitlín R. Kiernan
A Spectacle of a Man, by Weston Ochse
The Firebrand Symphony, by Brian Hodge
Teeth, by Matt Cardin