Black Wings of Cthulhu (Volume 5): Tales of Lovecraftian Horror

by S. T. Joshi

Overview

Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and brought together by editor S. T. Joshi, the tales in this horror short story collection explore the very essence of fear
 
H. P. Lovecraft’s brand of cosmic horror has long forced readers to an inexorable truth—there are powers in the universe whose immensity dwarfs petty human conflicts.

Between these covers lie many of the finest Lovecraftian authors, including Sunni K Brock, Donald R. Burleson, Mollie L. Burleson, Nicole Cushing, Jason C. Eckhardt, Sam Gafford, Wade German, Cody Goodfellow, David Hambling, Lynne Jamneck, Mark Howard Jones, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Nancy Kilpatrick, W. H. Pugmire, John Reppion, Darrell Schweitzer, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Robert H. Waugh, and Stephen Woodworth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785656910
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	01/16/2018
Series:	Black Wings of Cthulhu Series , #5
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, and others. He has edited the definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, several annotated editions of Bierce and Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Modern Weird Tale. His biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life won the Horror Writer Association's Stoker Award for best-non fiction.

Editorial Reviews

01/29/2018
The 20 short stories in Lovecraft scholar Joshi’s fifth Black Wings anthology include some imaginative variations on familiar themes of mind-bending encounters with cosmic horrors. Nicole Cushing’s “Diary of a Sane Man” is especially effective at transforming a comfortable, mundane setting—a well-to-do suburban neighborhood—into a nightmare realm as an academic goes for his nightly walk during a snowstorm. In Sam Gafford’s “Casting Fractals,” a journalist’s study of a dead colleague’s notes, which at first appear to be mere ravings, allows him to glimpse the hidden force behind the major tragic events of the mid-20th century, from political assassinations to earthquakes and other natural disasters. And Stoker Award–winner Caitlín R. Kiernan demonstrates the effectiveness of incremental, subtle suggestion in “Far from Any Shore,” about the terrifying aftermath of the unearthing of an artifact. Though there are some clunky attempts at mimicking Lovecraft’s sometimes baroque prose (“Stepping out of my hateful vehicle I spoke the remembered formula, pushing spectral language into the hungry wind”), most entries are high quality. Fans of Lovecraft pastiches will be satisfied. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

"Fans of Lovecraft pastiches will be satisfied." - Publishers Weekly

"Highly recommended, especially for connoisseurs of the gruesome fantastic!" - Midwest Book Review

"This tome contains a wonderful collection of stories that test one’s sanity. Tales of otherworldly beings and cosmic horror that would have made Howard Phillips Lovecraft proud. It might have even made him smile. If you know Lovecraft, you’ll get that. Wink, wink. These authors have proven that the Old Ones, the Elder Gods are alive and well....a must-have for your collection." Killer Nashville

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