num_pages: 406
description: H.P. Lovecraft the American master of horror understood with horrible clarity that all things must die. After summer is winter and life inevitably gives way to frozen sterility. In our modern world we live cushioned existences and congratulate ourselves on our supposed escape from the old dangers. We think ourselves caught out of natures reach by our technological wizardry. Safely cocooned. This foolishness blinds us to the truth that our elder forebears could not avoid. Engulfed by the rhythms of the world they understood... Autumn means death. There are far worse fates than mere death of course. As blight spreads the leaves wither and fall  as do the most important foundations of life. There is nothing more horrible than watching the sources of meaning in your world unravel before you. But these things we cherish are just pretty lies. In autumns cold grasp the bright petals of our reality shrivel and die. Beneath them there is nothing but the insanity of the howling void. Faced with inevitable agonizing corruption death is a gentle blessing. The stories collected in Autumn Cthulhu reflect the darkest most ancient truths of the season. Inside youll find nineteen beautiful terrifying glimpses of decay and loss inspired by Lovecrafts work. Be sure that you want the burden of understanding before venturing further though. The dissolving strands of mind of love of legacy within leave no room for merciful doubt. The true meaning of life is that there is no meaning.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Mike DavisThe Night is a Sea by Scott ThomasIn the Spaces Where You Once Lived by Damien Angelica WaltersMemories of the Fall by Pete RawlikAndy Kaufman Creeping through the Trees by Laird BarronThere is a Bear in the Woods by Nadia BulkinThe Smoke Lodge by Michael GriffinCul-De-Sac Virus by Evan DickenDST (Fall Back) by Robert LevyThe Black Azalea by Wendy N. WagnerAfter the Fall by Jeffrey ThomasAnchor by John LanganEnd of the Season by Trent KollodgeWater Main by S. P. MiskowskiThe Stiles of Palemarsh by Richard GavinGrave Goods by Gemma FilesThe Well and the Wheel by Orrin GreyTrick or the Other Thing by Joseph S. Pulver Sr.A Shadow Passing by Daniel MillsLavinia In Autumn by Ann K. Schwader
language: English
title: Autumn Cthulhu
publisher: Lovecraft eZine Press