num_pages: 339
description: H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is an integral part of what has become known as "The Cthulhu Mythos" and, at some 26,000 words, is one of the author's longest works.Many diverse hands have explored and enhanced Lovecraft's original concepts -- at his encouragement -- and although a number of these authors have written of the Deep Ones and their marvel-shadowed dwelling place, there has never before been an attempt to relate a fictional history of Innsmouth and its icthyoid denizens.Using Lovecraft's original novella as inspiration, the all-British contributors to this volume -- including such established masters of the genre as Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Basil Copper, Brian Stableford, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne, Michael Marshall Smith and others -- depict the dreadful decline of the decaying Massachusetts seaport since the late 1920s: through the war years, the rock 'n' roll era, and the recent political upheavals in eastern Europe, into the modern scientific age and beyond.
language: English
title: Shadows over Innsmouth
titlecomplete: Shadows over Innsmouth
genres: Science Fiction, Classics, Cthulhu Mythos, Gothic, Lovecraftian, Anthologies, Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Fantasy
ratings_count: 13897
places: Innsmouth, Essex County, Massachusetts
series: The Diogenes Club, Shadows Over Innsmouth
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Anthology
publisher: Fedogan & Bremer