Title: The book of Cthulhu II : more tales inspired by H. P. Lovecraft /
Authors: Lockhart, Ross E.
Publisher: Night Shade Books,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Lovecraft, H. P.; Cthulhu Fiction.
Abstract: "When Night shade books unleashed The book of Cthulhu onto an unsuspecting world, it was critically acclaimed as "the ultimate Cthulhu anthology" and "a 'must read' for fans of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos," The Book of Cthulhu went where no collection of mythos tales had gone before: to the very edge of madness... and beyond. For nearly a century, H. P. Lovecraft's tales of malevolent Great Old Ones existing beyond the dimensions of this world, beyond the borders of sanity, have captured and held the imaginations of writers and aficionados of the dark, the macabre, the fantastic, and the horrible. Now, because you demanded more, anthologist Ross E. Lockhart has risked all to dive back into the Cthulhu canon, combing through mind-shattering manuscripts and moldering tomes to bring you The Book of Cthulhu II, with even more tales of tentacles, terror, and madness." --Publisher description.
Contents: Shoggoth's old peculiar / Neil Gaiman -- Nor the demons down under the sea (1957) / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- This is how the world ends / John R. Fultz -- The drowning at Lake Henpin / Paul Tobin -- The ocean and all its devices / William Browning Spencer -- Take your daughters to work / Livia LLewellyn -- The big fish / Kim Newman -- Rapture of the deep / Cody Goodfellow -- Once more from the top / A. Scott Glancy -- The hour of the tortoise / Molly Tanzer -- I only am escaped alone to tell thee / Christopher Reynaga -- Objects from the Gilman-Waite collection / Anne K. Schwader -- Of Melei, of Ulthar / Gord Sellar -- A gentleman from Mexico / Mark Samuels -- The hands that reek and smoke / W. H. Pugmire -- Akropolis / Matt Wallace -- Boojum / Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette -- The Nyarlathotep event / Jonathan Wood -- The black brat of Dunwich / Stanley C. Sargent -- The terror from the depths / Fritz Leiber -- Black Hill / Orrin Grey -- The god of dark laughter -- Michael Chabon -- Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner -- Hand of glory / Laird Barron.