The Children of Cthulhu

The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft is an anthology of Lovecraftian horror edited by Benjamin Adams and John Pelan, and published by Del Ray/Ballantine in 2002.
The stories in the anthology may not all qualify as belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos, in the sense of referencing the specific elements of the shared universe; in their introduction, the editors say they were not looking for writers who would "merely throw a few Lovecraftian beasties and the Necronomicon into their tales," but rather for writers with an affinity for Lovecraft's "terrifying vision of an indifferent and chaotic universe populated by beings that were, in their total alienness, completely inconceivable by mere humans."
The cover image is by Dave McKean, a British illustrator best known for the covers of Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic book.
== Contents ==
* "Introduction: The Call of Lovecraft" by Benjamin Adams and John Pelan
* "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 Benjamin Adams and John Pelan
* "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 J. Michael Reaves
* "Principles and Parameters" by Meredith L. Patterson
* "Are You Loathsome Tonight?" by Poppy Z. Brite (1998)
* "The Serenade of Starlight" by W. H. Pugmire, Esq.
* "Outside" by Steve 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 (2001)
* "Teeth" by Matt Cardin (1998)
Category:Anthologies
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