Into the Cthulhu-Universe

Lovecraftian Horrors in Other Literary Realities

Christopher Sequeira, Steven Paulsen

• Publisher: IFWG Publishing International
• eBook ISBN:
  9781923382015
• Year: 2025

With his Cthulhu Mythos, H. P. Lovecraft' s original and brilliant fusions of science fiction, supernatural horror and surreal fantasy often purposely crossed genres to mind boggling effect. Since then, many of his contemporaries and modern writers alike have continued to grow the lore. Now, we throw the doors wide open on that combinative approach to bring you truly amazing tales where strange Lovecraftian ideas have spilled into the worlds of characters you know and love, like Alice' s Wonderland, Tom Sawyer, Dracula, John Carter of Mars and more. Not mash-ups, but original stories in other literary landscapes. It doesn' t mater how unlikely a setting for the macabre or fantastic your favourite literary genre might seem in this dazzling collection, the realms between realities melt and coalesce, the familiar becomes the unthinkable, the predictable becomes the startling! An astounding, horrific, thought provoking and entertaining buffet of modern fantasy, by some of the best writers in the field, from grandmasters to up-and-comers.

Table of contents

• The Chaos Lords of Mars (Jonathan Maberry)
• Twas Brillig (Cat Rambo)
• Sweet Music (Jason Nahrung)
• Simbiyu and the Nameless (Eugen Bacon)
• The Meatamorphosis (Aaron Sterns)
• Innsmouth Park (Jane Routley)
• The Queen's Solution (Peter Rawlik and Sal Ciano)
• Dread Island (Joe R. Lansdale)
• Fhtagntastic Four (comic - Christopher Sequeira and Jan Scherpenhuizen)
• The Sleepwalker’s Manifesto (Kat Clay)
• Creatures of the Night Train (Del Howison)
• A Perfect Summer For Baseball, Tentacles, Mutants, and Love (Barry N. Malzberg and Jack Dann)
• Three Bad Actors In A Silvery Room (Steve Proposch)
• Fame Bites (Anna Tambour)
• Leftovers (Jim Krueger)
• The Power of F’thagn (Scott Driscoll)
• Hill-Runner and the Enemy From Behind the Curtain Of Stars (Gerry Huntman)
• The Colour Out of Hautdesert (JM Merryt)
• The Sign of Daoloth (Ramsey Campbell)
• Contributors