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The Book of Cthulhu by Ross Lockhart

The Book of Cthulhu

Ross Lockhart

Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · September 1, 2011

A Horror pick for readers exploring The Book of Cthulhu.

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Who it’s for
A many-voiced collection shows how Cthulhu Mythos fiction keeps its strange force across generations.
Themes
Cthulhu Mythos, Weird fiction, Mythos literary legacy
Genres
Short Story Anthologies, Horror, Fantasy Anthologies

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About this book

The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil.

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The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales. From weird fiction masters to enigmatic rising stars, The Book of Cthulhu demonstrates how Mythos fiction has been a major cultural meme throughout the 20th century, and how this type of story is still salient, and terribly powerful today.

Mythos, Reimagined

A many-voiced collection shows how Cthulhu Mythos fiction keeps its strange force across generations.

Come here for

  • Modern weird fiction rooted in Lovecraft’s sprawling literary legacy
  • A dark-fantasy gathering of established writers and rising stars

Expect

  • A varied collection of Mythos tales, not one continuous story
  • A literary tradition that remains strange, potent, and very much alive

Where it sits

Horror60%
Short Story Anthologies40%
Fantasy Anthologies29%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Short Story Anthologies
  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Horror
Authors
Ross Lockhart
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
September 1, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Cthulhu Mythos · Weird fiction · Mythos literary legacy
Reading lane
Short Story Anthologies