There are Things – terrifying Things – whispered of in darkened forests beyond the safe comfort of firelight: The Black Guide, the Broken Ouroboros, the Pageant, Belphegor, Old Leech...These Things have always been here.They predate you. They will outlast you.This book pays tribute to those Things.For We are the Children of Old Leech... and we love you.

LOOMING LOW VOLUME II presents 22 wondrous and unsettling tales that represent some of the best writing from the new golden age of strange literature.LOOMING LOW VOLUME II is the follow-up anthology to the award-winning Looming Low Volume I (2017). Lead Editor Justin Steele (The Children of Old Leech, Strange Aeons), cover artist Yves Tourigny, and fourteen authors are back from Volume I alongside eight authors new to the series.Contents:Kurt Fawver - "Radius Unknow...

Looming Low Volume I is the first anthology from Dim Shores. 26 brand-new stories in different shades of weird, all with a dark soul.Table of Contents:Kurt Fawver — “The Convexity of Our Youth”A.C. Wise — “The Stories We Tell About Ghosts”Michael Wehunt — “In Canada”Brian Evenson — “The Second Door”Daniel Mills — “The Christiansen Deaths”Betty Rocksteady — “Dusk Urchin”Livia Llewellyn — “The Gin Ho...

THE MADNESS GROWSRecognized as Lovecraft’s masterpiece of terror, At the Mountains of Madness hasfor decades inspired dread inhis readers and sparked the imaginations of the most hallowed practitioners of fantastic fiction. Taking the essence of his horrific vision, these modern masters have crafted new tales of the fantastic...Featuring never-before- seen tales byKEVIN J. ANDERSONLAIRD BARRONERIK BEAR AND GREG BEARALAN DE...

Antarctica... a frozen wasteland of penguins, blinding ice and snow, and blizzards to kill the unprepared in minutes. But it is an ancient land, with ancient secrets, mysteries that humanity is only beginning to glimpse. HP Lovecraft introduced the world to the terrifying reality of this lonely continent in his famous novella, At the Mountains of Madness, and now a new team of intrepid authors follows in his footsteps. New dimensions of horror will send chills up your spine, from the pens ...

For more than 80 years H. P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of horror and supernatural fiction with his dark vision of humankind's insignificant place in a vast, uncaring cosmos. At the time of his death in 1937, Lovecraft was virtually unknown, but from early cult status his readership expanded exponentially; his nightmarish visions laying down roots in the collective imagination of his readers. Now this master of the macabre is accepted as part of the literary mainstream, as an American ...

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die."At the time of his death in 1937, American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was virtually unknown. The power of his stories was too great to contain, however. As the decades slipped by, his dark visions laid down roots in the collective imagination of mankind, and they grew strong. Now Cthulhu is a name known to many and, deep under the seas, Lovecraft's greatest creation becomes restle...

Explore the Cthulhu mythos in this sci-fi and horror anthology featuring 16 spine-chilling short stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness!In H.P. Lovecraft’s masterpiece At the Mountains of Madness, an expedition to the desolate reaches of Antarctica uncovers evidence of an ancient ruin built by horrific creatures long thought dead . . . until death strikes the group . . .Inspired by this dark mythos of cosmic abomi...

The second volume in a thrilling new Lovecraftian horror anthology series featuring spine-tingling tales from Caitlín R. Kiernan, John Shirley, and moreEditor S.T. Joshi has assembled 18 brand-new stories of cosmic mayhem and terror, by Jason V. Brock, Rick Dakan, Jason C. Eckhardt, Brian Evenson, Tom Fletcher, Richard Gavin, Caitlín R. Kiernan, John Langan, Nick Mamatas, Nicholas Royle, Darrell Schweitzer, John Shirley, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan Thom...

Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyond our firelight. Black magic, weird cults and worse things loom in the shadows. The Children of Old Leech have been with us from time immemorial. And they love us...Donald Miller, geologist and academic, has walked along the edge of a chasm for most of his nearly eighty years, leading a charmed life between endearing absent-mindedness and sanity-shattering realization. Now, all things...

Laird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, building on the eldritch tradition pioneered by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti. His stories have garnered critical acclaim and been reprinted in numerous year's best anthologies and nominated for multiple awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards. His debut collection, The Imago S...

THE ULTIMATE LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR ANTHOLOGY: From the depths of R’lyeh come 21 “exceptional” and utterly terrifying horror short stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft (Kirkus)!Taking their inspiration from works by H.P. Lovecraft himself, prominent writers such as Caitlin R. Kiernan, Brian Stableford, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shea, Darrell Schweitzer, Donald R. Burleson, and David J. Schow delve deep into the psyche, expanding on concepts Lovecraft created and...