Bei einer solchen Gelegenheit sah ich den dunklen Fremden, der in der gewölbten Türöffnung des Hauses stand, dieses riesige Schattenwesen, dessen Gewand um es herumfloss, als werde es von einem Sturm bewegt, obwohl die Nacht ruhig war. Aus meinem Versteck in sicherer Entfernung beobachtete ich, wie das Wesen eine Hand aus Mitternacht erhob, die dem Mond Zeichen machte. Dann warf es seinen Kopf zurück, sodass es aussah, als wollte es heulen. Doch das einzige Geräusch, das ich hörte, war ein...

Weird fiction is an incredibly rich and varied genre, running the gamut from supernatural horror to imaginary-world fantasy to psychological terror. This anthology seeks to exhibit the wide range of themes, motifs, and imagery that weird fiction allows, as embodied in the work of some of the leading contemporary writers in the field.The ghost or revenant is a venerable motif, and stories by John Shirley, Lynda E. Rucker, and Reggie Oliver ring fascinating changes on it. Allied to t...

H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), the pioneering writer of weird fiction, has himself become an icon in popular culture. Stories, novels, and other works featuring the gaunt, lantern-jawed gentleman from Providence, Rhode Island, have proliferated. These works have been triggered by the incredible amount of knowledge we have on the writer—his family, his friends, his idiosyncrasies and eccentricities—as found in his thousands of surviving letters.This anthology takes the figure of Lovec...