New Cthulhu : the recent weird

New Cthulhu The recent weird

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Subjects
Horror tales, American.
Horror tales, English.
Horror tales, Canadian.
Horror tales.
Short stories.
Genres
Short stories
Published
[Gaithersburg, Md.] : Prime Books [2011]
Language
English
Other Authors
Paula Guran (-)
Physical Description
520 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781607012894
  • Pickman's other model (1929) / Caitlin R. Kiernan
  • Fair exchange / Michael Marshall Smith
  • Mr. Gaunt / John Langan
  • The vicar of R'Lyeh / Marc Laidlaw
  • The crevasse / Dale Bailey & Nathan Ballingrud
  • Bad sushi / Cherie Priest
  • Old Virginia / Laird Barron
  • The dude who collected Lovecraft / Mick Mamatas & Tim Pratt
  • The Oram County whoosit / Steve Duffy
  • The fungal stain / W.H. Pugmire
  • A study in emerald / Neil Gaiman
  • Burried in the sky / John Shirley
  • Bringing Helena back / Sarah Monette
  • Take me to the river / Paul McAuley
  • The essayist in the wilderness / William Browning Spencer
  • The disciple / David Barr Kirtley
  • Shoggoths in bloom / Elizabeth Bear
  • Cold water survival / Holly Philips
  • The great white bed / Don Webb
  • Lesser demons / Norman Partridge
  • Grinding rock / Cody Goodfellow
  • Details / China Mieville
  • Another fish story / Kim Newman
  • Head music / Lon Prater
  • Tsathoggua / Michael Shea
  • Mongoose / Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
  • A colder war / Charles Stross.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

The lore underlying H.P. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror has inspired some of the best talents in fantastic fiction, and Prime editor Guran's latest anthology puts 27 exemplars on tentacle-wreathed display. Both Laird Barron in "Old Virginia" and Charles Stross in "A Colder War" speculate on the horrors that might ensue if government research teams were allowed to explore Lovecraftian monsters as potential weapons. In Cherie Priest's "Bad Sushi," a chef uncovers a cosmic conspiracy involving supernaturally corrupted seafood. Sherlock Holmes foils worshipers of Lovecraft's Great Old Ones in Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald," while in Elizabeth Bear's "Shoggoths in Bloom," an African-American scientist finds himself sympathizing with enslaved creations of those eldritch entities. Comic riffs on Lovecraftian themes include "The Essayist in the Wilderness," William Browning Spencer's hilarious account of a navel-gazing writer oblivious to his wife's transformation. Guran (The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror) smartly selects stories that evoke the spirit of Lovecraft's work without mimicking its style. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Review by Library Journal Review

Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft has long inspired a wide range of authors. This latest anthology (see also 2011's The Book of Cthulu, edited by Ross E. Lockhart) features 27 Lovecraftian tales published between 2000 and 2010. A father's death and a tape recording force a young man to confront a horrible family secret in John Langan's subtly revelatory tale, "Mr. Gaunt." In a twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald" features a famous consulting detective who investigates a royal murder in a Victorian England ruled by beings from beyond the stars. The contributors' list consists of a who's who in contemporary sf and dark fantasy, including China Mieville, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Charles Stross, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and John Shirley. VERDICT For fans of Lovecraftian fiction and well-wrought horror. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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