New Cthulhu · The Recent Weird

For more than 80 years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - remain not only viable motifs, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction - bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters - eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly appealing.

Contents

A Study in Emerald • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman

Details • (2002) • shortstory by China Miéville

Pickman's Other Model (1929) • (2008) • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Mongoose • [Boojum] • (2009) • novelette by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear

Another Fish Story • [The Diogenes Club] • (2005) • novelette by Kim Newman

Bad Sushi • (2007) • novelette by Cherie Priest

Fair Exchange • (2005) • shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith

A Colder War • (2000) • novelette by Charles Stross

The Great White Bed • (2007) • shortstory by Don Webb

The Crevasse • (2009) • shortstory by Nathan Ballingrud and Dale Bailey

Old Virginia • (2003) • novelette by Laird Barron

Shoggoths in Bloom • (2008) • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear

The Oram County Whoosit • (2008) • novelette by Steve Duffy

Grinding Rock • shortfiction by Cody Goodfellow

The Disciple • (2002) • shortstory by David Barr Kirtley

The Vicar of R'lyeh • (2007) • shortstory by Marc Laidlaw

Mr. Gaunt • (2002) • novella by John Langan

Take Me to the River • (2005) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]

The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft • (2008) • shortfiction by Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt

Bringing Helena Back • [Kyle Murchison Booth] • (2004) • shortstory by Sarah Monette

Lesser Demons • shortfiction by Norman Partridge [as by Norm Partridge ]

Cold Water Survival • (2009) • shortfiction by Holly Phillips

Head Music • (2003) • shortstory by Lon Prater

The Fungal Stain • (2006) • shortstory by W. H. Pugmire

Tsathoggua • (2009) • shortfiction by Michael Shea

Buried in the Sky • (2006) • novelette by John Shirley

The Essayist in the Wilderness • (2002) • novelette by William Browning Spencer