Through a Mythos Darkly

In this Cthulhu Mythos inspired anthology, editors Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons invited their authors to ‘Take a steampunk world, fill it with giant steam powered robots, and have them herding shoggoths for the ‘betterment’ of mankind. Have them rebel, and have do-gooders set about trying to free them. Fill a world with Deep Ones or Ghouls, or create a world where magic is a part of everyday life, or where America was never discovered because something kept eating the ships, or the Nazis won WWII thanks to outside influences. Perhaps the Chinese built the Great Wall to keep something out other than Mongol hordes.’

So, how did they do? Fantastically of course!

Cody Goodfellow . . . The Roadrunners

Jeffrey Thomas . . . Scrimshaw

John Langan . . . Sweet Angie Tailor in: Subterranean Showdown

Robert M. Price . . . An Old and Secret Cult

Pete Rawlik . . . Stewert Behr–Deanimator

Don Webb . . . To Kill a King

William Meikle . . . The Last Quest

Christine Morgan . . . Fate of the World

Konstantine Paradias . . . Red in the Water, Salt on the Earth

D.A. Madigan . . . The Night They Drove Cro Magnon Down

Sam Stone . . . Sacrifice

Edward Morris . . . Get Off Your Knees, I’m Not Your God

Stephen Mark Rainey . . . Excerpts from the Diaries of Henry P. Linklatter

Tim Waggoner . . . Plague Doctor

Lee Clark Zumpe . . . Amidst the Blighted Swathes of Grey Desolation

Nick Mamatas & Molly Tanzer . . . Cognac, Communism, and Cocaine

Damien Angelica Walters . . . Kai Monstrai Ateik (When the Monsters Come)