[Black Wings 07] • Black Wings VII

This seventh volume of S. T. Joshi’s acclaimed Black Wings series features an international cast of contributors who use the work of H. P. Lovecraft as a springboard for powerful and thought-provoking tales that probe the terrors and uncertainties of life in the twenty-first century. Lovecraft was a devotee of science, but he recognised that science’s role in human life is ambiguous. In this volume, Katherine Kerestman, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Donald Tyson probe the sense of human insignificance that science brings in its wake. Lovecraft knew that realism of setting fostered his signature contribution of cosmicism. Stories by Donald R. Burleson, Nancy Kilpatrick, Geoffrey Reiter, and Aditya Dwarkesh take us from the frozen realm of Antarctica to the sweltering heat of Calcutta; from ancient New England to the remote stretches of Pennsylvania. Tales by David Hambling and Mark Howard Jones tease out weirdness even in the familiar locales of Great Britain. CONTENTS

Introduction S. T. Joshi

The Resonances Ramsey Campbell

Er Lasst Sich Nicht Lesen Steven Woodworth

How Curwen Got His Hundred Years Jonathan Thomas

The Pit of G’narrh Donald R. Burleson

Open Adoption Ann K. Schwader

The Lime Kiln Geoffrey Reiter

Father Thames David Hambling

Who Killed Augustus Bourbaki? Aditya Dwarkesh

Can We Keep Him? Darrell Schweitzer

The Things We Do Not See Steve Rasnic Tem

Global Warming Katherine Kerestman

A Very Old Song Mark Howard Jones

Deception Island Nancy Kilpatrick

And The Devil Hath Power John Shirley

The Amber Toad Donald Tyson

An Elemental Infestation Mark Samuels

With Eyes Opened Ngo Binh Anh Khoa