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Lovecraft Unbound
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Here are nineteen Lovecraftian stories—both new and rediscovered—that take their cues from the mythos of the iconic horror writer. Today's masters of supernatural thrills celebrate H. P. Lovecraft's oeuvre with tales of weird fiction and cosmic horror, collected by Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow.
In "Commencement" by Joyce Carol Oates, a university begins its annual ceremony of renewal with three renowned scholars whose lifetime achievements are fodder for the student body. A couple desperate to have another child turn to the darkest rituals of folklore and mythology in "Catch Hell" by Laird Barron. And Holly Phillips's "Cold Water Survival" trails a group of Antarctic explorers who encounter vast, unexplainable shapes in the ice—a danger to humanity awakening from its frozen slumber.
Rounding out the collection are more spinetingling tales from Brian Evenson, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Marc Laidlaw, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, Dale Bailey and Nathan Ballingrud, Richard Bowes, Anna Tambour, Amanda Downum, Joel Lane, William Browning Spencer, Michael Cisco, Lavie Tidhar, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Michael Shea, Gemma Files, and Nick Mamatas.
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About Ellen Datlow
was editor of Sci Fiction, the multi award- winning fiction area of scifi.com, for almost six years. Previously, she was fiction editor of
for over seventeen years. She has won the World Fantasy Award seven times, two Bram Stoker Awards, the International Horror Guild Award, the 2002 and 2005 Hugo Award, and the 2005 Locus Award, for her work as an editor. Sci Fiction won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Website. Datlow and Windling are the co-editors of over eleven original anthologies and of seventeen volumes of
.
Other books by Ellen Datlow
Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey is the author of several novels and short story collections, including
and
. His short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, such as
and
. Bailey’s story “Death and Suffrage” was adapted for Showtime’s
series. He has won the Shirley Jackson and the International Horror Guild Awards, as well as being named a finalist for the World Fantasy, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Awards.
Other books by Dale Bailey
Nathan Ballingrud
Nathan Ballingrud is the author of the collections
, and
. He is a two-time winner of the Shirley Jackson Award and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. His novella “The Visible Filth” was adapted into the movie
, written and directed by Babak Anvari;
was filmed as
an anthology series for Hulu. His first novel,
, was recently published. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
Other books by Nathan Ballingrud
Richard Bowes
Richard Bowes has, over the last thirty-five years, published several novels, four short story collections, and eighty-plus stories. He has won two World Fantasy Awards and the Lambda, Million Writers, and International Horror Guild Awards for his work.
Other books by Richard Bowes
Joel Lane
Joel Lane was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, critic, and anthology editor. In addition to his dark fantasy and horror short fiction, Lane published two novels,
and
.
He received the World Fantasy Award in 2013 for his collection,
, and won the British Fantasy Award twice. His short stories have been collected in seven volumes. He died in 2013.
Other books by Joel Lane
Caitlín R. Kiernan
Caitlín R. Kiernan is a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award. Their novels include
and
and their prolific short fiction has been collected in numerous volumes, including
and
Kiernan is also a vertebrate paleontologist and currently a research associate at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa.
Other books by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Michael Cisco
Michael Cisco is the author of many novels, including
, the International Horror Guild Award winner for Best First Novel; Shirley Jackson nominee
;
; and
, as well as the Bram Stoker–nominated nonfiction book
. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, and his most recent collections are
and
. He is the author of two novellas:
and
He lives in New York City.
Gemma Files
Gemma Files, a former film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and teacher, has been an award-winning horror author since 1999. She has published two collections of short work; two chapbooks of speculative poetry; the “weird western” Hexslinger Series; a story-cycle; and the standalone novel
, which won the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the 2016 Sunburst Award for Best Adult Novel. Files also has several story collections and a collection of poetry forthcoming.
Other books by Gemma Files
Laird Barron
Laird Barron spent his early years in Alaska. He is the author of several books, including
and
His work has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. Barron currently resides in the Rondout Valley writing stories about the evil that men do.
Other books by Laird Barron
Elizabeth Bear
ELIZABETH BEAR was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005, and is the author of The Eternal Sky trilogy, including
and
. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, a Sturgeon Award, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Bear lives in Brookfield, Massachusetts.
Other books by Elizabeth Bear
Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including
and
. His short fiction has appeared in
,
, and many other anthologies and magazines. Nick’s previous anthologies include the Bram Stoker Award-winner
(co-edited with Ellen Datlow) and The Locus Award nominees
and
(both co-edited with Masumi Washington). Nick’s editorial work has also been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy awards. He resides in the California Bay Area.
Other books by Nick Mamatas
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