A press release from Charlene Brusso of Tachyon Publications:
Welcome to ultimate darkness.
Tachyon Publications is thrilled to be publishing
Lovecraft’s Monsters
Edited by Ellen Datlow
Tachyon Publications, $16.95, 432 pp
ISBN: 978-1-61696-121-3
April 2014
With stories by:
Neil Gaiman
Joe R. Lansdale
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Laird Baron
Elizabeth Bear
Kim Newman
Nick Mamatas
Nadia Bulkin
Gemma Files
Howard Waldrop
Steve Utley
Karl Edward Wagner
Thomas Ligotti
William Browning Spencer
Brian Hodge
Fred Chappell
Steve Rasnic Tem
John Langan
In the century since master of horror H.P. Lovecraft published his first story, the horrors that slithered out of his brain have become legend: alien, tentacle-faced Cthulhu, who sleeps beneath the sea awaiting his moment to rise; demonic Azathoth, mad beyond imagining, who lies babbling at the center of the universe; the nightmarish Deep Ones, who come to shore to breed with mortal men; Hastur, whose very name brings death. These creatures have fueled generations of horror writers, inspiring some of their greatest works.
This chilling anthology celebrates Lovecraft’s most famous creations in all their grotesque glory. Each story offers a gripping new take on a classic mythos creature, affectionately accompanied by an illuminating illustration. Within these accursed pages, something unnatural slouches from the sea into an all-night diner; the Hounds of Tindalos, trapped in human bodies, haunt pool halls hoping to lure fools into the dark. Strange, haunting, and undeniably monstrous, this is Lovecraft as you have never seen him before.
Ellen Datlow is one of the best known editors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror working in the field today. Fiction editor of beloved OMNI from 1981-1998, she has since edited the online magazines Event Horizon and Sci Fiction. Her many anthologies include Naked City; Snow White, Blood Red; Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror; Blood and Other Cravings; and Hauntings. Datlow has won five Hugo Awards, eight Locus Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, two Shirley Jackson Awards, and nine World Fantasy Awards.