From Amazon
Return to Arkham and behold the Old Gods in all their horrific darkness. Eighteen authors take a stab at interpreting the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft, master of a compelling style and setting so unique it has spawned a name--Lovecraftian--describing the unique blend of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that made him famous. From Gene Wolfe's creepy outer-space tale "The Other Dead Man" to Stephen King's "Crouch End," where Cthulhu himself would feel right at home, these stories are chillingly inspired by Lovecraft's style and milieu. Other highlights are stories by Fritz Lieber, Harlan Ellison, and Nancy A. Collins. Settings vary from the Roman Empire to a slightly... different... New England inhabited with alien terrors. Not familiar with H.P. Lovecraft? These stories will make you want to discover his classic fiction, and there's a wonderful introduction to help you understand the man behind the mythos. This is extradimensionally weird fun. --Therese Littleton
From Booklist
H. P. Lovecraft's place in the annals of horror fiction is permanent. His tales of ancient evils including the horrible occult spellbook, the Necronomicon, and the Great Old Ones--huge, malevolent extraterrestrials who have menaced humanity since time immemorial--are pillars of the genre. Editor Turner presents 18 short stories directly influenced by HPL; true to their inspiration, they vary greatly in quality, from Peter Tremayne's rather clumsy "Daoine Domhain" to Fritz Lieber's wonderfully wrought "A Bit of the Dark World." The majority, however, are well enough written and should deliver a delicious shiver to most readers. Other entries are "Crouch End" by Stephen King, in which a tourist disappears in a strange little English village; "The Perseids" by Robert Charles Wilson, which describes a curious human evolutionary utility; and a parody of HPL's life by Ron Goulart. Eric Robbins
Book Description
Fantasist H. P. Lovecraft enjoys an honour shared by few other authors of imaginative fiction - since his death, the term Lovecraftian has come into world-wide use to describe a body of work so fully realised as to influence countless generations of subsequent writers. Each author in this volume came under the Lovecraftian conjuration and then wrote a story that in some way reflects this experience, providing compelling testimony that H. P. Lovecraft is one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. These stories have been previously published but are now gathered together to create this excellent but diverse anthology.
