Acolytes of Cthulhu

by Price, Robert M.; Gaiman, Neil; Joshi, S.T.; Hamilton, Edmond

• ISBN13: 9781781165263
• ISBN10: 1781165262
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-06-24
• Publisher: Titan Books

Summary

Noted Lovecraftian scholar R.M.Price assembles this unique Lovecraft-influenced collection of twenty-eight rare tales, from such diverse authors as Neil Gaiman, Jorges Luis Borges, Manly Wade Wellman, and Gustaf Meyrink. Spanning from the 1930s to the 1990s, this kaleidoscopic collection is a triumph of interdimensional threats, ritual magic, and cosmic horrors.

Author Biography

Robert Price is the well-known and respected editor of the Lovecraftian journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies.

Neil Gaiman is the most critically acclaimed comics writer of the 1990s and is the author of numerous books and graphic novels. He is the New York Times #1 best-selling author of American Gods and Anansi Boys, and won critical acclaim for his first feature film, Mirrormask, with long-time collaborator Dave McKean.

S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, and others. He has edited the definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, several annotated editions of Bierce and Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Modern Weird Tale. His biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life won the Horror Writer Association's Stoker Award for best-non fiction.