Cthulhu Unmasked

Cthulhu Unmasked
Author	David Conyers
Cover Artist	Tithi Luadthong
Language	English
Publisher	Independently published
Release Date	July 2021

Cthulhu Unmasked is a collection of Lovecraftian fiction by Australian author David Conyers. It was published independently in July 2021; both paperback and digital editions were released .

Overview

“	Cthulhu slumbers… for now. Humanity lives… for now. One hundred years in the making, the Cthulhu Mythos is as alive today as when H. P. Lovecraft first introduced his weird horrors to an unsuspecting 1920s world. Many authors since have expanded upon his strange eldritch universe, but none quite like award-winning horror author David Conyers. Fear the Messengers of Nyarlathotep, who tear living faces from men. Repel the subterranean Ghouls of Africa, who bred humans in their millions as food. Dread the ocean trawlers of Carcosa, transporting unsuspecting passengers to the Court of the Yellow King. Shudder at the Mi-go simulations, poised to inflict torturous mind-games on humans kept in zoos. Collected together are 14 tales of horror from Australia’s most renowned Cthulhu fiction author. Discover links to Conyers’ popular Harrison Peel series, and backstories to the many Call of Cthulhu role-playing game books he contributed to over the years, including Chaosium’s Secrets of Kenya, The House of R’lyeh, Horror on the Orient Express and The Stars Are Right! Think you know every secret the Cthulhu Mythos can offer? Fear to think that you many not.	„
	~ Publishers description

In the introduction to Cthulhu Unmasked, Conyers described the stories as:

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a collection of my early Cthulhu Mythos tales not featuring Major Harrison Peel, but tied to the series through stories about human characters (such as Jamal Alhazred and Jack Warburton), alien gods, forbidden tomes and ancient tombs that appear in the Peel books. Think of these as more of a backstory to Peel's place in H. P. Lovecraft universe of uncaring gods and alien species, rather than a continuation of his adventures.

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Contents

• "Sister of the Sands"
• "The Swelling"
• "From the Sick Trees"
• "The Faceless Watchers"
• "As Above So Below"
• "Winds of Nzambi"
• "Sweet as Decay"
• "A Shared Romance"
• "Solvent Hunger"
• "Vanishing Curves"
• "Screaming Crawler"
• "The Eldritch Force"
• "The Dream Quest of a Thousand Cats"
• "Outside Looking In"
• Appendix 1: The Code-89 Initiative
• Appendix 2: Major Harrison Peel

Trivia

• The cover image by Tithi Luadthong, who also goes by the professional name of Grandfailure , was obtained for use through . It had previously been used as the cover art for Jeffrey Thomas's 2019 collection The Summoning of the Old Ones ; as can be seen in the infobox image, Thomas also provided the cover blurb for Cthulhu Unmasked.