Lovecraft after Dark is a thematic anthology of Lovecraftian fiction edited by Roger Cowin and James Ward Kirk. It was released under Kirk's own publishing label in November 2015, with both print and digital copies being made available.
Synopsis[]
| “ | “Lovecraft After Dark,” a is new collection of erotic horror from JWK Fiction, edited by James Ward Kirk and Roger Cowin. We offer short fiction and poetry blending erotica with the Mythos. Erotic encounters, forbidden romances between humans and the gods and demons of Lovecraft’s world. Ever wonder what obscene romance produced the human / elder god hybrid, Wilbur Whateley? How did the Black Goat of the Wood come to have a thousand young? These are just a few of the ideas explored in “Lovecraft After Dark.” Explore what Lovecraft only hinted at. Let your imagination go wild. We did. | „ | |
| ~ Publishers description |
Contents[]
- "Flame of Cthulhu" by Josh Brown
- "A Gift from the Stars" by Sheldon Woodbury
- "I Love You, Hastur" by Norbert Gora
- "Under the Keeper of the Key" by Jaap Boekestein
- "Inscrutable Alien" by Richard King Perkins, II
- "Follower from the Depths" by Richard King Perkins, II
- "Madeline Marsh's Midlife Crisis" by K. Z. Morano
- "Owned" by T. S. Woolard
- "Erotinomicon" by Alex S. Johnson
- "Claire" by A. Henry Keene
- "Sea Memory" by Maria Mitchell
- "Evil Things in Cold Midnight" by Matthew Wilson
- "Edler's Erotic Corps" by David S. Pointer
- "Sybarites" by Doug Rinaldi
- "The Abbess of Erebus" by David Schütz, II
- "The Black Pool" by James 'Grim' Desborough
- "Tangled" by A. Henry Keene
- "Faster, Vampussy ... Kill, Kill!" by Alex S. Johnson
- "The Garden" by Magenta Nero
- "(S)Exit" by Davie Yates
- "Masdevallia" by Mark Brandon Allen
- "The Jewels of Arachne" Maria Mitchell
- "An Evening at Mount Baldy" Mark Brandon Allen
- "The Origin of Original Sin" by Ruth Sabath Rosenthal
- "Cold Air" by Sean Hoade
- "Hear My Call" by Mark A. Mihalko
- "Medusa's Harem" by Magenta Nero
- "Herbert West and the Mammaries of Madness" by Dixie Pinoit
Behind the Mythos[]
Despite the publishers description, neither the "obscene romance [which] produced the human / elder god hybrid, Wilbur Whateley" nor how "the Black Goat of the Wood [came] to have a thousand young" are explored in any of the stories contained within.