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N is a thematic anthology of Lovecraftian fiction released by British small-press publisher Stygian Fox in May 2021; it has to date only been issued in a digital format. It was edited by Simon Brake, who also provided the cover art, and focuses on themes and concepts related to the Outer God Nyarlathotep.
Overview[]
| “ | Since HP Lovecraft put pen to paper in 1920 and wrote the short story Nyarlathotep, conjuring up a figure both showman and trickster, unveiling terrible truths with each revelation, the most mysterious of Lovecraft’s gods has paraded upon the stage in a number of masks, a plethora of guises. In some of those there is a glimpse of the personality, the intelligence, lurking behind the visage. In others there is only violence, terror, madness. And yet all part of the same inscrutable entity. Perhaps not even that, if all the world sees is mask upon mask upon mask. Here, friends, are a collection of nine new stories, by authors who saw something in the dark and attempted to bring it, momentarily, into the light, to scare you, to warn you, maybe even to enlighten you. Sweet dreams… | „ | |
| ~ Publishers description |
Contents[]
- "The Innsmouth Girl" by Glynn Owen Barrass
- "Cult of the Black Swine" by Tim Curran
- "Hate" by Adam Gauntlett
- "The Yuggoth Club" by John Linwood Grant
- "The Voice on the Line" by Jo Kreil
- "Nyarlathotapp" by John Houlihan
- "He Shall Put on the Semblance of Man" by Jeffrey Thomas
- "Waking from the Deepest Dream" by Rhian Waller
- "I Am the Last" by Eygló Karlsdóttir