New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos is an anthology of previously unpublished Cthulhu Mythos short stories. Edited by British horror writer Ramsey Campbell, the book was first published by Arkham House in 1980.
Overview[]
In his introduction to the collection, Campbell states:
| “ | [i]n recent years the Mythos at times has seemed in danger of becoming conventionalized," despite the fact that "Lovecraft's intention and achievement was precisely to avoid the predictability and resultant lack of terror which beset the conventional macabre fiction of his day.... in this anthology I have tended to favor less familiar treatments or uses of the Mythos.... They contain few erudite occultists, decaying towns, or stylistic pastiches.... Indeed, one of our tales hints at the ultimate event of the Mythos without ever referring to the traditional names. | „ |
Of particular note is the story "The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by Martin S. Warnes, which is an expansion of H. P. Lovecraft's fragment "The Book".
Contents[]
- "Introduction"
- "Crouch End" by Stephen King
- "The Star Pools" by A. A. Attanasio
- "The Second Wish" by Brian Lumley
- "Dark Awakening" by Frank Belknap Long
- "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper
- "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein
- "The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes
- "Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake
- "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell
- "Notes on Contributors"
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