JOHN PELAN

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime. For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle's peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself.

Manly Wade Wellman, John Pelan Wellman's work will be remembered, and should be preserved because it combines the dark gothic tradition of the American pulps with a detailed snapshot of regional history and culture. This mixture is shown through the lens of the American modernist tradition, revealing something that is larger than the sum of its parts. Volume two of a five volume set collecting all of Wellman's Appalachian fantasy stories. Contents: * The Devil is Not Mocked * The Pineys * Hundred Years Gone * Where the Woodbine Twineth * Keep Me Away * Come into My Parlor * Yare * Chorazin * The Petey Car * Along About Sundown * What of the Night * Rock, Rock * Lamia * Caretaker * The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign * Goodman's Place * Frogfather * Dhoh * Warrior in Darkness * Young-Man-With-Skull-At-His-Ear * Vigil * The Kelpie * Parthenope * The Theater Upstairs * Ever the Faith Endures * Dead Dog * The Cavern * At the Bend of the Trail

Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecrafts shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos. In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft. Inside youll find:Details by China Mieville: A curious boy discovers that within the splinters of cracked wood or the tangle of tree branches, the devil is in the details.Visitation by James Robert Smith: When Edgar Allan Poe arrives, a callow man finally gets what he always wantedand what he may eternally despise. Meet Me on the Other Side by Yvonne Navarro: A couple in love with terror travels beyond their wildest dreamsand into their nightmares.A Fatal Exception Has Occured At . . . by Alan Dean Foster: Internet terrorism extends far beyond transmitting threats of evil.AND SEVENTEEN MORE HARROWING TALESThe Invisible Empire by James Van Pelt A Victorian Pot Dresser by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims The Cabin in the Woods by Richard Laymon The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking by Tim Lebbon Sour Places by Mark Chadbourn Thats the Story of My Life by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams Long Meg and Her Daughters by Paul Finch Dark of the Moon by James S. Dorr Red Clay by Michael Reaves Principles and Parameters by Meredith L. Patterson Are You Loathsome Tonight? by Poppy Z. Brite The Serenade of Starlight by W. H. Pugmire, Esq. Outside by Steve Rasnic Tem Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea by Caitlin R. Kiernan A Spectacle of a Man by Weston Ochse The Firebrand Symphony by Brian Hodge Teeth by Matt Cardin