Black Wings IV: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror (Black Wings #4)
S.T. Joshi, Fred Chappell, W.H. Pugmire, Richard Gavin, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Jason V. Brock, Gary Fry, Cody Goodfellow, Darrell Schweitzer, Ann K. Schwader, Jonathan Thomas, Melanie Tem, John Pelan, Stephen Mark Rainey, Lois H. Gresh, Will Murray, Simon Strantzas, Stephen Woodworth, Donald Tyson, Charles Lovecraft
3.67 · 3 ratings · Published: 02 Apr 2015
The cosmicism that was at the core of Lovecraft's vision finds vivid realisation in stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cody Goodfellow, and Melanie Tem. John Pelan and Stephen Mark Rainey have co-written a vivid novelette fusing horror and science fiction, while Will Murray’s tale of governmental espionage leads to a conclusion that bodes ill for the fate of the human race.
Lovecraft was skilled at evoking the terrors inherent in the history and topography of his native New England, and several writers in this volume—notably W. H. Pugmire and Jonathan Thomas—do the same. Jason V Brock finds Lovecraftian terror in Prague, just as Gary Fry locates it in the British countryside.
Lovecraft’s patented motif of the "forbidden book" that reveals secrets too horrible to contemplate is the focus of Darrell Schweitzer's story of what can be found in an out-of-the-way bookstore, while stories by Simon Strantzas and Stephen Woodworth elaborate on the Lovecraftian themes of immortal "gods" and of dreams that reveal unwelcome truths about ourselves. The book’s final contribution, by Charles Lovecraft, is nothing less than a recasting of Lovecraft’s early tale "The Lurking Fear" in a cycle of twelve sonnets.
Black Wings IV shows that H. P. Lovecraft continues to inspire some of today's leading writers of weird fiction.
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