Many of the best weird fiction writers & creators in other media have been influenced by the genre & the mythos H.P. Lovecraft created eight decades ago. His themes of cosmic indifference, minds invaded by the alien & the horrors of history—written with a pervasive atmosphere of dread—are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a cosmos in which our planet is infinitesimal & climatic change is overwhelming it. A few years ago, New Cthulhu presented some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction from the first decade of the 21st century. Now, New Cthulhu 2 brings more eldritch tales & even fresher fiction.
Introduction 2.0 / Paula Guran
The Same Deep Waters As You / Brian Hodge
Mysterium Tremendum / Laird Barron
The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings / Caitlín R. Kiernan
Bloom / John Langan
At Home with Azathoth / John Shirley
The Litany of Earth / Ruthanna Emrys
Necrotic Cove / Lois Gresh
On Ice / Simon Strantzas
The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward / Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
All My Love, A Fishhook / Helen Marshall
The Doom That Came to Devil Reef / Don Webb
Momma Durtt / Michael Shea
They Smell of Thunder / W. H. Pugmire
The Song of Sighs / Angela Slatter
Fishwife / Carrie Vaughn
In the House of the Hummingbirds / Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Who Looks Back? / Kyla Ward
Equoid / Charles Stross
The Boy Who Followed Lovecraft / Marc Laidlaw
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Many of the best weird fiction writers & creators in other media have been influenced by the genre & the mythos H.P. Lovecraft created eight decades ago. His themes of cosmic indifference, minds invaded by the alien & the horrors of history—written with a pervasive atmosphere of dread—are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a cosmos in which our planet is infinitesimal & climatic change is overwhelming it. A few years ago, New Cthulhu presented some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction from the first decade of the 21st century. Now, New Cthulhu 2 brings more eldritch tales & even fresher fiction.
Introduction 2.0 / Paula Guran
The Same Deep Waters As You / Brian Hodge
Mysterium Tremendum / Laird Barron
The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings / Caitlín R. Kiernan
Bloom / John Langan
At Home with Azathoth / John Shirley
The Litany of Earth / Ruthanna Emrys
Necrotic Cove / Lois Gresh
On Ice / Simon Strantzas
The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward / Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
All My Love, A Fishhook / Helen Marshall
The Doom That Came to Devil Reef / Don Webb
Momma Durtt / Michael Shea
They Smell of Thunder / W. H. Pugmire
The Song of Sighs / Angela Slatter
Fishwife / Carrie Vaughn
In the House of the Hummingbirds / Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Who Looks Back? / Kyla Ward
Equoid / Charles Stross
The Boy Who Followed Lovecraft / Marc Laidlaw
About the Authors
Acknowledgments