The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir Hymnal
A poetry collection.
Here gathered in one place are many of the most celebrated and moving hymns of the Great Old Ones, certain to summon winged horrors down from the sky, or nameless things from out of the Earth's depths. These are the authentic liturgies celebrated at Dagon Hall in Innsmouth, Massachusetts. Also suitable for picnics and parties.
"Inspirational. My mother used to sing me to sleep with these. Sometimes my father did too." – Wilbur Whateley
"I will always support faith-based initiatives of this sort." – George W. Bush
"I would sing along if I could carry a tune in a bucket. Unfortunately, I don't have a bucket." – Lee Weinstein
"Far out! I can dig it!" – Franz Kafka
"Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. For them are the catacombs of Ptolemais, and the carven mausolea of the nightmare countries. They climb to the moonlit towers of ruined Rhine castles, and falter down black cobwebbed steps beneath the scattered stones of forgotten cities in Asia. But actually, they need look no farther than this book." – H.P. Lovecraft
Contents:
- Introduction by Rev. J. Apocalypse Gibber, Jr.
- Cthulhu Loves His Loyal Minions
- Give Me That Old One Religion
- Eldritch Gifts
- What a Friend We Have in Dagon
- An Eldritch Horror is Our God
- Yes, They'll Take Our Brains to Yuggoth
- Crawling Chaos Comes for Me
- Hymn to Yog-Sothoth
- I Have a Little Idol (for children)
- Onward Dagon's Minions
- Notes
Darrell Schweitzer
Darrell Schweitzer (born 1952) is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy. Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres. From 1988 to 2007 he co-edited Weird Tales, sharing a World Fantasy Award in 1993 with colleagues John Gregory Betancourt and George H. Scithers.