Eldritch Blue: Love & Sex in the Cthulhu Mythos

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Selected and edited by Kevin L. O'Brien.

Love and sex have been an integral part of the Cthulhu Mythos since its inception, and even before. In the vast majority of cases, however, they remain largely in the background, even though they often are a vital plot device, if only by implication. And in those few cases where love or sex is prominently displayed, its purpose is largely to titillate rather than advance the plot. In this anthology are stories that explore various aspects of the relationship between love and sex and the Mythos in a more intimate and open fashion. Their purpose is to show how these ideas, regardless of whether they are used explicitly or implicitly, can be used to present a new spin on classical Mythos story ideas.

Warning: these stories deal frankly with sex and sexual relationships. As such they are meant for mature readers. Parental discretion is advised.

With stories by James Ambuehl, E. P. Berglund, Ramsey Campbell, Pierre Comtois, Walter C. DeBill, Jr., Charles Garofalo, C. J. Henderson, Randall Larson, HP Lovecraft, Michael Minnis, Robert M. Price, Stephen Mark Rainey, Stanley C. Sargent, Ann K. Schwader, Ron Shiflet, Peter A. Worthy, and more. Selected and formatted by Kevin L. O'Brien, with an introduction by Robert M. Price and artwork by Susan McAdam.

Contents:

Prologue by Kevin L. O'Brien
Introduction: The Thing in the Underwear by Robert M. Price
Promethes: Where Walks Istasha (poem) by James Ambuehl
The Tale of Toad Loop by Stanley C. Sargent
Goat-Mother by Pierre Comtois
The Spawn of Y'lagh by Randall Larson
Mail Order Bride by Ann K. Schwader
Family Recipe by Charles Garofalo
Cat's-Paw by E. P. Berglund
Beast of Love by James Ambuehl and Tracy Ambuehl
The Faces at Pine Dunes by Ramsey Campbell
Dagon's Mistress by Neil Riebe
The Thing on the Doorstep by H. P. Lovecraft
The Prodigies of Monkfield Cabot by Mike Minnis
Seduced by Ronald Shiflet
Stacked Actors by Peter A. Worthy
Have You Found Him by Jean Ann Donnel
The Violet Princess by Stephen Mark Rainey
What Sort of Man by Walter C. DeBill, Jr.
The Obsession of Percival Cairstairs by Charles Black
A Mate for the Mutilator by Robert M. Price
To Cast Out Fear by C. J. Henderson
The Surrogate by Kevin L. O'Brien
Afterword: Epimethes: Love (and Sex), Mythos Style by Kevin L. O'Brien
About the Authors
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