Shadows Over Main Street: An Anthology of Small-Town Lovecraftian Terror
Edited by Doug Murano and D. Alexander Ward.
“Shadows Over Main Street is a masterful blend of stories fit for both die-hard Lovecraft fans and readers new to the genre. Each and every tale is wickedly delicious" — Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of FALL OF NIGHT and V-WARS
“Shadows Over Main Street demonstrates most convincingly that fear lurks in our towns and villages, in darkened alleys, and in the shadowy human heart. This anthology represents a dynamic cross section of contemporary horror.” — Laird Barron, Bram Stoker Award winning author of THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT AWAITS US ALL
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What happens when idyllic small-towns, and the simple folk who inhabit them, collide with inexplicable evil borne of a vast and uncaring cosmos? Imagine a series of stories set in a golden era of American life, where worldly troubles are regarded from a distance, if at all.
Hear the buzz of playing cards clipped in children’s spokes echo down quiet lanes. Smell the faint aroma of rich tobacco smoke from an old man’s pipe on a shady boulevard. Listen to the gossip of small towns where everyone knows everyone’s business.
Or do they?
Sometimes, deadly secrets lurk out in the barn. Sometimes, unimaginable evil awaits us in the root cellar. Sometimes, we fall under the sway of the Shadows Over Main Street.
Come inside and sit for a spell...
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Foreword by Ramsey Campbell.
Cover illustration by Luke Spooner.
Interior illustrations by Paul Carrick, Vincent Chong, John Coulthart, Galen Dara and M. Fersner.
Contents:
- Gary Braunbeck, The Friendless Bodies of Unburied Men
- Chesya Burke, Mountaintown
- James Chambers, Odd Quahogs
- Tim Curran, The Thing with a Thousand Legs
- T. Fox Dunham, The Flesh or the Father
- Brian Hodge, This Stagnant Breath of Change
- Kevin Lucia, The Black Pyramid
- Adrian Ludens, Estranged
- Josh Malerman, A Fiddlehead Party on Carpenter’s Farm
- Nick Mamatas, Χταπόδι Σαλάτα
- Rena Mason, Red Hill
- Lisa Morton, The Ogre
- Aaron Polson, Undergrounders
- Mary SanGiovanni, The Floodgates of Willow Hill
- Lucy A. Snyder, The Abomination of Fensmere
- Cameron Suey, The Crisis
- John Sunseri, Homecoming
- Richard Thomas, White Picket Fences
- Jay Wilburn, Boss Cthulhu
- Stephanie Wytovich, The 21st Century Shadow
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