Searchers After Horror: New Tales of the Weird and Fantastic
Edited by S. T. Joshi.
Arguably the worlds greatest scholar of the Weird Fiction genre, editor S.T. Joshi has selected 21 eerie tales around the theme of "the Weird Place." We believe that the Authors list speaks for itself. All but one presented here for the first time.
Dustjacket art by Richard Corben. Richly illustrated by Rodger Gerberding.
Contents:
- Introduction by S. T. Joshi
- Iced In by Melanie Tem
- At Home with Azathoth by John Shirley
- The Girl Between the Slats by Michael Aronovitz
- The Patter of Tiny Feet by Richard Gavin
- At Lorn Hall by Ramsey Campbell
- Blind Fish by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- An Element of Nightmare by W. H. Pugmire
- The Reeds by Gary Fry
- Crawldaddies by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Three Dreams of Ys by Jonathan Thomas
- Willie the Protector by Lois H. Gresh
- Miranda’s Tree by Hannes Bok
- The Beautiful Fog Ascending by Simon Strantzas
- Exit Through the Gift Shop by Nick Mamatas
- Going to Ground by Darrell Schweitzer
- Dark Equinox by Ann K. Schwader
- Et in Arcadia Ego by Brian Stableford
- The Shadow of Heaven by Jason V Brock
- Flesh and Bones by Nancy Kilpatrick
- The Sculptures in the House by John D. Haefele
- Ice Fishing by Donald Tyson
S. T. Joshi
S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft and the author of The Weird Tale (1990), The Modern Weird Tale (2001), The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos (2008), and other critical and biographical studies. His biography, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), won the British Fantasy Award and the Horror Writers Association award; it has now been published in an unabridged edition as I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft (2010). Joshi has prepared corrected editions of Lovecraft's fiction, poetry, and essays, and is working on a long-range project to publish Lovecraft's collected letters. He has also done work on Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, Lord Dunsany, and other writers. He has received the World Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Leslie, and numerous cats.