About the Book
World Fantasy Award nominee 1995.
Edited by Stephen Jones.
SEVENTEEN CHILLING STORIES, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE OF HORROR:
“THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH” by H. P. Lovecraft
Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s classic, today’s masters of horror take up their pens and turn once more to that decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens, and unspeakable evil.
“ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN” by Neil Gaiman: The community of Innsmouth performs a blood sacrifice – with shocking, terrifying results.
“THE CHURCH IN HIGH STREET” by Ramsey Campbell: In the crypt of a derelict church, a sensible young man meets a bestial, unthinkable fate.
“INNSMOUTH GOLD” by David Sutton: An adventurer searches for buried treasure – and discovers a slithering hell on earth.
“THE BIG FISH” by Jack Yeovil: A few months after Pearl Harbor, a mobster and his floating casino lie under water, teeming with the stuff of nightmares.
AND THIRTEEN MORE TERRIFYING TALES!
Contents:
- The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
- Beyond the Reef by Basil Copper
- The Big Fish by Kim Newman (as by Jack Yeovil)
- Return to Innsmouth by Guy N. Smith
- The Crossing • shortstory by Adrian Cole
- Down to the Boots by D. F. Lewis
- The Church in High Street by Ramsey Campbell
- Innsmouth Gold by David Sutton
- Daoine Domhain by Peter Tremayne
- A Quarter to Three by Kim Newman
- The Tomb of Priscus by Brian Mooney
- The Innsmouth Heritage by Brian Stableford
- The Homecoming by Nicholas Royle
- Deepnet by David Langford
- To See the Sea by Michael Marshall Smith
- Dagon's Bell by Brian Lumley
- Only the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman
- Afterwords: Contributors' Notes
