Steampunk Cthulhu - Mythos Terror in the Age of Steam
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MYTHOS TERROR IN THE AGE OF STEAM
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity¸ and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences¸ each straining in its own direction¸ have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality¸ and of our frightful position therein¸ that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
So said H.P. Lovecraft in the first chapter of his most famous story¸ "The Call of Cthulhu" (1926). This is also the perfect introduction to Steampunk Cthulhu¸ for within these stories mankind has indeed voyaged too far¸ and scientific innovations have opened terrifying vistas of reality¸ with insanity and worse as the only reward.
The Steampunk genre has always incorporated elements of science fiction¸ fantasy¸ horror and alternative history¸ and certainly the Cthulhu Mythos has not been a stranger to Steampunk. But until now there has never been a Steampunk Cthulhu collection¸ so here are 18 tales unbound from the tethers of mere airships¸ goggles¸ clockwork¸ and tightly bound corsets; stories of horror¸ sci-fi¸ fantasy and alternative realities tainted with the Lovecraftian and the Cthulhu Mythos. Here you will discover Victorian Britain¸ the Wild West era United States¸ and many other varied locations filled with anachronistic and sometimes alien technology¸ airships¸ submersibles and Babbage engines. But the Victorian era here is not only one of innovation and exploration¸ but of destruction and dread.
THE TALES INCLUDED:- Introduction
- Those Above by Jeffrey Thomas
- The Blackwold Horror by Adam Bolivar
- No Hand to Turn the Key by Carrie Cuinn
- The Reverend Mr. Goodworks & the Yeggs of Yig by Edward M. Erdelac
- Carnacki - The Island of Doctor Munroe by William Meikle
- Pain Wears No Mask by John Goodrich
- Before the Least of These Stars by Lee Clark Zumpe
- The Promised Messiah by D.J. Tyrer
- Unfathomable by Christine Morgan
- The Flower by Christopher M. Geeson
- Tentacular Spectacular by Thana Niveau
- Fall of an Empire by Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons
- The Baying of the Hounds by Leigh Kimmel
- Mr Brass & the City of Devils by Josh Reynolds
- The Source by D.L. Snell
- Happy Birthday¸ Dear Cthulhu by Robert Neilson
- The Strange Company by Pete Rawlik
Note: This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the book (no PDF).