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Into the Cthulhu-Universe

Lovecraftian Horrors in Other Literary Realities
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With his Cthulhu Mythos, H. P. Lovecraft's original and brilliant fusions of science fiction, supernatural horror, and surreal fantasy often purposely crossed genres to mind-boggling effect. Since then, many of his contemporaries and modern writers alike have continued to grow the lore. Now, we throw the... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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With his Cthulhu Mythos, H. P. Lovecraft's original and brilliant fusions of science fiction, supernatural horror and surreal fantasy often purposely crossed genres to mind boggling effect.

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With his Cthulhu Mythos, H. P. Lovecraft's original and brilliant fusions of science fiction, supernatural horror, and surreal fantasy often purposely crossed genres to mind-boggling effect. Since then, many of his contemporaries and modern writers alike have continued to grow the lore.

Now, we throw the doors wide open on that combinative approach to bring you truly amazing tales where strange Lovecraftian ideas have spilled into the worlds of characters you know and love, like Alice's Wonderland, Tom Sawyer, Dracula, John Carter of Mars, and more. These are not mash-ups, but original stories set in other literary landscapes.

It doesn't matter how unlikely a setting for the macabre or fantastic your favourite literary genre might seem, in this dazzling collection, the realms between realities melt and coalesce, the familiar becomes the unthinkable, the predictable becomes the startling!

An astounding, horrific, thought-provoking, and entertaining buffet of modern fantasy, by some of the best writers in the field, from grandmasters to up-and-comers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781923382008

Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: IFWG Publishing Australia

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Christopher Sequeira
  • Edited by Steven Paulsen

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 417g

Pages: 322

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir General Fiction Horror & Supernatural Non-Fiction

About the Author

Steven Paulsen is an award-winning speculative fiction writer and editor. His bestselling spooky children's book, The Stray Cat, illustrated by the acclaimed artist Shaun Tan, has seen publication in several English and foreign language editions. His horror, science fiction and dark fantasy short stories have appeared in books and magazines around the world. The best of his weird tales can be found in his short story collection, Shadows on the Wall, which won the Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work. His YA Historical Fantasy novel, Dream Weaver, set in 15th century Ottoman Turkey, was a finalist for Best Novel in the 2024 Ditmar Awards. Most recently he co-edited Nosferatu Unbound (IFWG Publishing) with Christopher Sequeira, an anthology of stories inspired by the classic 1922 silent movie Nosferatu.

Christopher Sequeira is a conceptualist and commission ing editor of mystery, science fiction, horror and fantasy prose and comic-book anthologies, as well as being a writer himself. He has worked on such books as the four volume Cthulhu: Deep Down Under series; Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not; Sherlock Holmes: The Australian Casebook; Dracula Unfanged; the all-star creator anthology Caped Fear: Superhuman Horror Stories (featuring Joe R. Lansdale, George R. R. Martin and others); Kolchak the Night Stalker Nosferatu; and Nosferatu Unbound. His comic-book scripts include work on the franchises X-Men, Iron Man, Justice League, Star Trek, and The Human Fly, as well as original concepts of his own. He lives in Sydney with his family. His first novel, a crime thriller, debuts in 2026.

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