"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die."At the time of his death in 1937, American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was virtually unknown. The power of his stories was too great to contain, however. As the decades slipped by, his dark visions laid down roots in the collective imagination of mankind, and they grew strong. Now Cthulhu is a name known to many and, deep under the seas, Lovecraft's greatest creation becomes restless...This volume brings together seventeen masterful tales of cosmic horror inspired by Lovecraft's work. In his fiction, humanity is a tiny, accidental drop of light and life in the endless darkness of an uncaring universe -– a darkness populated by vast, utterly alien horrors. Our continued survival relies upon our utter obscurity, something that every fresh scientific wonder threatens to shatter.FOREWORD by Leeman KesslerUNIVERSAL CONSTANTS by Piers Beckley1884 by Michael GreyELMWOOD by Tim DedopulosHOBSTONE by G. K. LomaxON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER JORDAN by John ReppionDARK WATERS by Adam VidlerINK by Iain LowsonDEMON IN GLASS by E. Dane AndersonSCALES FROM BALOR’S EYE by Helmer GormanOF THE FACELESS CROWD by Gábor CsigásSCRITCH, SCRATCH by Lynne HardyICKE by Greg StolzeCODING TIME by Marc ReichardtTHE THING IN THE PRINTER by Peter TupperTHE OLD ONES by Jeremy ClymerVISITING RIGHTS by Joff BrownAFTERWORDTHE BOXED GOD by Kate Harrad