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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. This anthology features seventeen chilling stories by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, as well as the original masterpiece of horror.

Contents:

• ix - Introduction: Spawn of the Deep Ones (Shadows Over Innsmouth) - essay by Stephen Jones
• 1 - The Shadow Over Innsmouth - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1936) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
• 51 - Beyond the Reef - novella by Basil Copper
• 101 - The Big Fish - [The Diogenes Club] - novelette by Kim Newman [as by Jack Yeovil ]
• 127 - Return to Innsmouth - (1992) - shortstory by Guy N. Smith
• 132 - The Crossing - shortstory by Adrian Cole
• 146 - Down to the Boots - (1989) - shortstory by D. F. Lewis
• 149 - The Church in High Street - (1962) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• 161 - Innsmouth Gold - shortstory by David Sutton
• 173 - Daoine Domhain - (1992) - novelette by Peter Tremayne
• 191 - A Quarter to Three - (1988) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• 195 - The Tomb of Priscus - novelette by Brian Mooney
• 221 - The Innsmouth Heritage - (1992) - shortstory by Brian Stableford
• 237 - The Homecoming - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• 255 - Deepnet - shortstory by David Langford
• 260 - To See the Sea - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• 285 - Dagon's Bell - (1988) - novelette by Brian Lumley
• 316 - Only the End of the World Again - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• 330 - Afterwords: Contributors' Notes (Shadows Over Innsmouth) - essay by uncredited

For decades, H. P. Lovecraft's masterpiece of terror has inspired writers with its gripping account of a village whose inhabitants have surrendered to an ancient and hideous evil. In this companion to the acclaimed anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth, World Fantasy Award winning editor Stephen Jones has assembled eleven of today's most prominent and well-respected horror authors - the finest of the Lovecraftian acolytes.. Included is Lovecraft's own unpublished draft of The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: Weird Shadows... - essay by Stephen Jones
• 6 - Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" - (1931) - shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
• 13 - The Quest for Y'ha-nthlei - novelette by John S. Glasby [as by John Glasby ]
• 34 - Brackish Waters - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• 62 - Voices in the Water - shortstory by Basil Copper
• 81 - Another Fish Story - [The Diogenes Club] - novelette by Kim Newman
• 115 - Take Me to the River - novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]
• 142 - The Coming - (1997) - shortstory by Hugh B. Cave
• 156 - Eggs - (2000) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 169 - From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6 - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• 196 - Raised by the Moon - (2001) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
• 211 - Fair Exchange - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• 228 - The Taint - novella by Brian Lumley
• 281 - Afterwords: Contributors' Notes - essay by uncredited

Respected horror anthologist Stephen Jones edits this collection of 17 stories inspired by the 20th century's master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," in which a young man goes to an isolated, desolate fishing village in Massachusetts, and finds that the entire village has interbred with strange creatures that live beneath the sea, and worship ancient gods.

Contents:

• xiii - Introduction: Weirder Shadows... - essay by Stephen Jones
• 1 - The Port - [Fungi from Yuggoth - 8] - (1930) - poem by H. P. Lovecraft
• 2 - Innsmouth Bane - (2005) - shortstory by John S. Glasby [as by John Glasby ]
• 17 - Richard Riddle, Boy Detective in "The Case of the French Spy" - [The Diogenes Club] - (2005) - novelette by Kim Newman
• 46 - Innsmouth Clay - (1971) - shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
• 58 - The Archbishop's Well - novelette by Reggie Oliver
• 83 - You Don't Want To Know - novelette by Adrian Cole
• 108 - Fish Bride - (2009) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• 119 - The Hag Stone - novelette by Conrad Williams
• 153 - On the Reef - (2011) - shortfiction by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• 162 - The Song of Sighs - shortstory by Angela Slatter
• 179 - The Same Deep Waters as You - novelette by Brian Hodge
• 218 - The Winner - (2005) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• 232 - The Transition of Elizabeth Haskings - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• 237 - The Chain - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• 258 - Into the Water - shortstory by Simon Kurt Unsworth
• 275 - Rising, Not Dreaming - (2011) - shortstory by Angela Slatter
• 279 - The Long Last Night - (2012) - novelette by Brian Lumley
• 314 - Afterwords: Contributors' Notes - essay by Stephen Jones