Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth

A prolific short story writer and poet, Tem’s work has appeared in countless magazines, anthologies and chapbooks. His first novel, Excavation, appeared in 1987 and the following year he won the British Fantasy Award for his story ‘Leaks’. His short fiction has been collected in Ombres sur la route (published in France), the International Horror Guild Award-winning City Fishing and The Far Side of the Lake.

The semi-autobiographical chapbook The Man on the Ceiling, cowritten with his wife, won the World Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award, while another chapbook, In These Final Days of Sales, also won the Bram Stoker Award.

Tem’s last novel was Deadfall Hotel from Solaris, to be followed by Blood Kin in 2014. His most recent collections are Ugly Behavior (New Pulp Press), Onion Songs (Chômu), and Celestial Inventories (ChiZine), a major compilation of his more recent strange fiction. Also in the pipeline is a PS Publishing novella, In the Lovecraft Museum.

As the author explains: “The seed for ‘Eggs’ came from a small sculpture I bought in Covent Garden on my first trip to England many years ago: an ugly little thing coming out of an egg-shaped stone. It sat on one of my bookcases gathering dust until one early morning, when some chance reflections brought it to my attention so that it might tell its tale.

“Although Lovecraft’s stylistic approach is not one I’d care to emulate, the notion so dramatically embodied in his fiction that the world is this mysterious place we cannot even begin to understand is one with which I’m in profound sympathy. The characters in Lovecraft’s work are alien even to their own lives—is there any theme more contemporary and vital than this?”

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special thanks to Dorothy Lumley, Steve Saffel, Cath Trechman, Natalie Laverick, Philip Harbottle (Cosmos Literary Agency), Joshua Bilmes (JABberwocky Literary Agency), April Derleth (Arkham House Publishers, Inc.), Sara Broecker, Mandy Slater, Dwayne H. Olson, Michael Waltz, Bill Schafer (Subterranean Press), Bob Garcia, Bernie Wrightson and Anthony Sapienza, all the contributors, and, especially, my late and much lamented friend Philip J. Rahman for his support and belief in this and all my books for F&B.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

STEPHEN JONES is one of Britain’s most acclaimed anthologists of horror and dark fantasy. He has more than 125 books to his credit, including Shadows Over Innsmouth, H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror (with Dave Carson), H. P Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural, Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P Lovecraft and Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre. He has won numerous awards for his work, including three World Fantasy Awards and four Bram Stoker Awards. You can visit his website at www.stephenjoneseditor.com.

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“A fine assembly of talented writers... A superb anthology for Lovecraft fans.” Science Fiction Chronicle

“Horror abounds in Shadows Over Innsmouth.” Publishers Weekly

“Good, slimy fun... There are a number of genuinely frightening pieces here.” San Francisco Chronicle

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