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S. T. Joshi
Atheism has been on the rise in the West for several decades, but its roots, including those belonging to secularism, agnosticism, and freethought, run deep in Western history, philosophy, and…
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Evenson Collection Well Worth Reading ........... Tony Fonseca
Brian Evenson, None of You Shall Be Spared.
Two Authors, Art, High Weirdness, and Being Down-and-Out on the Streets…
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The latest issue of Spectral Realms contains an abundance of scintillating verse from the leading weird poets of today, including Ann K. Schwader, Frank Coffman, Scott J. Couturier, Wade German…
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Lovecraft Annual is published once a year, in Fall. Articles and letters should be sent to the editor, S. T. Joshi, ? Hippocampus Press, and must be accompanied by a…
Katherine Kerestman
In less than a decade, Katherine Kerestman has established herself as a vibrant new voice in weird fiction. Drawing upon the classic work of Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, and…
Robert Hichens
The Folly of Eustace: Eustace Lane decided at any early age to don the mask of the clown. People began to take notice, calling him a whimsical, irresponsible creature. He…
Shunned Houses delves into the larger realm of the supernatural through more than three dozen classic and contemporary short stories, poems, and essays by masters of the craft.
S T Joshi, David E Schultz
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the most well-read authors of his time, and his personal library constitutes an intimate glimpse into his mind and imagination. This fifth revised edition…
Carl E Reed
Carl E. Reed is a vibrant new voice in weird fiction. But Reed has in fact been writing for more than twenty years, and as such he exhibits an assurance…
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the twentieth century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe…
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In contrast to atheism, which asserts that God does not exist, agnosticism holds that reason and the best scientific evidence do not allow one to reach a decisive conclusion regarding…
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The Lovecraftian Solar System ……. Fred S. Lubnow
Hungry fer Victuals I Couldn’t Raise nor Buy Anthropophagy in Lovecraft ……. Duncan NorrisThe Rings of Cthulhu: Lovecraft…
Table of Contents Lovecraft’s The Bride of the Sea and the Uses of Bathos………Manuel Perez-Campos Following The Ancient Track ………Jonathan Adams Letters to Carl Ferdinand Strauch………H. P. Lovecraft Appendix: A…
In this, the first academic study of Dunsany’s work, Joshi establishes that Dunsany has a remarkable grasp of the symbolic function of fantasy, and that he used fantasy, horror, and…
Discusses the ideas and impact of 27 atheists, agnostics, and secularists whose ideas have shaped society over the last 200 years. In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we…
An exhaustive work covering the full range of topics relating to vampires, including literature, film and television, and folklore. Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and…
This fifth instalment of S. T. Joshi’s critically acclaimed Black Wings series features twenty stories that use H. P. Lovecraft’s mythos as the basis for imaginative ventures into the weird…
Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, and many of the most central figures appear over and over again.
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Assembles various writings on atheism, agnosticism, and scepticism. This book is arranged to address significant questions pertaining to religious belief - the existence of God, immortality, the nature of religious…
Takes a controversial look at religion and its components, claiming that it lacks any evidence of existence, while calling for a presence of rationality and atheism.
Gathers together works which document the scorn and contempt for the ‘weaker sex’ that most women endured for generations. This title aims to make the readers appreciate all the more…
Beginning with an exploration of the atheism movement’s origins in the 19th century, when intellectuals, thinkers, and writers - such as Huxley, Nietzsche, and Twain - first openly voiced scepticism…
A unique anthology of skeptical essays on religion by eighteenth-century thinkers who questioned the reigning orthodoxy and raised doubts about belief in God. This is the first anthology ever published…
Some of Mencken s most interesting letters were written to George Sterling, a pupil of Ambrose Bierce. The correspondence which survives nearly intact on both sides covers a wealth of…
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), the pioneering writer of weird fiction, has himself become an icon in popular culture. Stories, novels, and other works featuring the gaunt, lantern-jawed gentleman from Providence…
The fifteenth issue of Spectral Realms features scintillating work from many of the leading weird poets of today, including Frank Coffman, Wade German, K. A. Opperman, Ann K. Schwader, and…
This fifteenth issue of The Lovecraft Annual features cutting-edge scholarship on the life, work, and thought of H. P. Lovecraft. Among the biographical articles, we find Horace A. Smith examining…
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During his lifetime, H. P. Lovecraft did not have a single book of his stories published. When he died in 1937, he probably envisioned the oblivion that would overtake his…
In addition to being a prolific critic and editor and an occasional fiction writer, S. T. Joshi has long been a classical musician-violinist, singer, composer, and conductor. Over the past…
The third issue of Penumbra, the acclaimed Hippocampus Press annual magazine of weird fiction, poetry, and criticism, features provocative stories from both veterans and novices. Steven Woodworth sets his tale…
H. P. Lovecraft is distinctive for having inspired a plethora of poetic tributes from friends, colleagues, and disciples. These tributes emerged surprisingly early; the first ones date to 1918, when…
A witty examination of America’s bestselling novels, covering works by Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum…
Leading critic S.T. Joshi reviews surveys the work of 13 mystery and crime writers, ranging from the Golden Age, Hardboiled school, the Psychological Mystery, and Contemporary Writers.
It is well known that H. P. Lovecraft was virtually ignored by the mainstream literary community in his time, being known only in the tiny worlds of amateur journalism and…
When 22-year-old Alison Mannering returns to her home in northeastern Pennsylvania after college, she finds a troubling situation. Her father, Guy Mannering, a longtime coal miner, has died recently under…
Examined by the leading critic of supernatural literature through detailed examinations of five ‘founding fathers’ of the genre: Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, M R James, and H P…
S. T. Joshi has established himself as a leading critic and scholar of the weird tale. Having begun by studying the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Joshi has expanded his…
Table of Contents:Dispatches from the Providence Observatory: Astronomical Motifs and Sources in the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft……T. R. LiveseyThe Sickness unto Death in H. P. Lovecraft’s The…
The latest edition of The Lovecraft Annual includes the best new Lovecraftian scholarship. Table of Contents: Lovecraft and the Ray-Gun…………T. R. Livesey; What Is the Unnamable ? H. P. Lovecraft…
This year’s bountiful issue of The Lovecraft Annual features a trio of articles on the Eddy family. David Haden writes an authoritative article on Lovecraft’s relations with the bookseller Arthur…
The most exhaustive and comprehensive bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken ever assembled, this volume presents detailed information on Mencken’s book publications from 1903 to the present. It…
In The Collected Drama of H. L. Mencken: Plays and Criticism, S. T. Joshi has assembled for the first time Mencken’s dramatic works, comprising six one-act plays and the lengthy…
This collection of new essays and reprints of significant articles provides a comprehensive picture of Lord Dunsany’s contribution to fantasy fiction and world literature. These essays make a case for…
Noted Lovecraftian scholar Joshi details the works of classic Mythos authors and reviews some of the more modern authors who have taken up the Lovecraftian mantle.
Volume 6 in the successful and critically acclaimed series of Lovecraftian horror anthologies by the most prominent acolytes of the horror master.
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