Black Wings of Cthulhu SC (2012- Titan Books) comic books 2015-2017

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Seventeen Tales of Lovecraftian Horror!" Edited by S.T. Joshl. This third installment of S. T. Joshis critically acclaimed Black Wings series contains seventeen stories by some of the foremost writers in contemporary weird fiction, using the ideas, imagery, and atmosphere of H. P. Lovecrafts tales as springboards. Jonathan Thomas opens the book with a chilling tale of biological horror set in Lovecrafts native Providence, Rhode Island. Caitlín R. Kiernan melds brooding melancholy with Lovecraftian cosmicism in her tale, while Simon Strantzas weaves an ingenious variant on Lovecrafts concept of the ghoul. Darrell Schweitzer and Donald Tyson probe the notion of alternate worlds in their tales. This volume takes the reader on imaginative journeys around the world. Don Webb finds Lovecraftian horror in the wilds of Texas; Peter Cannons characters encounter the denizens of Innsmouth on a trip to China; Mollie L. Burleson enlivens the American Southwest with terrors out of history. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., revivifies Lovecrafts ancient New England seaport of Kingsport, Massachusetts, while in their collaborative tale W. H. Pugmire and Jessica Amanda Salmonson do the same with Lovecrafts iconic Arkham. The volume concludes with a searching rumination on Lovecrafts early tale From Beyond by Brian Stableford. Black Wings III demonstrates how H. P. Lovecrafts work continues to inspire some of the best in contemporary weird writing. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 400 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Seventeen Tales of Lovecraftian Horror!" Edited by S.T. Joshl. Through his collaborations with today's most talented and acclaimed practitioners of Lovecraftian fiction, editor S. T. Joshi has made the Black Wings of Cthulhu series essential for every library of horror and the macabre. Volume four offers up seventeen new masterpieces, each exploring the roots of fear employed so famously by the master himself, H. P. Lovecraft. Beneath this cover lies a who's who of the supernatural, including: Fred Chappell, Jason V, Brock, Gary Fry, Richard Gavin, Cody Goodfellow, Lois H. Gresh, Caitli´n R. Kiernan, Charles Lovecraft, Will Murray, John Pelan, Stephen Mark Rainey, W. H. Pugmire, Ann K. Schwader, Darrell Schweitzer, Simon Strantzas, Melanie Tem, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, and Stephen Woodworth. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 400 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.