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The Book of Cthulhu

Tales Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft

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The Book of Cthulhu

By: Ross E. Lockhart - editor
Narrated by: Fleet Cooper, Teresa DeBerry
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The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil. The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales. From weird fiction masters to enigmatic rising stars, The Book of Cthulhu demonstrates how mythos fiction has been a major cultural meme throughout the 20th century, and how this type of story is still salient, and terribly powerful today.

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Fans of H. P. Lovecraft's famously malevolent tentacle monster, Cthulu, will love this collection of 27 stories inspired by the influential fantasy creature. Weird, modern, and alien, these tales are among the best examples of the Cthulu Mythos story cycle. Meticulously compiled by Ross E. Lockhart, stories in this volume include contributions from Kage Baker, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ramsey Campbell, and many more. Somber and menacing performances from Teresa DeBerry and screen and voice actor Fleet Cooper add to the air of mystery and foreboding.
Lovecraftian Mythos • Creepy Stories • Excellent Narration • High-quality Writing • Diverse Perspectives

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The last story, "The men of Porlock" was my favorite! The performance by the reader was flawless. Must hear. Spooky!

Fantastic performance!

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There are some good stories in here and the audio is great ... however ... there are TOO MANY stories that are just pure crap. I gave them all a good college try but some of these might as well have just been smut. On the plus side the bad ones made the good ones really stand out but only about a third of them were worth reading.

Almost ...

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A great anthology for tales in the Lovecraft vein and style. I listened to both this book and it’s sister volume in two marathons. I am blind and Audible is a godsend.

The Book of cthulhu I and II

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Incredible anthology of short (and somewhat longer) stories that mostly are great listens, some really make your skin crawl

Lots of Monster Fun

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some are really good, some are bad, and others are terrible. overall not bad though.

a mix of good ones and bad ones

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