by Laird Barron
Jennifer Lockhart, for being there for me no matter how crazy my ideas might seem at the time, and the voice of reason in my crazy world.
Justin Steele, for keeping a constant finger on the pulse of Weird Fiction.
Scott R. Jones, for helping establish the visual aesthetic of Word Horde and for continually coming up with alternatives when I complain that a typeface “isn’t quite right yet.”
Shannon Page, for copy editing this (and other) Word Horde books. Thanks for making me look good!
Jan Frost, for being “Crazy Aunt Jan,” a wonderful neighbor for many years, and the best Realtor in town.
Randall Ingalls, for being a resonant sounding board.
Raymond Lawrason, Amber-Rose Reed, and Grace Bogart, for all you’ve done in getting Word Horde books into the hands of readers.
Gwen Calahan, Brian Calahan, and Aaron Vanek for inviting me to be a part of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival/CthulhuCon community, and making me feel welcome, even though my “movies” take place on pages instead of a screen (for now). Mike Davis, Joe Pulver, Kelly Young, Jordan Krall, Arthur Graham, and Shamus McCarty for publishing my weird fiction.
All of Word Horde’s authors, in this book and others, who represent one seriously kick-ass assemblage of talented individuals. You rock!
And everyone who has asked me when the next volume of The Book of Cthulhu is coming. Needless to say, this one’s for you.
Copyright Acknowledgments
“Don’t Make Me Assume My Ultimate Form” © 2015 Laird Barron. Original to this anthology.
“The Body Shop” © 2015 Richard Lee Byers. Original to this anthology.
“The Lurker In the Shadows” © 2015 Nathan Carson. Original to this anthology.
“The Curious Death of Sir Arthur Turnbridge” © 2015 G. D. Falksen. Original to this anthology.
“Green Revolution” © 2015 Cody Goodfellow. Original to this anthology.
“Return of the Prodigy” © 2015 T.E. Grau. Original to this anthology.
“The Lightning Splitter” © 2015 Walter Greatshell. Original to this anthology.
“The Insectivore” © 2015 Orrin Grey. Original to this anthology.
“Delirium Sings at the Maelstrom Window” © 2015 Michael Griffin. Original to this anthology.
“Assemblage Point” © 2015 Scott R. Jones. Original to this anthology.
“Introduction: In His House at R’lyeh…” © 2015 Ross E. Lockhart. Original to this anthology.
“The Prince of Lyghes” © 2015 Anya Martin. Original to this anthology.
“On a Kansas Plain” © 2015 Michael J. Martinez. Original to this anthology.
“Aerkheim’s Horror” © 2015 Christine Morgan. Original to this anthology.
“Love Will Save You” © 2015 Cameron Pierce. Original to this anthology.
“Into Ye Smoke-Wreath’d World of Dream” © 2015 W. H. Pugmire. Original to this anthology.
“Dead Canyons” © 2015 Ann K. Schwader. Original to this anthology.
“The Return of Sarnath” © 2015 Gord Sellar. Original to this anthology.
“The Curse of the Old Ones” © 2015 Molly Tanzer and Jesse Bullington. Original to this anthology.
“The Long Dark” © 2015 Wendy N. Wagner. Original to this anthology.
Titles Available from Word Horde
Tales of Jack the Ripper
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart
We Leave Together
a Dogsland novel by J. M. McDermott
The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the
Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart and Justin Steele
Vermilion
a novel by Molly Tanzer
Giallo Fantastique
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart
Mr. Suicide (July 2015)
a novel by Nicole Cushing
Cthulhu Fhtagn! (August 2015)
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart
Painted Monsters (October 2015)
a collection by Orrin Grey
Furnace (February 2016)
a collection by Livia Llewellyn
Ask for Word Horde books by name at your favorite bookseller.
Or order online at www.WordHorde.com
About the Editor
Ross E. Lockhart is an author, anthologist, bookseller, editor, and publisher. A lifelong fan of supernatural, fantastic, speculative, and weird fiction, Lockhart is a veteran of small-press publishing, having edited scores of well-regarded novels of horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Lockhart edited the anthologies The Book of Cthulhu I and II, Tales of Jack the Ripper, The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron (with Justin Steele), and Giallo Fantastique. He is the author of Chick Bassist. Lockhart lives in a state of quantum flux in Petaluma, California, with his wife Jennifer, hundreds of books (currently residing in boxes), and Elinor Phantom, a Shih Tzu moonlighting as his editorial assistant.
Visit him online at www.haresrocklots.com
