When Nyarlathotep, the crawling chaos himself, devises his most destructive plan yet, a disparate group of humans find themselves brought together as the unavoidable apocalypse draws near.

Cy's ordinary but happy life changes when he becomes obsessed with his uncle's suicide, an obsession which will lead him into horror.

They say that when the ""stars are right"" he will return and usher in a new age and the Elder Gods will reign once again. H.P.L. drops a few hints that Cthulhu might not be returning during mankind's time on Earth. What could possibly stop him from awakening from his aeons old sleep? Or thwart his plans?

Clayton Diggs is a pharmaceuticals salesman who discovers his sister has committed herself to an insane asylum. She's checked herself in, fearing she'll hurt herself or someone else. And she's afraid of something else out there... All across the world, hands are being dealt, and momentum is shifting, while ordinary people in an ordinary world find themselves drawn by fate to see darkness and despair unlike anything they could ever imagine. Meanwhile, a cult makes its move, believing that there is a great one sleeping that will hear THE CALLING...

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." --H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre. In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition: ¸ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals. ¸ Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch: A lone farmboy chronicles his last stand against a hungering backwoods evil. ¸ Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell: An avid reader of forbidden books finds a treasure trove of deadly volumes--available for a bloodcurdling price. ¸ The Freshman by Philip José Farmer: A student of the black arts receives an education in horror at notorious Miskatonic University. PLUS EIGHTEEN MORE SPINE-TINGLING TALES!

Four dangerous adventures concerning the quaint hamlet of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, in whose harbor the fish always seem to bite unusually well. Tone and atmosphere are more significant here than quick shocks and visible gore. Useful as stand-alone adventures, or for insertion into campaigns as changes of pace. These four adventures are all set in Innsmouth prior to the government raid of 1928. Keepers may also be interested in Escape From Innsmouth, a background book describing Innsmouth, and the raid itself.

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.

All original stories about the return of Cthulhu and the Old Ones to Earth. Some of the darkest hints in all of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos relate to what will happen after the Old Ones return and take over the earth. What happens when Cthulhu is unleashed upon the world? What happens when the other Old Ones, long since banished from our universe, break through and descend from the stars? What would the reign of Cthulhu be like on a totally transformed planet where mankind is no longer the master? Find out in these exciting, brand-new stories.

From the horrific to the silly, Cthulhu Tales takes H.P. Lovecraft's style of storytelling - and often many of his familiar icons - and runs with them. At its most intense, it tells harrowing tales of horror filled with insanity, in keeping with Lovecraft's original works. At its most envelope-pushing, this anthology tells extremely silly stories that take characters like Cthulhu and run with them. A fun, wild, inventive, and often scary anthology horror series, Cthulhu Tales takes the familiar literary tradition of the Lovecraft-influenced short story and introduces it to comics. These terrifying tales are written by today's hottest writers including: the creator of the Sci-Fi Network TV show EUREKA - Andrew Cosby, EUREKA staff writer Johanna Stokes, TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE screenwriter John Rogers, THE DAILY SHOW! writer Brendan Haye, Marvel's WEREWOLF BY NIGHT movie and the upcoming TEKKEN film - Hans Rodionoff, and SECOND WAVE writer Michael Alan Nelson. Featuring the most brilliant roster of artists compiled anywhere, Cthulhu Tales is a primal journey into a dark arena of horror.

It is the 1960s. The stars are coming right.