Black Wings VII

This seventh volume of S. T. Joshi’s acclaimed Black Wings series features an international cast of contributors who use the work of H. P. Lovecraft as a springboard for powerful and thought-provoking tales that probe the terrors and uncertainties of life in the twenty-first century. Lovecraft was a devotee of science, but he recognised that science’s role in human life is ambiguous. In this volume, Katherine Kerestman, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Donald Tyson probe the sense of human insignificance that science brings in its wake. Lovecraft knew that realism of setting fostered his signature contribution of cosmicism. Stories by Donald R. Burleson, Nancy Kilpatrick, Geoffrey Reiter, and Aditya Dwarkesh take us from the frozen realm of Antarctica to the sweltering heat of Calcutta; from ancient New England to the remote stretches of Pennsylvania. Tales by David Hambling and Mark Howard Jones tease out weirdness even in the familiar locales of Great Britain. CONTENTS Introduction S. T. Joshi The Resonances Ramsey Campbell Er Lasst Sich Nicht Lesen Steven Woodworth How Curwen Got His Hundred Years Jonathan Thomas The Pit of G’narrh Donald R. Burleson Open Adoption Ann K. Schwader The Lime Kiln Geoffrey Reiter Father Thames David Hambling Who Killed Augustus Bourbaki? Aditya Dwarkesh Can We Keep Him? Darrell Schweitzer The Things We Do Not See Steve Rasnic Tem Global Warming Katherine Kerestman A Very Old Song Mark Howard Jones Deception Island Nancy Kilpatrick And The Devil Hath Power John Shirley The Amber Toad Donald Tyson An Elemental Infestation Mark Samuels With Eyes Opened Ngo Binh Anh Khoa