The Leaves of a Necronomicon

The Necronomicon. For centuries, scholars of the occult have sought out the darkly fabled tome, hoping to gain insight into the secret workings of the universe—or unbridled power. Instead, the book rewards their pursuit with madness and devastation.Under the guidance of Shirley Jackson Award-winning editor Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., The Leaves of a Necronomicon traces the impact of a single copy of the mysterious work on its owners and those around them as it passes from hand to hand across the decades.The history is told in braided novel form, with chapters contributed by a gathering of outstanding horror and dark fantasy authors, including S. P. Miskowski, Michael Cisco, Damien Angelica Walters, Nick Mamatas, Anna Tambour, and Jeffrey Thomas.Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Hand to Hand . . . to Hand— by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.Chapter 1: The Bookmaker by Nate PedersenChapter 2: The Collector of Rare Editions by Donald TysonChapter 3: Down to a Sunless Sea by Allyson BirdChapter 4: Dawn Watch by Daniel MillsChapter 5: Liquor City by Nick MamatasInterlude: In Waves by S. P. MiskowskiChapter 6: Eyes on Fire by Cody GoodfellowChapter 7: Horrors Worse than Hell by Robert M. PriceChapter 8: Laying the Words by Don WebbInterlude: Mysteries Don’t Sleep by Anna TambourChapter 9: The Sun Saw by Mike AllenChapter 10: American Ghost by John Claude SmithChapter 11: Flickering I Roam by E. Catherine ToblerChapter 12: Sewn into Pieces, Stitched into Place by Damien Angelica WaltersChapter 13: Too Many Pages by Simon StrantzasChapter 14: 11:00 by Nikki GuerlainChapter 15: Void Kiss by Michael CiscoInterlude: Letter Found Sitting atop a Rare Old Handbook of Dark Portent by Anna TambourChapter 16: And I Watered It in Fears by Sunny MoraineChapter 17: Miles and Kathrine at the Crimson by Michael GriffinChapter 18: Passages for the Dying and the Dead by S. P. MiskowskiChapter 19: Ménage à Trois by Ross E. LockhartChapter 20: The Persuader by Jeffrey ThomasAfterword: Over the Moon by Anna Tambour

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