The Testament Of Cthulhu: Tales Of Weird Fantasy & Horror

Mark McLaughlin and Michael Sheehan, Jr. present tales of weird fantasy and horror in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert W. Chambers. In “The Testament Of Cthulhu,” an ailing traveler visits a community with a hideous secret – a secret that might be the answer to his complex medical problems. “The Ambassador From Ulthar” tells of a young man who cannot escape his fate after injuring a denizen of the Dreamlands. While escaping from an abusive relationship, an aspiring writer encounters an unlikely ally in “The Sea-Spider.” A grotesque deity exacts a terrible and unspeakably complete vengeance in “The Foul One Lives To Destroy: A Tale Of The Dreamlands.” “Sea-Green Gown With Gold Buttons” presents a tale of THE KING IN YELLOW, a forbidden book that brings madness to those who dare to read it. A young performer is caught in a web of horror when he falls in love with a citizen of Carcosa. Mark McLaughlin is the author of BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM and MAGIC CANNOT DIE, and Michael Sheehan, Jr. has co-authored THE ABOMINATIONS OF NEPHREN-KA, THE HORROR IN THE WATER TOWER, THE BLASPHEMY IN THE CANOPIC JAR, SHOGGOTH APOCALYPSE, THE RELIC IN THE EGYPTIAN GALLERY, and THE CREATURE IN THE WAXWORKS with McLaughlin.

About the Author

MARK McLAUGHLIN is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author whose earliest works were published in literary journals during his teen years. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in more than 1,000 magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies, including CEMETERY DANCE, MIDNIGHT PREMIERE, DARK ARTS, LIVING DEAD 2, WRITER'S DIGEST, GALAXY, TOASTMASTER MAGAZINE, and two volumes of YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES (DAW Books). He is also an experienced public relations specialist. He is the author of the novels HUMAN DOLL, a tale of suspense, murder, and the entertainment industry ... THE HELL NEXT DOOR, an adventure set in the after-life ... and INJECTABLES, a work of Lovecraftan horror.Wildside Press has released a mammoth collection of McLaughlin's fiction: THE WEIRD WORLD OF MARK McLAUGHLIN MEGAPACK(R). In addition, McLaughlin is the author of many other solo fiction collections, including BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM, MIDNIGHT PET SHOW, EMPRESS OF THE LIVING DEAD, and HIDEOUS FACES, BEAUTIFUL SKULLS. McLaughlin is the author of many works in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft. Story collections in this vein, co-written with his best friend, Michael Sheehan, Jr., include HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS, NIGHTMARES & TENTACLES, THE HOUSE OF THE OCELOT, THE PRISONER OF CARCOSA, and CITY OF LIVING SHADOWS. McLaughlin is the coauthor, with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, of THE GOSSAMER EYE, which won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry.

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