Lovecraft's mysterious story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is the jumping-off point for a genuinely terrifying collection of short stories exploring his legendary Cthulhu Mythos. A collection of twelve stories by some of the world's most prominent Lovecraftian authors, including H P Lovecraft himself, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, John Glasby, Paul McAuley, Steve Rasnic Tem, Caitlin R Kiernan, Brian Lumley, Basil Copper, Hugh B Cave, and Richard Lupoff.