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The sixth volume in the critically acclaimed series of Lovecraftian horror anthologies by the most prominent acolyte of the cosmic horror master Featuring 22 short stories inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft—including a chiller by World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Caitlín R. Kiernan From claustrophobic fear in isolated New England towns to terrifying threats that span the infinite cosmos, the tales herein are fuelled by H. P. Lovecraft''s creations. While his horrors originate in a vast cosmos outside of space and time, the terrors they bring strike ordinary humans caught up in conflicts far beyond their control. This volume offers a who’s who of Lovecraftian authors including: • Ann K. Schwader (“Pothunters”) • Darrell Schweitzer (“The Girl in the Attic”) • Jonathan Thomas (“The Once and Future Waite”) • Lynne Jamneck (“Oude Goden”) • William F. Nolan (“Carnivorous”) • Ashley Dioses (“On a Dreamland’s Moon”) • Aaron Bittner (“Teshtigo Creek”) • Caitlín R. Kiernan (“Ex Libris”) • Mark Howard Jones (“You Shadows That in Darkness Dwell”) Plus 13 others by Adam Bolivar, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tom Lynch, Donald Tyson, Don Webb, David Hambling, K.A. Opperman, W.H. Pugmire, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jason V Brock, Stephen Woodworth, and D.L. Myers. Gathered together by S. T. Joshi—the biographer and leading authority on H.P. Lovecraft—this final volume of Black Wings of Cthulhu is certain to thrill.

A collection of short fiction stories in which Jonathan Thomas explores the weird, horrific, and supernatural.

Sechs unheimliche und phantastische Geschichten rund um das Thema »die unheimlichen Orte« vom vielleicht bekanntesten modernen Kritiker und Verfechter der unheimlichen Literatur S.T Joshi persönlich ausgewählt. Das Unheimliche in einer albtraumhaft anmutenden Landschaft sucht das ländliche Virginia heim, oder tritt auf einer wenig frequentierten Autobahn offen zutage oder macht auch auf dem alten Kontinent in der Bretagne nicht mit einer unheilvollen Präsenz halt. Zu den Autoren des zweiten von drei Bänden gehören W. H. Pugmire, Gary Fry, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan Thomas, Lois H. Gresh und Hannes Bok. Alle drei Bände erscheinen bei Bärenklau Exklusiv. Folgende Beiträge sind in diesem Band enthalten: › Einführung von S.T. Joshi › W. H. Pugmire: – Ein Element des Albtraums › Gary Fry – Das Schilf › Steve Rasnic Tem – Crawldaddies › Jonathan Thomas – Drei Träume von Ys › Lois H. Gresh – Willie, der Beschützer › Hannes Bok – Mirandas Baum

»Die leuchtende Turmspitze blieb bestehen, so gertenschlank und doch von so überwältigender Größe, dass es paradox erscheint. Sein Sockel bedeckte genau die Fläche des Friedhofs. Ich verstand erst jetzt, dass der Andere selbst mich überragte. Ich drehte meinen Hals in Richtung des Todlosen Scheitels, als der Augapfel, der so hoch und hervorstehend war, dass er wie ein Dreiviertelmond aussah, seine Pupille zu mir drehte. Als er mich fand, verengte sich das Auge etwas, das mir wie der Groll eines verhinderten Kindes vorkam.« Eigentlich will Silas Hunt in Haddamville/Neuengland nur einer uralten Geschichte über einen verlassenen Friedhof nachgehen. Doch es geschieht Seltsames, und bevor er es verhindern kann, wird sein Verstand von drei parasitären Geistern übernommen, die mit ihm eine Reise durch verschiedene Zeitalter machen. Doch es gibt noch eine weitere Macht, die über die Äonen nach ihm greift ...

H. P. Lovecraft schrieb 1926 »Der Ruf des Cthulhu« und begründete damit den Cthulhu-Mythos, eines der am häufigsten nachgeahmten Weltenuniversen in der Weird Fiction. Schon zu seinen Lebzeiten haben viele andere Autoren den Mythos erweitert, und nach seinem Tod haben Hunderte von Autoren die grundlegenden Themen und Ideen Lovecrafts auf ihre ganz eigene Weise weiterentwickelt. Dieser Band enthält einige der besten Cthulhu-Mythos-Erzählungen von Autoren wie Donald Tyson, Jonathan Thomas und Lois H. Gresh aber auch Raritäten wie die Story von Mearle Prout aus dem klassischen Weird Tales Magazin. Dies ist der zweite von sechs Bänden, herausgegeben von S. T. Joshi, die führende Autorität in Sachen H. P. Lovecraft. Er ist der Autor der Biographie I AM PROVIDENCE: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft.

"Myth and archetype, as well as the influence of masters of the Gothic tale, seep in from the groundwater in Jonathan Thomas''s world, but the landscape is wholly his own.''-Sherry Austin, author of "Mariah of the Spirits and Other Southern Ghost Stories" This fourth collection of stories by Jonathan Thomas definitively establishes him as one of the leading authors of weird fiction in the twenty-first century. Thomas''s creative adaptations of themes and motifs in the work of H. P. Lovecraft are vibrantly displayed in such tales as "Houdini Fish'' and the cosmic "We Are Made of Stars," while the "King in Yellow'' mythos of Robert W. Chambers plays a role in "Three Dreams of Ys." A sequence of previously unpublished tales, grouped under the heading "Dead City Suite," resurrects stories from Thomas''s 1980s master''s thesis at Brown University, capturing both the wonder and terror of his native Providence, R.I. In all the stories Thomas''s pungent wit and distinctive prose meld with a powerfully weird imagination to fashion black jewels of weird fiction that no reader will ever forget. "Thomas is not just a ''master of the macabre but a downright first-rate, wonderfully skillful and major short-story writer, period.''-Barton L. St. Armand, professor emeritus, Brown University "Thomas''s dynamism in plot-weaving and his pungently satirical prose testify to a prodigious fund of creativity and a fine eye for observing the little absurdities of life in the twenty-first century.''-S. T. Joshi Jonathan Thomas is the author of "Midnight Call and Other Stories" (2008), "Tempting Providence and Other Stories" (2010), "Thirteen Conjurations" (2013), and the vivid Lovecraftian novel "The Color over Occam" (2012). He lives in Providence, R.I.

In this third short story collection, following up on Midnight Call (2008) and Tempting Providence (2010), Jonathan Thomas continues to demonstrate the skill and emotive power that have made him a dynamic new voice in contemporary weird fiction. This volume opens with a quartet of tales elaborating upon Lovecraft''s Cthulhu Mythos, including "Mobymart After Midnight" (a delightful skewering of Walmart culture) and "King of Cat Swamp," an ingenious riff on "The Call of Cthulhu." Other stories treat a variety of weird themes: "Way Up When," about a man who has remarkable precognitive powers; "The Comeuppance Hour," in which the makers of a skeptical TV show about occult phenomena find more than they bargain for; and "A Retouch in Camonica," about strange happenings in an Italian archaeological site. The volume concludes with a "Swedish-American Triptych," in which various protagonists encounter the bizarre in a far Baltic land. Each tale is crafted meticulously and enlivened by a wit and mordant satire that renders them unique in recent weird writing. "Jonathan Thomas pushes us toward . . . fresh hells, as in his pages we recognize the still startling twenty-first-century disjunction between our own fragmentary human skull and our own residual ape-like jaw."-From Barton L. St. Armand''s Foreword "Jonathan Thomas has an enviably impressive range-from the gentle to the gruesome, from science fiction through fantasy to the spectral and horrific-but his wit is reliable, and so is the clarity of his eye, and the precision of his prose. He''s an asset to all his fields."-Ramsey Campbell

Will Rollins, a greenhorn––cheechako––(chee-chock-oh) is miserable in his new Alaska life. In addition to the bully after him, he can''t seem to make any friends in school and doesn''t know a thing about dogsleds, riverboats, hunting, or surviving at 40 degrees below zero. Even though he doesn''t feel very brave, Will darts out alone onto rampaging river ice to rescue a stranded dog. His bravery wins him a valuable, trained sled dog, Blackie, and a new human friend as well, an Alaskan Indian boy named Elias. It''s Elias who challenges and inspires the cheechako to become a rugged outdoorsman and a real Alaskan. Will starts out by feeding, harnessing and then driving a sled dog team. He learns to throw a hatchet–and hit what he aims at! He learns to snowshoe and stay alive in the cold, to challenge his fears and to push on when everything he wants to do is quit. Best of all, he learns to be a good friend.But when a fierce, Siberian blizzard rampages across central Alaska, stranding Will''s family, nearly burying their log cabin in wind-blown snow drifts,it will be up to Will and Blackie to try to make it out alive. With Elias injured and Will''s family in danger of freezing, can a cheechako save them? Can he save himself?

A collection of twelve short stories by Jonathan Thomas, including the title story, "Tempting Providence," which is set in H. P. Lovecraft''s native city, and other tales that depict the Lord of the Animals and a man''s quest for a rare psychedelic album.

Oliver, Emilia and Tim are the top students at a school for children gifted in science. They have dedcated their lives to the exploration and manipulation of the laws of physics. Now they have to forget everything they know when they find themselves trapped in a world where those laws don¿t apply. To make matter worse, something knows they¿ve arrived... something that wants to make sure they never make it home...

Covid-19 has paused the travel plans of Anglophiles all over the world. We find ourselves cut off from the place we love the most - Britain - its culture, its history, and its landscape. But we can still go there in our minds. Out of this deep well of longing for Britain, the Anglophile Vignettes were born. This book is a series of vignettes about people, things, and places in Britain. Some are very short; some are quite a bit longer. Some of them were originally published on Anglotopia.net.; the rest were written specifically for this special little book, and you can''t read them anywhere else. Each little scene or story is like a meditation on something lovely about Britain. Almost like prayers - the prayers that we''re all having, hoping that we can all return to the country we love so much as soon as possible. It''s still going to be a while. So, I want you to have this collection of memories, stories, and experiences to help take you there in your mind until you can go in person again.

We are busy and constantly bombarded. Notifications, pings, alerts: we carry in our pockets devices that are designed to capture and keep our attention. We are never fully present, always thinking ahead to the next thing, distracted by an email, playing worries over in our minds. But what effect is this having on our lives, relationships and, most importantly, our spiritual health? We need rest -the rest that only Christ can give. But this book is not simply meant to get you off your phone, make more time to stop, or help you simplify and digitally detox. Instead, you are invited into the greatest life imaginable, where we have the openness to be interrupted by God and used in a way that will bring Him glory. At the end of each chapter, Thomas encourages us to take time to ponder and pray - or Selah -and gives us guiding questions to consider. A challenging read for anyone who feels overwhelmed by all that calls on their attention and for those who long for peace.

It is often said that Britain and the United States are a common culture divided by language. This book is a guide to all the fun linguistic differences between American and British English. The British not only have their own unique words but they also use certain words much differently and this book seeks to gather all those words and phrases in one place for easy reference. This book is perfect to keep on hand while you''re watching the latest episode of Downton Abbey or Doctor Who and you hear a word that you don''t understand. It is our hope that this book will enrich your experience of British Culture and lead to further understanding between our two countries. In this book: -General Word and Phrase Dictionary -Cockney Slang Guide -Scots English Guide -Scouse English Guide -Yorkshire English Guide -West Country English Guide -London Slang -Australian English -Amusing British Place Names - British Culture Guides -And More!!!

This study explored the experiences of staff members at two distinct college campuses who advocated for the advancement of LGBTQ equity through change in campus policy and practice. In this project I conceptualized a queer leadership framework based on grassroots leadership in higher education (Kezar & Lester, 2011). Findings from the multi-site case study identified two unique approaches higher education professionals engaged queer leadership through: a) Queer Activist Leadership and b) LGBTQ Advocacy Leadership. Participants were responsible for creating meaningful change on each campus, relying on campus partnerships with students, faculty, and staff members. These successes establish important considerations for student affairs practitioners, particularly those who work for institutions who do not have designated support programs for LGBTQ equity and inclusion. Findings from this study identified gaps and successes in staff leadership advocacy, demonstrating multiple ways LGBTQ advocates and queer activists may engage in queer leadership work in higher education student affairs.

This dissertation examines five different sites in Austin, Texas, from the past and the present, related in some way to food production or consumption. They are: spinach fields from the first decades of the twentieth century when the Austin-area was one of the leading spinach-producing regions in the U.S.; a public abattoir (slaughterhouse) operated from 1931 to 1969; three different restaurants that marked different times of Austin’s history; the home-grown organic-luxury grocer, Whole Foods Market; and four urban farms whose controversial presence provoked a conflict over the neighborhood they are embedded in. This dissertation takes on board two notions of food geographies: food as connecting and impacting distant and disparate places and food as playing a major role in defining the contours of place. By looking at these five episodes of Austin’s history enacted through different food spaces, I ask two questions that thread through the dissertation: how do different foodways gain, maintain, and lose access to space and what does that say about the dynamics of place formation? And, what can we learn about the potential opportunities, pitfalls, and challenges wrought by the intersection of place and food? To do so, I take on board theorizations of assemblage and place with the variegated characteristics of food serving as a thread. The dissertation traverses a wide expanse of conceptual and empirical territory, but they are linked by two findings. I find that food spaces can become both emblematic and forgotten within the spaces of ideology and discourse on one hand, and everyday practice on another. I also find that the examination of foodspaces can help both clarify and trouble the processes by which places are made.

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The San Andreas fault system is distributed across hundreds of kilometers in southern California. This transform system includes offshore faults along the shelf, slope and across the Gulf of Santa Catalina basin (GSCB) - comprising part of the Inner California Continental Borderland. Previously, offshore faults have been interpreted as being discontinuous and striking parallel to the coast between Long Beach and San Diego. Our work, based on several thousand kilometers of deep-penetration industry multi-channel seismic reflection data (MCS) as well as high resolution U.S. Geological Survey MCS, indicates that many of the offshore faults are more geometrically continuous than previously reported including Newport-Inglewood (NI)-San Mateo-Carlsbad(SMC), and Coronado Bank Detachment(CBD)-Descanso faults. We interpret a ~18 km wide step over from the NI-SMC positive flower structure in the north to the CBD-Descanso negative flower structure in the south adjacent to San Diego. These faults and stratigraphic interpretations were gridded and depth converted for modeling slip amounts and orientation on the San Mateo-Carlsbad fault. Stratigraphic interpretations of MCS profiles included the ca. 1.8 Ma Top Lower Pico (TLP), which was correlated from wells located offshore Long Beach (Sorlien et al 2010). Based on this age constraint, four younger (Late) Quaternary unconformities (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) are interpreted through much of GSCB. We correlate the Q horizons to core hole data in Los Angeles harbor and constrain their ages: Q1 is 160-300; ka Q2 is 300 ka; Q3 300-450 ka; and Q4 ~600 ka. These ages are an order of magnitude older than interpretations published by Covault and Romans (2009). Assuming the ages that were used to calculate slip are correct, we estimate an average slip rate of ~0.44mm/yr on the San Mateo-Carlsbad with an average azimuth direction of 169° which is significantly less than when calculated with younger interpreted ages and indicates that the SMC fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault. Our modeling also indicates that the SMC fault is kinematically continuous with a right stepover at its southern extent. This change in SMC strike marks a boundary between transpression in the north and transtension in the south and is significant to understanding future tectonic episodes.