Cthulhu's Dark Cults Previews

The Australian author David Conyers has graciously provided some story previews from the newly released anthology, Cthulhu's Dark Cults. This is the latest book of Cthulhu Mythos stories published by the well established game maker Chaosium. It appears the book's original Lovecraftian stories spring from unique influences as well as settings and scenarios found in Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu Role Playing Game. Here's the table of contents:

The Eternal Chinaman by John Sunseri

Captains of Industry by John Goodrich

Perfect Skin by David Witteveen

Covenant of Darkness by William Jones

The Whisper of Ancient Secrets by Penelope Love

Old Ghost by Peter A. Worthy

The Nature of Faith by Oscar Rios

The Devil’s Diamonds by Cody Goodfellow

Requiem for the Burning God by Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Sister of the Sands by David Conyers

These names are mostly those of authors who have previously contributed to the contemporary Cthulhu Mythos. Fortunately, these writers often try to press the Mythos in new directions without falling back on tired pastiche. But like most Chaosium collections, this anthology likely exhibits stories with recognizable Lovecraftian elements that don't veer too far into experimental weird fiction. That's not a bad thing either because one of the Mythos' hll is its ongoing exploration of H.P. Lovecraft's vast fictional universe.

-Grim Blogger