Miskatonic River Press to Release Ligotti, King in Yellow Anthologies in 2012

Last week, weird horror writer-turned-editor Joseph S. Pulver made a tantalizing announcement. He's begun work piecing together two new tribute anthologies due to be published by Miskatonic River Press in 2012. The Grimscribe's Puppets will feature a selection of stories that are a homage to Thomas Ligotti. It will be the first book by multiple authors dedicated to the Ligottian aesthetic, and will join only a handful of others that pay respect to a living writer of weird fiction.

A Season in Carcosa will collect new tales inspired by Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow. Tributes to Carcosa's mad sovereign have been done before, but only on an extremely limited basis (see Rehearsals for Oblivion by Elder Signs Press for a recent example). There's more than enough untapped horror to help build up a Yellow universe - possibly even an incipient Mythos based around the blasphemous play.

Since its earnest resurrection over a year ago, Miskatonic River Press has rolled out several new works. Their new Lovecraftian anthology, Dead But Dreaming II, can be expected later this year as well. The book is a follow up to the hyper-rare and well received Dead But Dreaming, which I previously reviewed here.

-Grim Blogger