ST Joshi: New Lovecraft Works in Progress

The tireless S.T. Joshi is presently working on several H.P. Lovecraft related projects, and some should materialize in the near future. Dissecting Cthulhu is a new series of essays edited by Joshi, due to be published by Miskatonic River Press. Like previous scholarly volumes he's put together, the book will collect observations from the greatest minds in Lovecraft research. The preliminary list of contributors includes the following: Richard L. Tierney, Dirk W. Mosig, David E. Schultz, Robert M. Price, Will Murray, Robert D. Marten, Steven J. Mariconda, and others.

Meanwhile, Black Wings II seems to be nearing completion for a release later in 2011. The anthology is a successor to its well received predecessor. This new collection of Lovecraftian horror is due to see return contributions from authors in the first Black Wings, and some new names as well.

Stranger are reports that Joshi is piecing together his own Lovecraftian novel. Its working title is The Assaults of Chaos, and the storyline aims to mix elements from Lovecraft's life with the supernatural. This could potentially be the most interesting novel using Lovecraft as a character since Peter Cannon's alternate history, The Lovecraft Chronicles. It should at least be the most accurate fictional representation of Lovecraft, since no one is more qualified to do it than S.T. Joshi, who remains enthroned as HPL's definitive biographer.

-Grim Blogger