In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft.

Inside you'll find:

• Details by China Mièville: A curious boy discovers that within the splinters of cracked wood or the tangle of tree branches, the devil is in the details.
• Visitation by James Robert Smith: When Edgar Allan Poe arrives, a callow man finally gets what he always wanted and what he may eternally despise.
• Meet Me on the Other Side by Yvonne Navarro: A couple in love with terror travels beyond their wildest dreams and into their nightmares.
• A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At... by Alan Dean Foster: Internet terrorism extends far beyond transmitting threats of evil.
• Dark of the Moon by James Dorr: A cosmonaut watches helplessly as her husband walks on the surface of the moon into inescapable horror.
• Spectacle of a Man by Weston Ochse: Crucifixion becomes a seductive maelstrom of madness with this postmodern twist on an ancient torture.