In the story that first established the monstrous cosmic terrors of his
Mythos, writer H. P. Lovecraft said, "We live on a placid island of
ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity..." Which makes it all
the more fitting that the adepts of Lovecraft's vision writing today
would choose to unveil ever-evolving and terrible fears besetting those
that live on the largest island on the planet, and force the
protagonists of some startling new horror fiction tales in this book to
face, indeed, not placidity, but their own black seas of infinity...and
madness. Again, some of the greatest scribes of the weird and startling
from the land down under bring you brand new stories in the Lovecraftian
genre, taking you from the realms of contemporary Australian cities to
the blood-soaked, post-colonial past (touching the powerful original
cultures of the land), and even hinting at the disturbing future of
Terra Australis. You will fear a sunburnt country. Tales of terror by
Alan Baxter, David Conyers, Julie Ditrich, Jason Fischer, Steve Kilbey,
Steven Paulsen, Steve Proposch, Alf Simpson, Cat Sparks, Maurice
Xanthos. Introduction by Cat Rambo and Afterword by Jack Dann.
