A. A. Attanasio

An anthology of short fiction expanding and elaborating on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, edited by Ramsey Campbell. New Tales collects the following stories: "Crouch End" by Stephen King "The Star Pools" by A. A. Attanasio "The Second Wish" by Brian Lumley "Dark Awakening" by Frank Belknap Long "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein "The Black Tome of Alsophocus" by H. P. Lovecraft & Martin S. Warnes "Than Curse the Darkness" by David Drake "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell

Reece, hero of "The Dark Shore" and "The Shadow Eater", and his lover Jyoti, are living in New Arwar, when a new outbreak of the Goblins Wars inflicts carnage on the land and threatens their very lives. Meanwhile, Dogbrick, Reece's trusted friend, remains lost on the Dark Shore.

Margaret Atwood lends her distinctive voice and singular point of view to the speculative / science fiction genre in a series of essays that brilliantly illuminate the essential truths about the modern world. With characteristic wit and punch, and understanding of our society and those who inhabit it, Atwood explores her relationship with Science Fiction as a writer and a reader.

The anonymous voice whispered into the receiver, "Welcome home, Mr. Towers. Does your fiancée know how you killed your first wife ten years ago?" Soon after Sarah moved into her new home as the bride of charming, enigmatic Jon Towers, some instinct warned her to run for her life. Too many "accidents" were beginning to plague her. Sarah knew only that her husband's first wife had plunged to her death from a nearby cliff, under mysterious and questionable circumstances. Now someone was trying to kill Sarah.