Lin Carter

Leigh Blackmore

Fiction writers have long taken advantage of the vast world of Asia as the setting for mystery, adventure, and, yes, horror! It was an irresistible location because of both Western ignorance of it and Western knowledge of it. That is, what explorers, ethnologists, and missionaries told us of its exotic (to us) religions, customs, and cultures made Asia seem like a different planet discovered right here on earth. The ancient wisdom of Asia, some of it esoteric and fantastic, especially as described by travelers like Alexandra David-Neel (Magic and Mystery in Tibet) and Madame Blavatsky (Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine), invited Westerners to imagine the existence of even deeper and more sinister secrets. Sax Rohmer, Talbot Mundy, John Taine, E. Hoffman Price, and so many others attest to this. Nor was H.P. Lovecraft immune to the lore of this fictive Orientalism, focused in his notion of the hidden Plateau of Leng (actually another name for Tibet). August Derleth set up his lemonaid stand right next door, creating the shunned Plateau of Sung in Burma, where the terrible Tcho-Tcho People planned their mischief. Lin Carter joined the game, contributing his own Plateau of Tsang. There seemed to be room in the vastness of Asia for all of them and more. The title of the present volume is a phrase taken from one of Lin's Mythos tales, and it nicely sums up the general theme. Some of these stories are set here in the West but derive their horrors from imported Asian traditions. Others actually take place in Asia. All are fascinating and full of wonder and dread. Our gurus of gore and and lamas of lore include the likes of Ann K. Schwader, Mark Rainey, Don Webb, Michael Fantina, Joseph S. Pulver, Laurence J. Cornford, and Pierre Comtois.

A Horror Anthology Edited by Robert M. Price

Secret Asia's Blackest Heart

Neil Jackson

James A. Moore

Mark Morris

Stephen Volk

Leslie S. Klinger

William Meikle

Charles Prepolec

Lawrence C. Connolly

Simon Kurt Unsworth

J. R. Campbell

Hayden Trenholm

Barbara Roden

William Patrick Maynard

Robert Lauderdale

THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON BAKER STREET! Between the shadowy realms of fear and the unforgiving glare of science lies a battleground of unspeakable horror. In vile alleyways with blood-slick cobblestones, impenetrable fog, and the wan glow of gaslight, lurk the inhuman denizens of nightmare. CAN REASON PREVAIL WHEN ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION? Faced with his worst fears, Sherlock Holmes has his faith in the science of observation and deduction shaken to the core in 13 all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre!

Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes

Gaslight Grotesque

A New Bibliography

Brian Lumley

Collection of 28 tales by Australian writers of horror. They feature monsters, ghosts, apocalyptic doom, murder, mayhem , parasites and any other ingredient for nightmares. Includes an introduction by the editor, who has also edited TTerror Australis' magazine, and his own macabre verse, essays and bibliographies have been widely published in Australia.

The Best of Australian Horror

Terror Australis

Leigh Blackmore

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