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Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu An anthologie of fine stories inspir'd by the Bard of Stratford and the Lovecraftian Mythos Imagine if it had been William Shakespeare, England's greatest playwright, who had discovered the truth about the Great Old Ones and the cosmic entity we know as Cthulhu, rather than the American horror writer H P Lovecraft. Imagine if Stratford's favourite son had been the one to learn of the dangers of seeking after forbidden knowledge and of the war waged between the Elder Gods in the Outer Darkness, and had passed on that message, to those with eyes to see it, through his plays and poetry. Welcome to the world of Shakespearean Cthulhu! To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, Snowbooks proudly presents fifteen stories of eldritch horror that blend the Bard's most famous plays with Lovecraft's most terrifying creations. But before you dip into this cursed tome, be warned - that way madness lies...
Contents
*IntroductionStar-Crossed, by Mr Jonathan Oliver*Act One * A Madness Most Discreet, by Mr Michael Carroll * Something Rotten, by Mr Adrian Tchaikovsky* Once More Unto the Breach, by Mr C L Werner* A Tiger's Heart, A Player's Hide, by Mr Josh Reynolds*Interlude: What Dreams May Come, by Mistress Nimue Brown*Act Two * The "Ia"s of March, by Mr Andrew Lane* The Undiscovered Country, by Mr Ian Edginton* The Suns of York, by Mr Adrian Chamberlin* A Reckoning, by Mr Guy Haley*Interlude: The Green-Ey'd Monster, by Mistress Danie Ware*Act Three * Exit, pursued by...?, by Mr James Lovegrove* The King in Yellow Stockings, by Mr Ed Fortune* The Terrors of the Earth, by Mr Pat Kelleher* Exeunt, by Mr John Reppion*Epilogue: Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Mr Graham McNeill*Curtain: #Tempest, by Mistress Jan Siegel*Dramatis Personae * About the Authors* About the Illustrators* About the Editor* Acknowledgements* Kickstarter Backers
