Ride the Star Wind: Cthulhu, Space Opera, and the Cosmic Weird

by Scott Gable (Editor), C Dombrowski (Editor)

Overview

Space madness! Fly away with us to the deeps of space for action and adventure, alien intrigue and bloody surprises. Join us out here where all things alien and weird flow freely. Dive headlong into spaceships and monsters, tentacles and insanity, determined struggle and starborne terror. Whether sprawling across civilizations or tightly focused and personal, these tales paint a psychedelic vision of strange proportions and wondrous possibility.

This anthology contains 29 short stories of space opera blended with cosmic weird horror by a diverse array of all-star authors . . .

Remy Nakamura - Lucy A. Snyder - J.E. Bates - Gord Sellar - Brian Evenson - Heather Hatch - Desirina Boskovich - DaVaun Sanders - D.W. Baldwin - J. Edward Tremlett - D.A. Xiaolin Spires - Tom Dullemond - Premee Mohamed - Wendy N. Wagner - Kara Dennison - Brandon O'Brien - Heather Terry - Wendy Nikel - Robert White - Ingrid Garcia - Richard Lee Byers - Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. - Tim Curran - Angus McIntyre - Ada Hoffmann - Bogi Takács - Wendi Dunlap - Cody Goodfellow - Nadia Bulkin

You'll meet soldiers and scientists, starship captains and intrepid explorers, each with secrets to hide and a story to tell. And then there's the aliens. So many aliens. Some friendly, some monstrous, but all of them exciting.

Engines full. Course set. We're going in.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940372259
Publisher:	Broken Eye Books
Publication date:	09/26/2017
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.02(d)

Table of Contents

• "The Children of Leng" by Remy Nakamura
• "Blossoms Blackened Like Dead Stars" by Lucy A. Snyder
• "The Eater of Stars" by J.E. Bates
• "Vol de Nuit" by Gord Sellar
• "Lord of the Vats" by Brian Evenson
• "Be On Your Way" by Heather Hatch
• "Cargo" by Desirina Boskovich
• "The Blood Will Come Later" by DaVaun Sanders
• "Starship in the Night Sky" by D.W. Baldwin
• "Behold, a White Ship" by J. Edward Tremlett
• "Vishwajeet: Conqueror of the Universe" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
• "The Multiplication" by Tom Dullemond
• "Fortunato" by Premee Mohamed
• "The Writing Wall" by Wendy N. Wagner
• "Canary Down" by Kara Dennison
• "Song of the Seirēnes" by Brandon O'Brien
• "The Pillars of Creation" by Heather Terry
• "When The Stars Were Wrong" by Wendy Nikel
• "Union" by Robert White
• "Under Venusian Skies" by Ingrid Garcia
• "Sense of Wonder" by Richard Lee Byers
• "Departure Beach" by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
• "When Yiggrath Comes" by Tim Curran
• "The Immortals" by Angus McIntyre
• "Minor Heresies" by Ada Hoffmann
• "A Superordinate Set of Principles" by Bogi Takács
• "The Sixth Vital Sign" by Wendi Dunlap
• "The Temptation Of St. Ivo" by Cody Goodfellow
• "A Dream, and a Monster at the End of It" by Nadia Bulkin

Editorial Reviews

★ 10/16/2017
Editors Gable and Dombrowski (Tomorrow’s Cthulhu) explore all things Cthulhu and the vast reaches of the cosmos in this stellar crowdfunded anthology of 29 new stories and original illustrations. Stoker-winner Lucy A. Snyder’s superbly creepy “Blossoms Blackened like Dead Stars” is about a woman recruited to eradicate alien spawn before they can attack Earth who becomes something more than human in the process. In Remy Nakamura’s “The Children of Leng,” a generation ship and its inhabitants are taken over by a vast alien intelligence. In Wendy N. Wagner’s “The Writing Wall,” a subterranean force calls for sacrifices among the scientists sent to study it. Tim Curran’s “When Yiggrath Comes” and Brian Evenson’s “Lord of the Vats” are viscerally horrific, claustrophobic pieces. Joseph S. Pulver Sr.’s “Departure Beach,” Premee Mohamed’s “Fortunato,” and Nadia Bulkin’s “A Dream, and a Monster at the End of It” blend the wonder of new discovery with utter, all-encompassing horror. Each author provides unflinching glimpses into the void beyond the stars where misery, hungry gods, and madness most surely await. (Oct.)

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