Introduction: the call of Lovecraft / John Pelan and Benjamin Adams -- Details / China Miéville -- Visitation / James Robert Smith -- The invisible empire / James Van Pelt -- A Victorian pot dresser / L.H. Maynard and M.P.N. Sims -- The cabin in the woods / Richard Laymon -- The stuff of the stars, leaking / Tim Lebbon -- Sour places / Mark Chadbourn -- Meet me on the other side / Yvonne Navarro -- That's the story of my life / John Pelan and Benjamin Adams -- Long Meg and her daughters / Paul Finch -- A fatal exception has occurred at ... / Alan Dean Foster -- Dark of the moon / James S. Dorr -- Red clay / Michael Reaves -- Principles and parameters / Meredith L. Patterson -- Are you loathsome tonight? / Poppy Z. Brite -- The serenade of starlight / W.H. Pugmire, Esq. -- Outside / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Nor the demons down under the sea / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- A spectacle of a man / Weston Ochse -- The firebrand symphony / Brian Hodge -- Teeth / Matt Cardin.