Guest author Michael Parkes takes a deep dive into what this genre is and why he loves it so much, he wrote a story in it…

Eldritch horror is called a lot of things. Lovecraftian horror. Weird horror. Cosmic horror. Sometimes even just “the tentacle”. It tends to emphasize the incomprehensible, the unknown, and the alien, usually with elements of psychological horror and forbidden knowledge tossed in as well. It’s not uncommon for the protagonist to go insane, access ancient and horrifying ...