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Cthulhu Dreams
310 pages, Paperback
Published October 27, 2025
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February 17, 20262026 Book #10:
Cthulhu Dreams (2025), edited by A. Balsamo
A surprisingly good anthology of Lovecraft-inspired/cosmic-horror stories. I say “surprising” because I’ve read widely in the cosmic-horror and weird-fiction genres, and yet hadn’t heard of any of the writers in this volume before I bought it. This could have been a bad sign. But the selections here were mostly effective. Many had fast-paced plotting, which is something I wasn’t used to in this context. This made me reflect on the fact that the weird writers I gravitate towards – Ligotti, Aickman, Kiernan, Campbell, etc. – tend to write in a slow-burning, brooding style. But it turns out that quick, punchy storytelling can sometimes heighten a sense of weirdness. The best stories in this anthology, in my opinion, are the ones by Derek Austin Johnson, A. M. Sutter, Kelly Zimmer, and G. D. Burkhead.
Cthulhu Dreams (2025), edited by A. Balsamo
A surprisingly good anthology of Lovecraft-inspired/cosmic-horror stories. I say “surprising” because I’ve read widely in the cosmic-horror and weird-fiction genres, and yet hadn’t heard of any of the writers in this volume before I bought it. This could have been a bad sign. But the selections here were mostly effective. Many had fast-paced plotting, which is something I wasn’t used to in this context. This made me reflect on the fact that the weird writers I gravitate towards – Ligotti, Aickman, Kiernan, Campbell, etc. – tend to write in a slow-burning, brooding style. But it turns out that quick, punchy storytelling can sometimes heighten a sense of weirdness. The best stories in this anthology, in my opinion, are the ones by Derek Austin Johnson, A. M. Sutter, Kelly Zimmer, and G. D. Burkhead.
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