Studies in Modern Horror, Issue Three
Christakos, N.G. (editor)
Publisher: Seele Brennt Publications, September 2004
ISBN: ModHorror3
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Contents of Issue no. 3:
China Miéville’s The Scar: Pulp Weird Fiction Revisited by NGChristakos. An attempt to trace the influece of Pulp Weird Fiction on China Miéville. This essay is the second part, with part one previously published in issue two; the subtitle for this issues installment is The Others.
Fritz Leibers Our Lady of Darkness: Lovecraft, the Compound Ghost by Dr. Robert Waugh. Regarding the influence of and references to H.P. Lovecraft within Leibers semi-autobiographical Our Lady of Darkness.
Trials of Masculinity in Clive Barkers The Thief of Always by Drew Williams. Harkening back to the rites of passage from being a boy to a man, Williams examines how Clive Barkers childrens book presents a fantastical and yet thoroughly modern take on growing up.
The Annotated Mystery of the Worm by John Pelan with annotations by NGChristakos. Reprinting Pelans contribution to The Shadows Over Baker Street collection, in which all the stories involved Sherlock Holmes encountering Lovecraftian elements, complete with annotations by NGChristakos.