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S. Petersens Field Guide to Lovecraftian

S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian

S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horror is a selection of cutting-edge fiction and poetry from the most respected publications in speculative fiction today, handpicked by award-winning editor and anthologist S. T. Joshi…tales including Clive Barker's "The Last Illusion," Joe R. Lansdale's "The Big Fish," Laird Barron's "World Asylum," Caitlín R. Kiernan's "Helping Hands," Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald," and over 100 more from the heavyweight authors of today and tomorrow!

S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Beings and Wayward Places is a sourcebook for the Call of Cthulhu RPG game published by Chaosium Inc.

Petersens Field Guide to Lovecraftian Beings is packed with all the information you need to identify and inter­act with the elder gods and otherworldly entities that populate the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Consume eldritch flesh safely; make deals with cultists to get in good with the Old Ones; summon godlike beings in your own home (again); sacrifice livestock to gain unholy power; master rituals to bring about your own doom, rebirth, or ascension to a higher plane (of being); separate Kuranes from Kadath, and the Moon-emen from Nytha Naagh; and

This is a fully illustrated Field Guide to the creatures, monsters, dimensions, and backwoods locals you'll encounter in your readings of H. P. Lovecraft's work. Illustrated with dozens of black & white drawings and full-color maps to stop the readers breath, Stevens and Petersen cover over 300 topics and creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos!

Unless you are a novice to the Cthulhu Mythos, a newcomer will be most charmed by this compendious work. If you can't get enough of the Lovecraftian realms, and want an even deeper dive into the secrets, sights, and locations surrounding them, this work is for you!

The Call of Cthulhu™ is an illustrated field guide to the creatures, monsters, and entities that have inspired the imagination of H.P. Lovecraft in his horror fiction - and which continue to be reborn, in new forms, in contemporary culture.