Since the early years of the twenty-first century, Matt Cardin has distinguished himself by writing weird fiction with a distinctively cosmic and spiritual focus, publishing two short story collections that have now become rare collector’s items. In this substantial volume, Cardin gathers the totality of his short fiction, including the complete fiction contents of Divinations of the Deep (2002) and Dark Awakenings (2010). Several of the tales have been substantially revised from their original appearances.
Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, and other masters of cosmic horror, Cardin’s fiction explores the convergence of religion, horror, and art in a cosmos that may be actively hostile to our species. In tales long and short (including a new novella co-written with Mark McLaughlin), Cardin rings a succession of changes on those fateful words from the Book of Job: “Let those sorcerers who place a curse on days curse that day, those who are skilled to rouse Leviathan.”
Aside from his short story collections, Matt Cardin is the editor of Born to Fear: Interviews with Thomas Ligotti (2014) and Horror Literature through History (2017). He is also co-editor of the journal Vastarien.
Contents
PART ONE: Divinations of the Deep Preface: Divining the Darkness An Abhorrence to All Flesh Notes of a Mad Copyist The Basement Theater If It Had Eyes Judas of the Infinite
PART TWO: Dark Awakenings Teeth The Stars Shine without Me Desert Places Blackbrain Dwarf Nightmares, Imported and Domestic, with Mark McLaughlin The Devil and One Lump The God of Foulness
PART THREE: Apocryphon Chimeras & Grotesqueries: An Unfinished Fragment of Daemonic Derangement Prometheus Possessed The New Pauline Corpus A Cherished Place at the Center of His Plans, with Mark McLaughlin
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 June, 2019.
