Some land should never be built upon

Called to a newly-built low-rise block of flats on a Cornwall housing estate, plumber Paul Cannon finds more than a blocked toilet to contend with. Teaming up with a pair of local police officers, Paul's humdrum existence is turned upside down as something old and hideous stirs in the foundations. The tenants are vanishing, the nosy-neighbour is in uproar and there is something definitely wrong with the pipes.

Uncovering a nightmare that stretches into the town's distant, and often murky past, it's up to a rag-tag assortment of local characters to ensure that what lurks in the walls of that cursed building ver makes it to the outside world.

In the depth of the North Sea lies the fabled Doggerland. An ancient world of mysterious people and creatures. A green and verdant land destined to be flooded and destroyed, all but forgotten. What actually happened to the people of Doggerland? Was there some great ancient evil bent on destroying the world dreaming below the surface waiting to emerge?

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Fifteen Lovecraftian authors explore the world known only as Doggerland and the cosmic horror destined to destroy paradise. Book one in the North Sea Trilogy

Mythic tales, legends and lore are part of every human culture. From the quests of Greek myth, to China's Journey to the West, from India's Mahabharata to the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, our histories resound with the clang of swords, and the struggle of heroes and heroines against dark forces and foul sorcery.

In the 20th century, Robert E Howard, among others, pioneered modern mythologies which have become known as Sword and Sorcery. This anthology continues that tradition, with eleven new sizzling S&S tales from the pens of the Innsmouth Writing Circle.

The yarns within feature a cast of lucky thieves, avenging barbarians, bold swordswomen, and temple plunderers, not to mention sorcerers, necromancers, priests and a range of horrors that would freeze the blood of all but the bravest warrior.

So don your chain mail shirt, hoist high your battle-axe, let loose a war cry, and join us in the days of High Adventure....

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

THE HORN OF TUR - H.R.Laurence

TO TAME A DEMON - Lyndon Perry

FEAST OF FOOLS   - Robert Poyton

THE ROTTING GODDESS   - B Harlan Crawford

THE COLOUR OF DECAY  - Ashley Dioses

THE LUCKY THIEF    - Tim Mendees

WIND - Russell Smeaton

THE HAUNTER OF THE CATACOMBS - Gavin Chappell

SKYFALL  - Glynn Owen Barrass

THE GUIDE, THE GENERAL AND THE PRIEST - Shelley de Cruz

ONE SWORD AGAINST THE GLUTTONOUS GODS -Lee Clark Zumpe

Strange Aeon: 2022 brings you thirteen stories of cosmic horror in the tradition of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith.

Tales by international authors:
Brett Venter, John Wolf, S. Cameron David, Damir Salkovic, Aaron Beardsell, Katie Marie, Tim Mendees, M. Stern, Victoria Dalpe, Conor Powers-Smith, Miguel Fliguer, Tias Teng andRoelof Goudriaan. With your host, M. Keaton and original art by Joel Martin.

• Axel Kohagen
• Danielle Davis
• Dawn DeBraal
• Ian Sputnik
• Lamont A. Turner
• Lynne Phillips
• Nat Whiston
• Patrick Winters
• Radar Deboard
• Renata Pavrey
• Scott McGregor
• Tim Mendees