“The visceral abominations of Edward Lee and the literary cosmic nightmares of Mary SanGiovanni combine for a tale oozing with existential dread.”
Weird fiction scholar and renowned H.P. Lovecraft critic Professor Everard is used to ruffling people’s feathers. But traveling cons with his presentation on the triteness and melodrama Lovecraft’s work does pay the bills. And sometimes it even gets him laid.
When the professor angers a beautiful and dangerous devotee of Lovecraft’s work, she casts a sinister spell on him. He’s sent to another dimension where Lovecraft’s works are reality, and deadly. Everard now must work out a way to escape this strange dimension before the most horrifying of Lovecraft’s deities prove what a master of monstrosities he really was.
Why we’re excited about this book:
Edward Lee is one of the most transgressive writers in horror. Mary SanGiovanni explores cosmic fears with a literary flair. Combined, they are dynamo of powerful storytelling. Lee is the author of the City Infernal series, White Trash Gothic, The Bighead, Mr. Tilling’s Basement, Creekers, Header, and Brain Cheese Buffet, and is a recipient of the J.F. Gonzales Lifetime Achievement Award. SanGiovanni is the author of The Hollower, Things Left Behind (with Brian Keene), the Behind the Door series, Thrall, Chills, Savage Woods, and Alien: Enemy of My Enemy, with short-fiction gracing the pages of such publications as Apex Magazine, and Welcome to the Show among others. The visceral abominations of Edward Lee and the literary cosmic nightmares of Mary SanGiovanni combine for a tale oozing with existential dread. Booklist called Strange Stones “An immersive, visceral, and existentially terrifying tale injected with just the right amount of satire.”
Releasing from CLASH Books 21 January 2025, Strange Stones by Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni is available for pre-order now.
BOB PASTORELLA
