Tales From Arkham Sanitarium

There are things man was not meant to know and knowledge that burns those that learn it. As H.P. Lovecraft himself once said, “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall…go mad from the revelation...” Knowing too much, getting a glimpse of the truth behind the curtain we call reality, casting aside the bliss of ignorance and succumbing to the insanity that follows in the pursuit of damnable truths, is at the core of many of the stories of the Cthulhu Mythos. Insanity is central to Lovecraftian horror, so there is no wonder that in his witch-cursed and legend-haunted town of Arkham, a cathedral devoted to mending broken minds was raised. Arkham Sanitarium. Where the screams and cries of the damned are commonplace. Where those that have seen the faces of cosmic entities gibber with regret over their curiosity. Where men and women are cosigned to never ending purgatory for knowing too much. The machinations of the Old Ones are beyond the mental capacity of mankind, and these are the tales of those who learned that too late.

Table of Contents

• The Crying Man by Tim Waggoner
• Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation by William Meikle
• Malformed Articulation by W. H. Pugmire
• Bit by Bit by Don Webb
• Let me Talk to Sarah by Christine Morgan
• The Hunger by Peter Rawlik
• The Colors Of A Rainbow To One Born Blind by Edward M. Erdelac
• The River and the Room by by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
• Veteran of the Future Wars by Orrin Grey
• Folie et déraison by Nick Mamatas
• Red Hook by Glynn Owen Barrass
• Clicks by Stephen Mark Rainey
• ...& My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You by Edward Morris
• Forbidden Fruit by Cody Goodfellow
• Stained Glass by Jeffrey Thomas

Deluxe Edition Specifications:

• Signed by all contributors
• Limited to a maximum of 200 signed & numbered copies worldwide
• Bound in black leather
• Front cover and spine stamped with silver foil
• Wraparound color dust jacket
• Color illustrated end sheets
• Housed in a black slipcase