Longer-form novellas from leading authors, on the enduringly-popular Lovecraftian mythos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos Alison Littlewood is author of A COLD SEASON, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, from Quercus in spring 2012. They described it as "perfect reading for a dark winter's night." Her second novel, Path of Needles , was a dark blend of crime and fairy tales, and Jo Fletcher has just signed another. Alison's short stories have been picked for The Best Horror of the Year and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror anthologies , as well as The Best British Fantasy 2013 and The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10. Thana Niveau has twice been nominated for the British Fantasy award, for her collection From Hell to Eternity and for her short story Death Walks En Pointe .

Johnny Mains is an award-winning editor, author and horror historian. Charlie Higson ( Fast Show ) calls him 'Minister For Horror'. He has written for SFX Magazine, Illustrators Quarterly and The Paperback Fanatic . Mains was Project editor to Pan Macmillan's 2010 re-issue of The Pan Book of Horror Stories . He has written the introduction to Stephen King's 30th Anniversary edition of Thinner . Mains is the author of two short story collections and editor of five horror anthologies, the latest being Best British Horror from Salt.