G. F. Lovecraft did not publish a single book during his lifetime, but became a beacon and reference point for an entire genre, an idol of both the general reading masses and refined intellectuals, and an inexhaustible source of inspiration for filmmakers. Borges himself admired his stories, in which the place of man is on the distant periphery of the universal scheme of things, and supermundane forces instill sacred horror in the souls of the unwary. This collection includes stories written by fans of the Lovecraft universe - Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, Vernon Shea, Alan Dean Foster and others.