The Tales from the Miskatonic University Library

✍ Scribed by Schweitzer, Darrell; Ashmead, John (editor)

• Book ID: 109971731
• Publisher: PS Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 170 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781848633872
• ASIN: B06XH35CHM

✦ Synopsis

Contents

• Don Webb. “Slowly Ticking Bomb”. Two Guys from Oklahoma, three archaeologists in Uganda, & one critical question. This one isn’t specifically about the Miskatonic University library, but about a book which could and possibly does by now (assuming it regenerated itself) belong in the special collection there. It sets the tone very nicely.* Adrian Cole. “Third Movement”. In which we discover—once again—that it is a mistake to underestimate the craftiness of book dealers, and that there is a necessary distinction to be made between the keys to a book and the book itself.* Dirk Flinthart. “To be In Ulthar”. The Old Gentleman, as Lovecraft liked to style himself, had a great fondness for the feline. Mr. Flinthart builds on that tradition, with a tale of cats of both the four-legged & two legged kinds.* Harry Turtledove. “Interlibrary Loan”. The interlibrary loan system is sacred. And nearly as sacred is the requirement to take great care in pronunciation & grammar, whether the text is the blessed Qur’an or the damnable Necronomicon.* Will Murray. “A Trillion Young”. Anyone who has used a spell checker on a smart phone has at one time or another been embarrassed by unexpected results. Mr. Murray shows that the ‘unexpected results’ can take one well past embarrassment & gives a new meaning to “internet buzz”.* A. C. Wise. “The Paradox Collection”. Alive, dead, both, neither—AC Wise blends quantum mechanics & the multiverse into one seamless whole.* Mattie Brahen. “The Way to a Man’s Heart”. A charming little morsel of a tale, combining gastronomy & gastropods in just proportion (with a bit of Shoggoth spice).* Douglas Wynne. “The White Door”. You can never step into the same book twice, because it is never the same book, and you are never the same person.* P. D. Cacek. “One Small Change”. Our librarian heroine stutters a bit at first, but has a very soft, smooth finish.* Alex Shvartsman. “Recall Notice”. At last, a librarian who wants to make sure that the volumes get some welcome exposure. But welcome to whom?* Jason Van Pelt. “The Children’s Collection”. A touching example of interspecies cooperation. We are all children at heart. Or were once.* Darrell Schweitzer. “Not in the Card Catalog”. My esteemed co-editor contributes a troubling work which raises the question ‘when does the handoff between man & book take place?’* Robert M. Price. “The Bonfire of the Blasphemies”. We finish, like the scorpion, with a bit of a stinger. We can say no more.