Swords against Cthulhu, an anthology of sword and sorcery/Cthulhu Mythos crossovers.
Mighty thewed barbarians battle alien wizardry and cosmic terror in a blind, unreasoning universe where only the strong surviveÉ
The Cthulhu Mythos is best known as a horror genre, but its influence was felt on the work of seminal sword and sorcery writers Robert E Howard and Clark Ashton Smith, and its pessimistic tone has continued to predominate in the genre to this day.
However mighty the hero, the forces of chaos, the blasphemous powers of an insouciant universe, are strongerÑor are they? All a doomed swordsman can do is face the outer darkness, blade in hand, a song of defiance on his lips, and hope to die fightingÉ
Including stories by Damir Salkovic, Mark Sims, Sergio Palumbo and many more!