Surprised myself by diving head first into this anthology, since I don;t read as many short stories as I think I should. Lots of great, even classic takes on Lovecraft, whose own works I can take or leave, to be honest. Here we get gothic, noir, dark comedy, lyrical excess, violence, creepiness, creepy violence and oodles of nastiness. Not all the stories quite work out - The Doom That Came To Innsmouth goes south near the end after a promising start and I'm not a fan of John Langan's stuff, but a lot of the rest is spectacularly good, giving me new and old writers to check out. Happy New Year! Cthulu f'thagn!