Lovecraftian laptop lit!

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If you're looking for some lunchtime -- or patio time -- Mythos reading, check out the Summer Fiction issue of Innsmouth Free Press.   This first issue is available online or as a PDF download, with the download having a creepily attractive "natural history" cover.

The water-themed issue offers six stories, including a couple of flash fictions.  Here's the table of contents:

• Nick Mamatas And Then, And Then, And Then …
• Pamela K. Kinney Azathoth is Here
• Robert Borski The Cthulhu Whisperer
• Caroline Totten By the Sea, By the Sea
• Kírk Barrett A Bedtime Story
• Paula R. Stiles Swimming Lessons off the North Shore

I was happy to notice that fully half the bylines were female, which is unusual in the Lovecraftian world.  The stories are mostly modern, which is a nice change as well.   The IFP site also features interviews with four of the authors.

(In the interests of full disclosure: I do have a story forthcoming in the fall issue.)