The Muse of the Monstrous and Other Tales

In the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft, The Muse of the Monstrous collects supernatural tales of madness and doomed curiosity. Dream-like and darkly sensual, these stories trace humanity's struggle to remain functional in the face of cosmic horrors and mind-shattering revelations. In "The Ghouls, Like Angels" an abused housemaid in Victorian England finds a dangerous way to take revenge upon her master. "The Cetological Apotheosis of Samuel Coffin" tells of a nineteenth-century whaleship, a captain seduced by the occult, and sailors who dream as they drown in the deepest waters of the ocean. In the title story, a scientist conducts ground-breaking experiments but finds herself drawn to a giant, shambling figure in the forest.