A review by fredcthulhu
The Book of Cthulhu II by Ann K. Schwader, Livia Llewellyn, Michael Chabon, Elizabeth Bear, Molly Tanzer, Adam Scott Glancy, Matt Wallace, Stanley C. Sargent, Kim Newman, John R. Fultz, W.H. Pugmire, Cody Goodfellow, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Laird Barron, Fritz Leiber, Ross E. Lockhart, Neil Gaiman, Mark Samuels, Orrin Grey, Gord Sellar, Paul Tobin, Sarah Monette, Karl Edward Wagner, William Browning Spencer, Jonathan Wood, Christopher Reynaga

4.0

As with all anthologies some of the stories presented in the volume are stronger than others. Two of the stories stand out. Once More From the Top by A Scott Glancy is a story of a marine who was part of the raid on Innsmouth. The story dovetails smoothly with H.P. Lovecraft's Shadow over Innsmouth. Glancy does a fantastic job of portraying the horror of Innsmouth. The Black Brat of Dunwich by Stanley C Sargent is a reversal of The Dunwich Horror. The premise of the story is that Wilbur Whateley was the protagonist of the story The Dunwich Horror while Armitage was the antagonist. I would recommend this anthology to any love of Lovecraft's stories.