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A wondrous anthology of fantasy and horror commemorating the First World Fantasy Convention held in 1975 in Providence, Rhode Island--the birthplace of H. P. Lovecraft, master of the macabre.

Here are the winners of the first "Howard Awards" (busts of the venerable Lovecraft himself)--the top honor to be bestowed for excellence in the field of the fantastic, be it short stories, novels, collections, non-fiction, art, or publishing.

Included in this collection is the work of such masters as Robert Bloch, Patricia A. McKillip, and Robert Aickman; British writer Karl Edward Wagner, artist Lee Brown Coye, and Manly Wade Wellman. As well as panel discussions, winners' acceptance speeches, even a mini-treatise, "Toward a Greater Appreciation of H. P. Lovecraft." All overseen and hosted by a winning toastmaster, cartoonist and author Gahan Wilson.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1977) - essay by Gahan Wilson
• The Convention - (1977) - essay by Kirby McCauley
• About the Fantasy Awards - (1977) - essay by David G. Hartwell
• The Awards - (1977) - essay by Gahan Wilson
• The Bat Is My Brother - (1944) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Beetles - (1938) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Acceptance Speech - (1977) - essay by Robert Bloch
• About Robert Bloch - (1977) - essay by uncredited
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Excerpt) - (1974) - short fiction by Patricia A. McKillip
• An Essay - (1977) - essay by Robert Aickman
• Pages from a Young Girl's Journal - (1973) - novelette by Robert Aickman
• The Events at Poroth Farm - (1972) - novella by T. E. D. Klein
• A Father's Tale - (1974) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Sticks - (1974) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
• Come Into My Parlor - (1949) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Fearful Rock - (1939) - novella by Manly Wade Wellman
• About Manly Wade Wellman - (1977) - essay by uncredited
• The Ballantines - (1977) - essay by uncredited
• Lee Brown Coye // An Appreciation - (1974) - essay by Gahan Wilson
• The Bait - (1973) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Vampire in America - (1973) - essay by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Shortest Way - (1974) - short story by David Drake
• From "Chips and Shavings" - (1963) - essay by Lee Brown Coye
• The Soft Wall - (1974) - short story by Dennis Etchison
• Toward a Greater Appreciation of H. P. Lovecraft: The Analytical Approach - (1973) - essay by Dirk W. Mosig
• Cradle Song for an Abandoned Werewolf - (1973) - poem by H. Warner Munn
• The Abandoned Boudoir - (1974) - poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
• Guillotine - (1970) - poem by Walter Shedlofsky
• The Farmhouse - (1971) - short story by David A. Riley

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