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Ross E. Lockhart is the Publisher/Editor in Chief of Word Horde. A lifelong fan of supernatural, fantastic, speculative, and weird fiction, Lockhart holds degrees in English from Sonoma State University (BA) and SFSU (MA). He is a veteran of small-press publishing, having edited scores of well-regarded novels of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Lockhart edited the acclaimed Lovecraftian anthologies The Book of Cthulhu and The Book of Cthulhu II and Tales of Jack the Ripper (2013). Forthcoming are The Children of Old Leech (with Justin Steele, 2014), and Giallo Fantastique (2014). Lockhart's rock-and-roll novel, Chick Bassist, was published by Lazy Fascist Press in 2012. Lockhart lives in an old church in Petaluma, California, with his ...more

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	The Book of Cthulhu (The Book of Cthulhu, #1) by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor), Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) 4.07 avg rating — 2,296 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Cthulhu II (The Book of Cthulhu, #2) by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laird Barron (Goodreads Author), Molly Tanzer (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 727 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Justin Steele (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Allyson Bird (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from a Talking Board by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author), J.M. McDermott (Goodreads Author) 2.78 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Jack the Ripper by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ann K. Schwader (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cthulhu Fhtagn! by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Walter Greatshell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ann K. Schwader (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giallo Fantastique by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Cesare (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Garrett Cook (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eternal Frankenstein by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Siobhan Carroll (Contributor), Autumn Christian (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.43 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chick Bassist 4.41 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pugilist's Holiday 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural

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“On the other hand, there is also the matter of Lovecraft’s place in popular culture.”
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“This is where I stand, at the bottom gate, and I hold the key to the abyss…”
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“It's your bone structure, contemplates Erin, that's what makes you pretty. It's the scars that make you memorable.”
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“Here was a place sacred to the dead, who were not the living ceased, but almost another species, requiring rites and prayers that belonged uniquely to them.”
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“Putting down the devil was the Lord’s own sport.”
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“The un-people, the anti-tribe, humanity’s sack unpicked and sewn together again with the moon inside.”
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“What I do know is that I have never found clowns remotely funny. I am not alone in this, I think. More people find clowns disturbing or distressing rather than raucously amusing. Is it that the nature of human existence has changed so radically in the last century or so that what was funny to our grandparents and great-grandparents is now tragic or terrifying?”
― Clive Barker, The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus

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“I considered going off grid, but where was “off grid” anymore that didn’t require me to know how to kill an elephant seal and live off its blubber?”
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