Book excerpt: From one of the grand masters of science-fiction comes a collection inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. "[A] pomegranate writer: popping with seeds—full of ideas." —Ray Bradbury Hugo-nominee and sci-fi luminary Henry Kuttner was part of the Lovecraft Circle, submitting plot ideas and draft manuscripts to H.P. Lovecraft himself, and Kuttner played an important role in developing the Cthulhu Mythos, one of the seminal works of the genre. The Book of Iod is a short story collection containing ten Cthulhu Mythos stories.These stories include: The Secret of Kralitz The Eater of Souls The Salem Horror The Just of Droom-avista Spawn of Dagon The Invaders The Frog Hydra Bells of Horror The Hunt