Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies is a collection of horror

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 and fantasy stories by author Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch

Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...

. It was released in 1998

1998 in literature

The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 5 - Tennessee Williams' 1938 play, Not About Nightingales, receives its stage première....

 and was the author's third book published by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

. It was published in an edition of 2,565 copies. The stories, selected by Robert M. Price

Robert M. Price

Robert McNair Price is an American theologian and writer. He teaches philosophy and religion at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute, and the author of a number of books on theology and the historicity of Jesus, including...

, originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales

Weird Tales

Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....

, Strange Stories and Rogue. The collection includes some Cthulhu Mythos

Cthulhu Mythos

The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...

 stories.

Contents

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies contains the following tales:

1. "Introduction", by Robert M. Price
   Robert M. Price
   Robert McNair Price is an American theologian and writer. He teaches philosophy and religion at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute, and the author of a number of books on theology and the historicity of Jesus, including...
   
   
2. "The Druidic Doom"
3. "Fangs of Vengeance"
4. "Death is An Elephant"
5. "A Question of Identity"
6. "Death Has Five Guesses"
7. "The Bottomless Pool"
8. "The Dark Isle"
9. "Flowers From the Moon"
10. "He Waits Beneath the Sea"
11. "Power of Druid"
12. "Be Yourself"
13. "A Sorcerer Runs for Sheriff"
14. "Black Bargain"
15. "A Bottle of Gin"
16. "Wine of Sabbat"
17. "Soul Proprietor"
18. "Satan’s Phonograph"
19. "The Man Who Told The Truth"
20. "The Night They Crashed the Party"
21. "Philtre Tip"