Five short stories inspired by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, creator and acknowledged master of the genre of Cosmic Horror. --- "Cuitiliu" Did the Great Old Ones ever walk in Ireland? Did they have something to do with what happened at Devil's Cliff? The forgotten pages of Amhlaoibh O Suilleabhain's Diary may hold the answers. --- "The Call of the Stars" His father left him a packet of mysterious Irish manuscripts, and when Mairtin Mac Cuarta read them, he felt the stars call to him. --- "The Book of Poison" Finnish student Panu Hoglund only wanted to read old books to learn the Irish language, but then one was sent to him that had an ancient poison in it. --- "The Midnight Worm in Ikaalinen" is at the heart of this collection: a prize-winning story by the Finnish philosopher S. Albert Kivinen, who introduced Lovecraft to Finnish readers of fantasy. In this story, Kivinen describes a cosmic monster who made its nest in Ikaalinen, a small market town in Western Finland-the hometown of the writer himself. --- "Paappana, or Erkki Santanen's Music" Club music drew hundreds of young people to the decaying suburb. But what black destiny was waiting for them in the cellar below?

Cuig ghearrsceal uafais in aithris ar stil an Mheiriceanaigh H. P. Lovecraft, a chruthaigh seanra nua scealta uafais-an tUafas Cosmach. "Cuitiliu" An raibh na Seanoiri Mora ag siul na hEireann riamh? Caitheann an sceal seo suil ar leathanaigh dhearmadta Chin Lae Amhlaoibh. "Scairt na Realta" D'fhag a athair lamhscribhinni rundiamhra Gaeilge aige, agus nuair a leigh se iad, mhothaigh se na realtai ag glaoch air. "An Leabhar Nimhe" Nior theastaigh uaidh ach seanleabhair Ghaeilge leis an teanga a fhoghlaim, ach ansin, thainig ceann chuige a raibh nimh ann. "Peist an Mhean Oiche in Ikaalinen" ata i gcroi an bhailiuchain seo-duais-sceal an fhealsaimh Fhionlannaigh S. Albert Kivinen, a chuir Lovecraft in aithne do leitheoiri fantaisiochta na Fionlainne. Sa sceal seo, tugann Kivinen cur sios ar arrachtach cosmach a rinne a nead in Ikaalinen, baile beag margaidh san Fhionlainn-fod duchais an scribhneora fein. "Paappana, no Ceol Erkki Santanen" Tharraing ceol an chlub na ceadta daoine oga go dti bruachbhaile leathlofa. Ach ansin, bhi an duchinniuint ag fanacht leo thios sa silear. Panu Petteri Hoglund a d'aistrigh gearrsceal Kivinen go Gaeilge agus a scriobh na ceithre cinn eile a fhoilsitear faoi chludach leabhair anseo. Casfar uafas cosmach Lovecraft ort san Fhionlainn agus in Eirinn, i saol an lae inniu agus i saol an lae roimh an Drochshaol. Chaith Panu Petteri Hoglund na blianta fada ag deanamh dianstaideir ar Ghaeilge na gcainteoiri duchais le go bhfeadfadh se scealta a insint i stil a mbeadh blas ceart na teanga uirthi. Is e an bailiuchan gearrscealta seo an dara leabhar Gaeilge a thainig ona pheann. Na scealta leis fein a fhoilsitear anseo, chuaigh siad i gclo an chead uair in "An Gael," iris Chumann Carad na Gaeilge sna Stait Aontaithe."