Usually ascribed to H. P. Lovecraft this dark work may actually come from a time long ago and a tradition that is not human. 

Contents: 

Editor's Foreword (The Necronomicon: The Book of Dead Names) • essay by George Hay 

Introduction to 'The Necronomicon' • essay by Colin Wilson 

Letter from Dr Stanislaus Hinterstoisser • short fiction by George Hay 

Fragments from the Necronomicon, with an Explanatory Foreward • short fiction by Robert Turner (I) 

The Necronomicon: A Commentary • essay by Robert Turner (I) 

Deciphering John Dees' Manuscript • essay by David Langford 

Appendix A: Young Man Lovecraft • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 

Appendix B: Dreams of Dead Names • essay by Christopher Frayling 

Appendix C: Lovecraft and Landscape • essay by Angela Carter 

Bibliography to 'Fragments from the Necronimicon' and 'Commentary' • essay by George Hay