The world doesn't lack for Cthulhu Mythos anthologies. That said, if I were a publisher with the money to pay writers what they're worth and produce the books I'd want to read, there are a few anthologies I'd love to see.
So here are my top 5 hypothetical Mythos anthologies.
1) DAUGHTERS OF DAGON
There has been some brilliant short fiction and poetry written expanding on "The Shadow over Innsmouth" and the Deep Ones by women, and focusing on women, such as Sonya Taafe's "All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts." I think such a theme would be brilliant for an anthology.
2) CTHULHUPUNK
There is an anthology called ELDRITCH CHROME, but I'd really like to see a book that was more like MIRRORSHADES but for the Mythos. “Star Bright, Star Byte” by Marella Sands, "A Colder War" by Charles Stross, "The Unthinkable" by Bruce Sterling, etc.
3) THE EXPERIMENTAL MYTHOS
Closest we ever got to anthologies of experimental fiction dealing with the Mythos were THE STARRY WISDOM and SONGS OF THE BLACK WORM GISM, but with a new generation of authors I think we can do weirder still.
4) THE EXTREME MYTHOS
This is maybe a bit edgelordy, but somebody asked me to make a list of the most "extreme" Mythos stories once, and while I listed things like “Necrophallus” by Makino Osamu (牧野修), it's kind of weird these stories aren't collected in one place.
5) THE FORGOTTEN MYTHOS
There are a number of early Mythos and Mythos-adjacent stories that aren't by Lovecraft that have never been collected and published in Mythos anthologies, like “The Were-Snake” (1925) by Frank Belknap Long and “The Picture” (1939) by Robert D. Harris which should see print.
Honorable Mention: THE AFRICAN CYCLE
Most folks don't care for Lovecraft's stories dealing with Africa or Africans, few as they are, because of the racial stereotypes. But there are some interesting stories that have come from there, like “Hairwork” by Gemma Files & “Magna Mater” by Arinn Dembo.
I was just talking to someone the other day about "Children of a Lesser God," an Evangelion fanfic from the late '90s, which was about child soldiers in giant mecha vs. Mythos manifestations. There's still juice in that lemon, if you ask me.
