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mrfrank's review
5.0
Is Lovecraftian fiction too intense, archaic or literary for your tastes? Well then step right up and take a look at STRANGE VERSUS LOVECRAFT. Throw cannon and tried and true Lovecraft tradition out the window. StrangeHouse Books gaggle of miscreant writers turn the sub-genre on its head.
If you look close enough you'll find just enough alien monsters, inter-dimensional portals and a boat load of ruinous tentacles to make you think you can catch a faint whiff of H.P. between the pages. After that though all the rules go out the window as SHB injects the bizarre into every nook and cranny of this 11 story anthology.
The ones to look out for are Kevin Strange's McHUMANS, Craig Mullins VICIOUS JELLY and Kyle Noble's THE CURSE OF THE BLACK GOAT. That's not to discredit the other stories, there are no duds, but those three are the shining stars in this reviewer's opinion.
So, if you've always wanted to look into Lovecraft but were afraid of the pretension then open this up. This is HP Lovecraft for all the cool kids smoking cigarettes and drinking beer out behind the 7-11.
If you look close enough you'll find just enough alien monsters, inter-dimensional portals and a boat load of ruinous tentacles to make you think you can catch a faint whiff of H.P. between the pages. After that though all the rules go out the window as SHB injects the bizarre into every nook and cranny of this 11 story anthology.
The ones to look out for are Kevin Strange's McHUMANS, Craig Mullins VICIOUS JELLY and Kyle Noble's THE CURSE OF THE BLACK GOAT. That's not to discredit the other stories, there are no duds, but those three are the shining stars in this reviewer's opinion.
So, if you've always wanted to look into Lovecraft but were afraid of the pretension then open this up. This is HP Lovecraft for all the cool kids smoking cigarettes and drinking beer out behind the 7-11.
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