A review by benlundns
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird by China Miéville, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Neil Gaiman

3.0

Reading an anthology is always a risk. There will probably be some stories that you really like, but what will you have to slog through to get to them? I know about Lovecraft and how his writings has spawned a whole genre. A close cousin to horror, but with more mythical elements and a strong otherworldy feel to them. Like the world just beneath the one we live in, that is always there, but we don't notice unless we walk home on a different route then usual, or go through the wrong doorway in a place we don't recognize. In that respect this book did a good job of giving me that feeling. There were still some stories that were not great but overall the little peeks behind that curtain were overall satisfying.