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This collection is a dark and delicious treat for lovers of the weird to savor. Those familiar with H.P. Lovecraft and his circle will find delight in subtle allusions -- Lovecraft's Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep are obliquely mentioned, as are Clark Ashton Smith's Tsathoggua, Frank Belknap Long's hounds of Tindalos, and August Derleth's Ithaqua, among others -- but those unacquainted with them will not be left behind. The first 122 pages include stand-alone stories. In "Dark Equinox," Jen hopes to p...
This was a thoroughly enjoyable collection of weird fiction, in the Lovecraftian vein specifically.There’s a good deal of variety here. Some of the stories are rather sad like “When the Stars Run Away,” "Wings of Memory" and “The Water Lily Room.” While “The Sweetness of Your Heart” is a sort of moody, Gothic tale. “Dark Equinox” and “The Death Verses of Yian-Ho” are similar in that both are about students’ who’s researches get them into some deep troubles.“Desert Mystery! Gas & Go!,” “Rehab,” “...
What starts out excellent finishes as just average. The first 121 pages of this collection by Schwader, known primarily for her poetry, are great; top notch Lovecraftian stories that are fresh and original, and not derivative. But then things change, the second half of the book is stories based around the character Cassie Barrett that partake more of the Nancy Drew mold, as in Cassie Barrett and the Curse of Yig. These are a loosely related chronological set of stories that have a more tradition...
I don't read a lot of Lovecraftian literature, but I'm glad I read this book. Some of the stories ended with a sort of horrifying unintended justice that I found oddly appealing. One story that stuck with me was Wings of Memory. - SPOILERS AHEAD - I found the characters interestingly ambiguous. The great-nephew was a bad guy and had to go. But really, with everyone telling him what a loser he was going to be, and how he was such a disappointment, well really, he didn't have much of a chance. And...
