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A great book and not just because I have a story in it. My story here, "Be Mine" is my tip of the hat to one of my favorite authors, but I can't say more than that without giving stuff away.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one!This book is a collection of horror stories that correspond to various holiday's ranging from Valentines day, to Easter... and even remembrance day!I read the stories on each holiday almost without exception.. and very much became a part of the ritual of holidays.The stories are varied in tone, but are very much within the world of H.P. Lovecraft stories, often set in some of the same places.Unfortunately, not all of the stories are great with varying quality at tim...
I took it upon myself to start this book at the beginning of the year and read the appropriate stories as their holidays approached. I even managed to read almost all of them on time (minus one or two due to holiday festivities/wedding hoo ha)!It was a super fun “goal” to look forward to throughout the year and helped me get into the spirit for the upcoming holidays! That said, what did I think of the actual stories in the book? Well….. This was probably one of my favorite Mythos anthologies las...
So, I can't believe I'm saying this, but too much Lovecraft copy cats can be a bad thing. Not all of the stories are homages to Lovecraft, but there is enough (and some not so good) to be annoying (I started rolling my eyes). And I read this collection over a time period of a year. I read the stories around the holidays they were based as it was meant and enjoyed a good bit of them. There are enough good stories (and good homages to Lovecraft) to make this collection worth your while if you are
Horror for the Holidays is a collection of 26 Lovecraftian tales. The figure of Krampus is featured on the cover. He is standing beside a 19th century-garbed evil elf-child and what appears to be a sack full of dead children. Despite this cover, the collection features holidays throughout the year, not just Christmas.There are reprints from horror masters H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti and Ramsey Campbell. Lovecraft guru Robert Price also has a tale in this tome. Interestingly there are two stor...
