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What a great anthology. Some were surprising fare others were more stereotypical of Cosmic horror but All the stories had creeping tension, questioned morality and plenty of madness.
Full disclosure: I'm a friend of the editors.Given that, I feel confident saying that this is a satisfying and solid read--solid in that there aren't any filler stories propped up by the works around them. Each one of these is good on their own merit. I had concerns that I would have the same trouble with this as I do with Lovecraft, that it would devolve into a morass of malicious fogs, squamous shadows, things that couldn't be but definitely were, and everybody going quite quite mad. But these...
I received this book as part of the Goodreads First Reads program.I usually don't spare book covers a moment's notice, because I'm too focused on getting to the text, but the cover art by Shannon Legler is both beautiful and effective in setting the mood for these stories. I found myself staring at it more than once.That Ain't Right: Historical Accounts of the Miskatonic Valley collects eighteen stories told from the point of view of characters who have encountered - lived in, worked in, or simp...
A well curated collection of tales in a perfect setting for Lovecraftian fiction.
Disclaimer: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it.Howard Phillips “H.P.” Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a minor writer of horror fiction in the early 20th Century. But thanks to a gift for purple prose, a strong philosophical unity in his stories’ viewpoints and (most importantly) a willingness to share his ideas, he’s been immensely influential in the development of the horror field. He’s best known for the Cthulhu Mythos, a series of stories involving co...
A bit uneven, but a "guilty pleasure" read nonetheless.
Disclaimer: I am friends with the editors as well as some of the authors, and also backed the book's Kickstarter.This is a really solid collection of Lovecraftian or Lovecraft-inspired stories, assembled by the editors of the Mad Scientist Journal e-zine. For me it gets off to bit of a rocky start, with a couple tales that suffer from a flaw common to a lot of so-so horror fiction; describing the flaw would constitute spoilers, so I'll refrain. Then again, it could be just me that is bothered by...
I stumbled over this book, and am very glad I took the time to download and read it. As a fan of the Cthulhu Mythos, I found the 18 tales in this book to be a solid addition to the expanding universe of weird tales. Written as journal articles, each story explores a facet of life in the Miskatonic Valley as if it is being studied by academic researchers.
Honestly, I expected a much more constrained set of stories, since I knew that the MSJ conceit was that they all needed to be presented as first-person accounts. However, the range of subject matter and story types was amazing, and in several cases I'm actively looking up other works by the authors. Highly recommended.
