This is a fantastic collection of short stories for those who enjoy horror. Oddly enough, I was not that impressed by the Shadows over Innsmouth. The remaining tales, however, took on an interesting twist and great reflections of imagination and creativity. Each short story kept the basic monster and added time and characters. They took the basic sea monsters out of the ocean and created a history and other dangerous, malevolent tales of garnering control over the human race. I think the eeriest...

It took me a long time to get through this. It starts out great with the original H.P. Lovecraft short story, but after the next one or two stories, I pretty much knew what I was in for. It's not necessarily the writers' faults, since their job is to use the source material, but it started to feel stale after a while. I can think of about 2 in addition to the original that I really liked (one that I loved,) a few that I really did not like, and the rest were generally good, but in the end I'm af...

Great book - the Shadow Over Innsmouth is one of my favorite Lovecraft stories (and Dagon is one of my favorite movies), and this is a lovely little collection from others who were also as inspired as I was by the ruin of a sleepy little seaside town. Love the cover art, also (By Michael Whelan, of all people!)

An anthology centered around Innsmouth, authored by British writers? Sounds interesting, and that's what initially drew me to this collection.'Shadows over Innsmouth' collects together some pretty well known writers, and each of their personal takes on the whole Innsmouth setting are all interesting and unique. (the last story containing a werewolf of all things!) Combined with the unique writing styles and personal voice of each of the authors, the reader is sure to find something to tickle the...

Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” wasn’t originally one of my favorite pieces of his work. It just struck me as sort of mediocre, especially the ending. But after reading this collection of stories by authors exploiting the Deep Ones in a variety of settings, I must admit that the tale and its progeny are growing on me, fungus-like. To be sure, this collection of British tales based on Lovecraft’s original is a mixed bag, including one or two stories with only vague Mythos allusions (the c...

A series of short stories based around the Innsmouth novella by HP Lovecraft. They were mostly enjoyable and creepy, though an overwhelming number focused on storyline a where an unknowing descendent of the deep ones returns to the ocean. I particularly enjoyed "Beyond the Reef", which is based at Miskatonic University.

I was fortunate enough to pick up this volume at a Dollar Tree store for $1 (plus tax). A fascinating collection of stories more-or-less inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," which is the first story in the collection. The stories range from the truly inspired to the merely enjoyable, and I quite enjoyed the collection.

Five stars all around for this one. I am glad that I read this series backwards. I was able to see how the stories of the mythos had evolved over the years.

Most of the stories are very spooky and left me with a delightful sense of unease - and since I read in bed, nightmares.

The usual hit-and-miss collection of Lovecraftian-inspired short stories, many with a English flare given it place of publication. The highlights are from the expected authors (Campbell, Lumley, Gaiman), but "The Big Fish" is a hidden gem among the sea foam. A worthwhile read if you're a fan of "The Shadow over Innsmouth," but otherwise a mediocre collection of Mythos- and oceanic-themed tales.

Love these stories, they all really had that H.P Lovecraft feel.

I was surprised at how much I liked it!

A rich collection of short stories based on Lovecraft’s longest work “The Shadows Over Innsmouth”. I was worried going into this that the writing would get to feel repetitive i.e running into descriptions where the authors use “slimy, fishy, beady eyed,etc” to describe the Deep Ones in a multitude of different ways with the same sort of structure. Luckily, the authors come from eclectic backgrounds and place the Deep One’s in different contexts with a range of different emphasis with what they w...

For an ostensible expert on the horror genre, Stephen Jones can pick some real duds for his anthologies, and this is one of his dudliest. The inclusion of some of these clunkers -- lousy even by the low standards of Mythos imitations -- reeks of cronyism. D.F. Lewis contributes his standard nonsense. The guy might as well just string random sentences together, and perhaps that is his style. At least he writes short. Basil Copper goes to excruciating lengths in "Beyond the Reef," a novella that h...

Titan Books are re-releasing this series of books, originally from 1994 by Fedogan and Bremer. The first,Shadows over Innsmouth, would make a terrific Halloween read, if you were looking for something this year.The book starts big. After an introduction by Stephen, we’re off and running with the inspiration for this collection, one of HP Lovecraft’s longest tales (about 64 000 words), The Shadow over Innsmouth. If you haven’t read it before, it’s an impressive read, showing all the strengths (an...

Excellent collection of Lovecraftian horror all somehow related to Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. The problem with all non-Lovecraft related "Lovecraft" stories and novels is that they are either pastiches or they just don't measure up to the Master. Even Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, and Robert Bloch etc. never quite got it. The sad truth is there will never be another Lovecraft story as good or as ground-breaking as what Lovecraft wrote. In this I have to agree with Kenneth Hite....

I thought I had found a real gem when I found Shadows Over Innsmouth. Not only did it feature the original HP Lovecraft tale but apparently used it as a springboard for a series of all new stories regarding that haunted city. Let's break this review up into two parts: First let's talk about the original story and then we'll chat about the new stories in this collection.The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a favorite story of mine. I first finished reading it when I was fourteen. Having reread it thirty

If you aren't familiar with the word "furtive", you will be by the time you finish this anthology. What can I say about Shadows over Innsmouth. It's a compilation of authors and as such there were parts I enjoyed more than others. It was my first time reading Lovecraft and the same can be said for every other author here, save Gaiman. And well, I gotta say, I struggled with Lovecraft a bit in the same way I tend to struggle with most literature that can't really be classified as contemporary. So...

It took me a while to get through this collection. I would say this is not something you'd read cover-to-cover and I can't imagine tackling the other collections "Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth" or "Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth" anytime soon. Three collections on this theme, are you kidding me?These stories can be quite creepy, a few are even scary, But what struck me about some of them was the emotional, somber nature of them. Characters which people love are changing into fish, leaving their l...