If I had to be pinned down on a comment I’d have to say that I simply enjoyed them. The stories do vary in quality and none of them are bad, but then they’re not truly outstanding. In fact, the stories themselves are an enjoyable read and I found myself speeding through the book at a decent pace. This is not to say that the stories are bad, or pale pastiches or emulations of Lovecraft’s work. Could this be personal bias, being the Lovecraft fan that I am? Perhaps I expected too much? Maybe. Thankfully, ‘Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth’ doesn’t give me that feeling but it does leave me with the sense that there was something lacking, that the stories within were relying on Lovecraft’s work to give the stories credibility, rather than the stories standing on their own. Sprague de Camp ‘Conan the Liberator’-type way a great author in his own right who seemed to totally miss the mark of what makes Conan great.
I get the feeling that I’m going to be horribly disappointed in a L. I always get nervous whenever I read stories influenced or inspired by one of the greats – I get even more nervous when the work is directly related to the original work of the author. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” in which a young man goes to an isolated, desolate fishing village in Massachusetts, and finds that the entire village has interbred with strange creatures that live beneath the sea, and worship ancient gods.' Innsmouth Clay- H.P.'Respected horror anthologist Stephen Jones edits this collection of 17 stories inspired by the 20th century’s master of horror, H.P. Richard Riddle, Boy Detective, in "The Case of the French Spy"- Kim Newman The triumphant completion of Editor Steve Jones' anthology set based upon HPL's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." From HPL and August Derleth, to today's top authors, this volume follows the Deep Ones and their spawn from the early phases of the town's takeover, up through today.īeautiful Les Edwards dustjacket, and generously-illustrated interiors by Randy Broecker.
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