The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge

There’s a bad omen that begins with this book and continues in the next one. It’s the “reference things from better titles in the series” syndrome, and it doesn’t bode well. Unlike some rather vocal critics who dismiss Strickland’s writing, I am quite comfortable defending his work continuing the se......more

A bridge over a local river is being torn down and replaced, and Lewis, Rose Rita, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman are all worried what that will mean. The bridge was more than a public works project - it was build with magic iron to keep something very evil at bay. So Lewis and Rose Rita do some......more

By far the best Lewis Barnavelt novel since the first one, this entry forgoes the cookie-cutter evil and goes straight into Lovecraftian bonkersness. Highly recommended!......more

Considering how hard it is to put on another writer's astronaut suit and go wading into another world, Strickland does a good job here. It still doesn't have all the same magic of the master.......more

3.5 Will review at Fantasy Literature.......more