The Lurking Fear

I've wanted to read H.P. Lovecraft's stuff for a long time now. Very much a bucket list sort of thing because there are just so many references to his work all over the place. Anyway, I saw this on the Hoopla bonus borrows audiobook list and grabbed it. I wanna LOVE Lovecraft! After listening, however......more

some random thoughts in the reading progress: 3.5 stars or 3.8 stars I guess? 'Nyarlathotep' is one of the Lovecraft's short stories that I keep reading and re-reading. Now in this third or fourth time re-read, I noticed this accused city in the short story actually has subway and electricity, so can......more

The mental images conjured up by Lovecraft’s prose are a hundred times more disturbing than any CGI laden film adaptation could ever hope for. The best (most frightening) horrors are the ones we don’t see.......more

Pick up this copy for "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." This story alone makes this book worthy to read. It is quite possibly the best Lovecraft story I've read. "The Lurking Fear" and "The Hound" stood out as well.......more