A collection of eleven short pieces by a Noncommissioned U.S. Army Officer and Iraq War veteran. This explains the impact of these ostensibly escapist tales, which aren’t unusually graphic or excessive but have a kick missing from most of today’s horror.
This volume proves that genuinely vital avant-garde fiction is alive and well.
THE LIBRARY, Zivkovic’s seventh book, isn’t nearly as monumental or as mind-boggling as some of his other works–particularly his confounding masterpiece ESCHER’S LOOPS–but it is at least easier to read.
This is the second of Kurodahan Press’ four volume LAIRS OF THE HIDDEN GODS anthology of Japanese Cthulhu Mythos, and, as with the first entry, it’s a first rate collection with excellent translations.
Here we have the first entry of a four volume English translation of this massive H.P. Lovecraft-inspired anthology, which initially appeared in Japan back in 2002.
So this book isn’t exactly great–far from it, in fact. But for those of you with a rooting interest in Krampus, it will definitely satisfy.
I was indeed expecting far more from the collection THE KING IN YELLOW than what it contains–although I wasn’t entirely disappointed.
This anthology, the first of three volumes, is a terrific collection of Japanese supernatural tales set during (though not always from) Japan’s Edo period of 1603-1868.
These comics represent good, solid work on the part of the writers and illustrators. I’ll admit I’m not jumping-up-and-down enthusiastic about any of the contents, but that’s probably because in my view the stories chosen just don’t seem like the strongest Williamson and co-editor Mort Castle could have picked.
This anthology, now available in trade paperback, has garnered much praise since its 2007 debut, and for once all the shouting is justified.