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Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-Fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror by James Ambuehl
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Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-Fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror

by James Ambuehl

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Oy! I had such high hopes for this one after looking at the writers' names in the contents. I realize that when you read an anthology of stories that you're going to get some that are awesome and some that are just, well, plain bad. This book is no exception. There are some gems, some stories that could have been a lot better and some that I just rolled my eyes up while reading, thinking "just move to the next one."

Stories in this one (with a *by the ones I really liked)

The Pisces Club, by James Ambuehl
A Change of Life, by William Jones
Ache, by David Witteveen
A Dangerous High, by EP Berglund
A Little Job in Arkham, by John Sunseri*
Day of Iniquity, by Steven L. Shrewsbury
Eldritch-Fellas, by Tim Curran
Outside, Looking In, by David Conyers*
Pazuzu's Children, by Jeffrey Thomas* (excellent)
The Devil in You, by Eric J. Millar
The Mouth, by William Meikle
The Questioning of the Azathothian Priest, by C.J. Henderson*
Some Problems on the Problem of Order, by Simon Bucher-Jones
The White Mountains, by Johnathan Sharp * (also very good)
Then Terror Came, by Patrick Thomas
The Prying Investigations of Edwin M. Lillibridge, by Robert M. Price*
The Roaches in the Walls, by James Chambers
To Skin A Deadman, by Cody Goodfellow
Unfinished Business, by Ron Shiflet*
The Watcher from the Grave, by JF Gonzalez*
Dreems.biz, by Richard Lupoff

So, if you need another Lovecraftian fix, you'll probably want to read this one. If you're just starting out in this genre, read some of the original Lovecraft first, or you may be a bit lost. Fun collection; happy to have it as a part of my expanding collection. ( )
  bcquinnsmom | Oct 7, 2007 |
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Hard hitting, hard edged, hardboiled stories that take Lovecraftian Mythos to places where only the toughest P.I.s, gangsters, and creatures dwell. Venture into the urban sprawl and the dark places of the world. Here the big sleep ends and the nightmares begin! This anthology contains over 20 tales blending the hardboiled genre with the Lovecraftian.

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