Sticks {novelette}

by Karl Edward Wagner

On This Page

Tags

Member Reviews

6 reviews
Except for 'The Rats in the Walls' and that other story with the invisible giant in the barn by Lovecraft, I don't really like much of the stories in the Cthulhu Mythos. This story is set in that. I liked the main character enough to feel sympathy, but everything feels too cliché already. I also liked the stick things. I speculate that this could have been an inspiration for True Detective Season One. I don't know. Maybe if I read this when I was younger.
The beginning with the description of the sticks and the entering of the house was incredible. novelette (Lovecraftian) "lich" (a corpse, animate or inanimate)

Members

Recently Added By

Author Information

Picture of author.
112+ Works 4,364 Members

Awards and Honors

Work Relationships

Common Knowledge

Canonical title
Sticks {novelette}
Original publication date
1974-03

Classifications

Genres
Fiction and Literature, Fantasy, Horror, General Fiction
LCC
PS648 .S5Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureCollections of American literatureProse (General)

Statistics

Members
8
Popularity
2,496,279
Reviews
2
Rating
½ (3.33)
Languages
English