The first book I read on my new Kindle was a great one. Old H.P. Lovecraft gets a makeover in these new stories of weird, cosmic horror. If you're a fan of the old master, you most likely clicked the purchase button the minute you found out that Lovecraft expert S.T. Joshi was the editor. But even if you don't have an inkling of who Joshi or Lovecraft is(!!!), there's still plenty here for you to enjoy. Joshi shows excellent taste in having acquired the majority of these tales; each author stepped up and brought something unique to the task. For me, it was interesting to see what great writers like Michael Marshall Smith and Brian Stableford had contributed. Things do seem to peter out a tiny bit towards the end but maybe that was just me petering out because I read this book straight through and I don't usually do that with an anthology--which is a hardy recommendation all on its own!
BLACK WINGS: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror is essential reading for lovers of Lovecraft and most definitely recommended to horror fiction fans in general.
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BLACK WINGS
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