A review by discocrow
Cthulhu Tales, Volume 4: Darkness Beyond by Michael Alan Nelson, Jeff Lester, Andrew Ritchie, William Messner-Loebs, Sergio Carrera, Roger Langridge, Raven Gregory, Christine Boylan
2.0
This is the final collection in the Cthulhu Tales series, and overall it's fine. The artwork varies from fantastic to decent, as it did in previous installments. Likewise, the stories themselves are quite variable. The attempts at humor were nowhere near as good as the previous installments, but some of the 'creepier' stories were decent. In particular, the final story was fairly gripping. I appreciated more attention being paid to Nyarlathotep as well, although I found the second half of "Where Am I?" to be lacking.
The reanimation story ( "Lovecraft SVU" ) was fairly good, however, if only for the general creativity of the idea. I'd recommend this book to read, but not to buy. It's a fun creative exercise and bound to inspire anyone wanting to write Cthulhu Mythos stories on their own. It's a good testament to just how varied the stories can be.
The reanimation story ( "Lovecraft SVU" ) was fairly good, however, if only for the general creativity of the idea. I'd recommend this book to read, but not to buy. It's a fun creative exercise and bound to inspire anyone wanting to write Cthulhu Mythos stories on their own. It's a good testament to just how varied the stories can be.