A review by sofipitch
H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror by Kenneth C. Mondschein, H.P. Lovecraft

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

My enjoyment of Lovecraft depended a lot on the placement of his racism. It's not a surprise or unknown how racist he is but some of the stories his racist beliefs are what inspired the "horror" whereas in other, usually the cosmic horror, it's just sprinkled in the background bc Lovecraft can't resist. I obviously only liked the later. I grew up/ still kind of do, have a fear of the Christian apocalypse, the idea that there's so unstoppable horror that will just happen randomly and is inevitable, and cosmic horror reminded me a lot of that kind of horror. A monster or slasher you can run from, but an ancient god you never know when might strike you cannot.
My favorite stories were: Call of Cthulu, The Dunwich Horror, The Beast in the Cave, The Cats of Ulthar, Dragon, Nyarlathotep, and Herbet West Reanimator.
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