Return to Lovecraft Country: 15 Frightening Forays into the Lovecraftian Landscape (Triad Publication)

Rating:
Summary: Sorely disappointed
Review: After searching for works updating the Lovecraft mythos I thought that I'd be in for a treat when I happened upon this book. I was, in a word, disppointed. The book is poorly edited with numerous spelling and grammatical typos (probably in a rush to publish), its works are horribly derivative and sophmoric at best. I would go so far as to say that it cheapens Lovecraft's works and any true fan would be well advised to avoid this book. One exception I found was 'The Last Feat of the Harlequin' by Ligotti (unfortunatetly not even that salvages this book given the fact that I read it already in one of his anthologies).

Rating:
Summary: A Waste of Money
Review: Every single book produced by Triad Publications that I have purchased has had glaring typographical errors throughout, and this book is no exception. In fact the amount of errors is so massive in each of their books I actually vowed to never buy a Triad Publication book again, but the inclusion of a CJ Henderson story in Return To Lovecraft Country made me pick the book up. Mr. Henderson's work is excellent as always, but the rest of the stories in this anthology are poorly written and make the book unworthy of its cover price.

Rating:
Summary: Weak
Review: Of note only for the TED Klein tale, and "Last Feast of Harlequin" but these two tales have improved in far superior short story collections than this one.

Rating:
Summary: Weak
Review: Of note only for the TED Klein tale, and "Last Feast of Harlequin" but these two tales have improved in far superior short story collections than this one.