Lovecraft's Monsters

Disclaimer: I received a eARC of this anthology from netgalley.

Lovecraft and his works hold a special place in my heart. So when I got a chance to review one of Datlow's latest anthologies I took it. This is the 2nd Lovecraftian anthology Datlow has edited. Datlow says in the introduction, “I had three goals in choosing stories: the first, as usual, was to avoid pastiches; the second was to use stories that have not been overly reprinted in the many recent mythos anthologies; third, I wanted to showcase Lovecraftian-influenced stories by at least some authors not known for that kind of story.” And she hit the mark because this book is really entertaining.

The stories in this tome vary in the decades they write about. There's some steampunk flavored stories, there's some noir, and there's some weird futuristic sci-fi. However, they all share one thing, they celebrate Lovecraft's works through his monsters and the horrible things they do to us as mortals.

Bottom Line: Love anthologies? Love Lovecraftian style prose and monsters? Need a break from those novels you've been reading? Get this book. The stories within will entertain you, gross you out, and long for the good old days of reading Lovecraft for the first time.