I am fascinated by H P Lovecraft and I write continuation stories. What could be better for me than this collection of continuation stories based on the one story? Editor Jones includes the story itself and I enjoyed re-reading it, though I must have read it half-a-dozen times before.
There are seventeen other stories, none of which I have read before, plus excellent illustrations by top graphic artists and an informed introduction by Jones himself. I particular enjoyed the stories by Brian Stableford ('The Innsmouth Heritage'), David Langford ('Deepnet') and Brian Lumley ('Dagpn's Bell'). I was surprised how much I enjoyed 'Only the End of the World Again' by Neil Gaiman, who is one of those writers whose cleverness I admire but whose work sometimes gets too clever; this example I thought was absolutely on point and strikingly atmospheric.
Jones has done at least two more Innsmouth volumes for Titan Books. How much Innsmouth can I take? We'll have to find out.
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