Thank you for the review! This is an exceptionally rare privilege - I must've had like 3 reviews in the whole of history (and those were for coming second in the Lunar Awards 3 times in a row).
And you seriously are a fantastic reviewer.
I know just what you mean about humour and horror. There are quite a few humour-horror mashups I've encountered here and there on Substack. This is especially true for the cosmic horror subgenre, because it's just so alien and bizarre. When I first read HPL, about 30-odd years ago, I just never found it scary in the slightest. It was more humorous, and largely because of HPL's absurdly over-the-top use of language - all those adverbs and adjectives - ironically, the kind of use of language all these so-called 'writing experts' advise people not to do. But what do they know? HPL is still far more popular than they'll ever be.
I've also done a fair few sci-fi/humour mashups, so I get you completely about the sci-fi romp thing (see my 'Unofficial-K' section in particular - it's a series of such things with the same main character).
Thank you for the review! This is an exceptionally rare privilege - I must've had like 3 reviews in the whole of history (and those were for coming second in the Lunar Awards 3 times in a row).
And you seriously are a fantastic reviewer.
I know just what you mean about humour and horror. There are quite a few humour-horror mashups I've encountered here and there on Substack. This is especially true for the cosmic horror subgenre, because it's just so alien and bizarre. When I first read HPL, about 30-odd years ago, I just never found it scary in the slightest. It was more humorous, and largely because of HPL's absurdly over-the-top use of language - all those adverbs and adjectives - ironically, the kind of use of language all these so-called 'writing experts' advise people not to do. But what do they know? HPL is still far more popular than they'll ever be.
I've also done a fair few sci-fi/humour mashups, so I get you completely about the sci-fi romp thing (see my 'Unofficial-K' section in particular - it's a series of such things with the same main character).
I've never been this scared to laugh
Thank you so much for mentioning me! ❤️
I'm totally getting you to write the review blurb on the back cover of this novel once it is done and ready to be published :P
"can I please get sucked up in this? I’m hyperventilating, dreaming of Substack"
You enjoy your work wwwaaaayyyyyy too much!!