The Haunted House by Jen Prenkowski
This pop up book was originally published in 1979 and is a classic. It is a loving depiction of a horror house with a saw, creepy paintings, a weird attic, creatures in the kitchen, a thing in the bathroom, a creepy bed and a thing under the stairs.
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Cthulhu Lives! edited by Salome Jones, part 2
On The Banks Of The River Jordan
The secrets of a suburban park are told in the soppiest tones of impending doom. This degrades.
Dark Water
A man uses his brohurt as an excuse to kill his girlfriend. Not sensibly constructed and dreadful in every way.
Ink
A short tale of art. There is no multifacededness present in this shallow, lacklustre and haphazardly constructed chaotic tale.
Demon In Glass
A 19th century photographer goes on about his doctrine of aesthetic functionality. This eschews sense and is hysterical multi-climactic filled pap.
Scales From Balor’s Eye
A man looks into family history with righteous idealism. This was nonchalantly dull.
Best Line:
“Milk that tastes like water because the full-fat is ’bad’ for you.”
Of The Faceless Crowd
Stultified inaccessible crap.
Scritch, Scratch
The village has always had a rat catcher, until now. There’s something malicious in the woods. This is an excellent beguiling tale of intense discomfort, hopelessness and social conditioning.
Best Lines:
“People with gleaming teeth began to use ominous phrases such as “development plan” and “diversification of revenue streams”.”
“Their non-threatening colourful ties.”
Icke
A boy fishes with undisguised relish while dealing with psychological violence. Boring.
Coding Time
A techie is immersed in his work until he realises his megalomaniacal boss has taking leveraging intellectual properties in a whole new/old direction. Mediocre.
Best Lines:
“In Egypt they called me ‘Lord and Master’, in a language that no living man still speaks.”
“They’re not the enemy! We are!”
The Thing In The Printer
The college weirdo uses a 3D printer for disturbing ventures. Excellent.
The Old Ones
A man visits his former teacher in a nursing home and learns what his ‘mentor’ really is. Very funny and excellent.
Best Line:
“I figured I’d put my walk-in closet to good use by making it a portal to another dimension. It took a few tries to get the incantation right.”
Visiting Rights
A boy is unhappy about his parents’ separation and his mother’s new boyfriend. But there’s a twist. Excellent.
Best Lines:
“Mum does everything anxiously.”
“I can sit on my own stairs, can’t I?”
The Highland Air
A man’s malefic son causes strife. Ugh.
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