The Colour out of Darkness
John Pelan, . . Cemetery Dance, $30 (160pp) ISBN 978-1-58767-113-5
Replete with explicit sex and gore, Pelan's undistinguished Lovecraft pastiche lacks the subtle suggestiveness that was the hallmark of Lovecraft's best work. Once again, an alien tentacled monstrosity is attempting to take over the world, employing a cadre of followers to spread an infection that would convert all of humanity into his servants. Pelan interweaves his account of the spread of the contagion in Seattle with brief interludes that portray many of history's greatest monsters as prey of the Great Old Ones. Those seeking a scary grafting of Lovecraft's themes onto the modern world would be happier reading Robert Bloch's
Reviewed on: 01/30/2006
Genre: Fiction