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A review by cj_jones
That Ain't Right: Historical Accounts of the Miskatonic Valley by Brandon Barrows, Sean Frost
4.0
Full disclosure: I'm a friend of the editors.
Given that, I feel confident saying that this is a satisfying and solid read--solid in that there aren't any filler stories propped up by the works around them. Each one of these is good on their own merit. I had concerns that I would have the same trouble with this as I do with Lovecraft, that it would devolve into a morass of malicious fogs, squamous shadows, things that couldn't be but definitely were, and everybody going quite quite mad. But these authors picked up on Lovecraft's weak link, the characters, and hoisted the literary tent on that pole.
Given that, I feel confident saying that this is a satisfying and solid read--solid in that there aren't any filler stories propped up by the works around them. Each one of these is good on their own merit. I had concerns that I would have the same trouble with this as I do with Lovecraft, that it would devolve into a morass of malicious fogs, squamous shadows, things that couldn't be but definitely were, and everybody going quite quite mad. But these authors picked up on Lovecraft's weak link, the characters, and hoisted the literary tent on that pole.