![]() ![]() The story, while intricate, never crosses the line into utterly confusing, and the climax is the most surprising in the collection. This is intelligent body horror done right. Specht, the therapist, has some very unusual methods, and none of the other tortured souls in attendance seem to mind, for it’s clear there are darker forces at work. While at the group, however, he encounters much more than he anticipated Dr. In ‘MirrororriM’ by DL Snell, Justin is a self-harmer seeking help and support with the aid of a therapy group. The descriptions of the altered slaves are particularly well-written, with their stitched mouths and quartz eyes the fact that they’re encountered in a set of claustrophobic caverns only adds to the tangible dread. ![]() There is some wonderful storytelling here as the action moves seamlessly back and forth through time in order to embellish on Hull’s past and motives. Tsagotthua, an ancient being, is about to awaken, and Hull could be the only man capable of stopping it. The third in the Cthulhu Unbound series from Permuted Press features four multifarious novellas based around Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, each with a unique take on the creatures and cosmicism that fans of the source material will appreciate.Ĭody Goodfellow’s ‘Unseen Empire’ tells the story of Inigo Hull, a half-Comanche bounty-hunter, as he leads a group of cavalrymen on a quest to find a tribe of Indians who have gone missing from their reservation. ![]()
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