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Old 10-26-2011   #34
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Re: New Horror Books

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Just started reading this yesterday, so far so good.
However, the titles "Calamari Curls " and "Jihad over Innsmouth" sounds...worrying. I'm allergic to comedy-horror crossovers...however, havn't read them just yet.
Some few others have complain'd about the humorous tales in the book, but there don't seem to be too many, and there are such great tales, classics of their kind. I, too, am allergic to Mythos tales that try to be humorous or cute -- they usually suck shoggoth. And I find it insulting to Lovecraft, as it seems to imply that he is an author one cannot take seriously, so let's poke fun. As a Lovecraftian author, I am dead serious.

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