Your Favorite Cthulhu Mythos Story

[hopfrog]

Quote Originally Posted by Harksen

"The Hounds of Tindalos" is certainly one of my personal favourites (even if I have always thought it would have worked a little better placed in a more modern setting). (Sorry if the last paragraph sounds like a shameless plug; that's not the intention.)

Actually, my dear fellow, "The Hounds of Tindalos" was set in an entirely modern setting, in that it was set in the year in which it was written. Judging from Lovecraft's letters, Belknap wrote the tale in September or October of 1928.

There is nothing at all "wrong" about "plugging" one's writing and the books of friends, &c. The only people who complain about such things are snobs and toxic yobs, & they are so easily ignor'd. I always appreciate knowing about what my weird tale writer friends are working on or about to have publish'd, and this is most certainly a proper place for such information.

[Joe Pulver]

Quote Originally Posted by hopfrog

Quote Originally Posted by Harksen "The Hounds of Tindalos" is certainly one of my personal favourites (even if I have always thought it would have worked a little better placed in a more modern setting). (Sorry if the last paragraph sounds like a shameless plug; that's not the intention.) Actually, my dear fellow, "The Hounds of Tindalos" was set in an entirely modern setting, in that it was set in the year in which it was written. Judging from Lovecraft's letters, Belknap wrote the tale in September or October of 1928. There is nothing at all "wrong" about "plugging" one's writing and the books of friends, &c. The only people who complain about such things are snobs and toxic yobs, & they are so easily ignor'd. I always appreciate knowing about what my weird tale writer friends are working on or about to have publish'd, and this is most certainly a proper place for such information.

I agree, Wilum. We write to be read. And in venues like this one, passing along information on works we feel the members might enjoy seems completely proper.

[Harksen]

Oh, I know "The Hounds of Tindalos" was set in a modern setting, when it was written. What I meant was that I think it would have been more plausible in times closer to ours. My reasoning is, briefly, that to me it would seem more plausible if we, the readers, were witnessing the situation through a webcam or some other filming device.

But it's a matter of detail, really. It remains one of my all-time favourites

I am glad to hear that it was not inappropriate that I mentioned ELDRITCH HORRORS: DARK TALES. Thank you.

[MadsPLP]

Quote Originally Posted by waffles

Quote Originally Posted by starrysothoth Karl Edward Wagner's story "Sticks" always gave me a chill. I believe it's one of the finest Mythos tales out there which almost escapes the orbit of old Lovecraftiana altogether. I'll second that and further add that I think it's one of the finest horror stories (Cthulhu Mythos or otherwise) ever written.

I absolutely agree. I only have that and the one in Joshi's (ed.) American Supernatural Tales. Is his other horror fiction that good?