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Shadows over Innsmouth by Stephen              Jones
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This is a fantastic collection of short stories for those who enjoy horror. Oddly enough, I was not that impressed by the Shadows over Innsmouth. The remaining tales, however, took on an interesting twist and great reflections of imagination and creativity. Each short story kept the basic monster and added time and characters. They took the basic sea monsters out of the ocean and created a history and other dangerous, malevolent tales of garnering control over the human race. I think the eeriest part of the tales are the fact that they fit in so well with each other that it almost appears as if each were drafted relevant to the previous. They move from regular ordinary groups of people trying to make sense of the craziness to the groups clamoring to rid the society of these beasts. Then, they move to individual stories of familial members of those who were taken to those that are monstrous themselves and go into battle against the creatures as they are destroyed by failure of ritual completion. Each tale does justice in its own rite. I think you should read this book. I actually have pictures from my travels down into the Sunny Jimmy Cave that reflect some of the dense darkness in these stories.
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April 23, 2009 – Shelved

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