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"H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."
–Stephen King
"Lovecraft's fiction is one of the cornerstones of modern horror."
–Clive Barker
Some tales in this collection were inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, others he revised, two he co-authored–but all bear the mark of the master of primordial terror.
The Horror in the Museum–Locked up for the night, a man will discover the difference between waxen grotesqueries and the real thing.
The Electric Executioner–Aboard a train, a traveler must match wits with a murderous madman.
The Trap–This mirror wants a great deal more than your reflection.
The Ghost-Eater–In an ancient woodland, the past comes to life with a bone-crunching vengeance.
AND TWENTY MORE STORIES OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL
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PETE BAUMANN
reviewed The Horror in the Museum on October 13, 2019 The Horror in the Museum
Oh my God, this was good!
I am a bit surprised that this particular story is not featured in my kindle version of 'The Complete Fiction of HP Lovecraft' . Apparently complete isn't always complete. Or it might be the fact that Lovecraft ghostwrote this for another author and it wasn't considered part of his personal work, I don't know.
Anyway, I found this particular story because a creature in it features in the amazing 2018 game 'Call of Cthulhu':
The Dimensional Shambler
The game is really cool, by the way, ESPECIALLY if you're not a gamer and prefer games to be calm and similar in experience to reading.
In this short, the main character, Jones, is interested in a wax museum that displays macabre creatures that were handmade by the talented but slightly insane Rogers.
Jones returns to the museum again and again to stare at the disturbing figures showing hellish things that are not of these earthly planes. As a regular visitor, Jones gets acquainted with Rogers and the man tells him of his adventurous travels all around the world and the myths and secret knowledge he is slowly collecting.
The gist of the story is the fact that Rogers claims that his waxen creatures are in fact real dead things he found in secret places all over the world. However, on a recent trip to a forgotten city of the fabled Elders, he found a sleeping thing and brought it back to London with the intention of waking the creature. He calls it simply 'It' and explains to Jones that it is a god that can be revived through a blood sacrifice.
Jones considers the man mad and thinks of ways to make him see through his macabre illusions that he considers reality in his mind. Rogers offers a bargain: Jones may stay inside the museum over night and if he still thinks it's all a scam by morning, Rogers will follow Jones' advice and reconsider his sanity.
Ready to prove Rogers wrong, Jones allows the man to lock him in with countless waxen monstrosities - in complete darkness.
I think it's not too difficult to imagine the path this story will take, LOL.
It's a perfect specimen of horror literature and it has Lovecraft written all over it. I absolutely adored it! Or as they would say in the game: My sanity level is slowly decreasing after reading this!!
5 stars!
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