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[Brand: Elder Signs Press, Inc.] Á Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror Hard-hitting and hard-edged, these stories take Lovecraftian Mythos to places where only the toughest P.I.s, gangsters, and creatures dwell. Venturing into the urban sprawl and the dark places of the world, this anthology of more than 20 tales blends the hardboiled genre with the Lovecraftian.]
| Title | : | Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0975922971 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 325 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
He lives in Bemidji, Minnesota.. About the AuthorJames Ambuehl is the author of numerous fiction collections, including Correlated Contents and From Between the Star-Spaces
Crime and Cthulhu -- Natural Partners Randy Stafford Down and out PIs, doublecrossing dames, and wiseguys mix surprisingly well with the Cthulhu Mythos.Some of those wiseguys are "Eldritch-Fellas". Tim Curran's tale of that name mixes said fellas trying to avoid an indictment by the Elder Gods with several hat tips to famous scenes from modern gangster movies and tv shows. Cthulhu, here, is, in the words of his bosses, "getting out of hand". Funny, something of a tour de force, and one of the best stories in the book. The mob hitman narrating William Jones' "A Change of Life" happens to be temporarily possessed by a member of the Great Race of Yith. The. Brilliant! This book is terrific fun for fans of Lovecraft's mythos. Hardboiled Cthulhu is the latest jewel in Elder Sign Press' splendored crown. I wish there was an editor's introduction explaining the history of this title, who thought of it, how the stories were selected and the publication history, because this book is fabulous. So many mythos collections have workman-like slogs through common mythos tropes that are really burdensome to read. I bought a very expensive copy of Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth and I am still working my way through it months later. Working is the operative word. I devoured Hardboiled Cthulhu in two sleep deprived evenings, chortling to m. More like soft-boiled Hard-boiled is a branch of crime fiction wherein typically the main character is a private detective with a cynical world view. If Ambuehl uses a different definition he should have noted it in the book so readers are not confused, there's nothing wrong in trying something different so long as people aren't sold something under fasle pretences.Only 6 of 21 stories have a private detective in them, 1 is even Conan-like sword and sorcery (how that got included beats me). The rest are OK Mythos tales but are not really "hard-boiled" in the traditional sense.Either Ambuehl didn't specify what he wanted fr
He lives in Bemidji, Minnesota.. James Ambuehl is the author of numerous fiction collections, including Correlated Contents and From Between the Star-Spaces
Hard-hitting and hard-edged, these stories take Lovecraftian Mythos to places where only the toughest P.I.s, gangsters, and creatures dwell. Venturing into the urban sprawl and the dark places of the world, this anthology of more than 20 tales blends the hardboiled genre with the Lovecraftian.
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