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Those Who Go Forth into the Empty Place of Gods
Brewster Gilligan, an underachieving genius, believes that his loss on a television quiz show is the worst thing to ever happen to him. Little does he know that the phrase he answered with, a bit of trivia he remembered from his dead grandfather, was a scrap of forbidden knowledge that would trigger a cabal of dangerous immortals to hunt him down.
103 pages, Paperback
First published January 3, 2020
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Curtis M. Lawson
43 books236 followersCurtis M. Lawson is a writer of unapologetically weird, dark fiction, poetry, and comics. His work includes Black Heart Boys' Choir, It’s a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, and The Devoured.
Curtis is a member of the Horror Writer’s Association and hosts the Wyrd Transmissions podcast.
Curtis is a member of the Horror Writer’s Association and hosts the Wyrd Transmissions podcast.
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April 28, 2020
Do you know those badly dubbed Kung-Fu movies we watched so much in the 80's?
Well, this story followed the same formula.
So, take a Kung-Fu movie and cross it with something like a Marvel movie, and you have the feeling of this book.
Unfortunately, the story never grabbed me and the ending was sooo predictable, even though the writing wasn't bad.
Giving this one a generous 3 stars.
Well, this story followed the same formula.
So, take a Kung-Fu movie and cross it with something like a Marvel movie, and you have the feeling of this book.
Unfortunately, the story never grabbed me and the ending was sooo predictable, even though the writing wasn't bad.
Giving this one a generous 3 stars.
January 7, 2020
After losing on a televised quiz show by giving an incorrect but bizarre answer, Brewster Gilligan's life continues to roll downhill. He doesn't realize it yet, but his wrong answer set in motion a series of powerful events-events that could change the world forever. Will the thoroughly unlikable Brewster be able to save the world? You'll have to read this and see!
I love books that revolve around themes like opening doors to other worlds, ripping through our reality to get the other side, and ancient organizations or cults whose only purpose is to make those doors open right now. THOSE WHO GO FORTH INTO THE EMPTY PLACES OF GODS is none of those, exactly, but it's close. I love this paragraph, from the introduction, talking about artists, (authors, musicians, etc...), getting random glimpses of things:
"I do know, though, that when they reached down into the recesses of their brain buckets to pull an idea up from nothing, that a little of that nothing came back up with the idea. It's worming its way into existence, one story and one song at a time. Pretty soon there will be no nothing left on the other side."
The writing here is seamless and often beautiful. Also, it's concisely descriptive and gory as well. I found at times that scenes were unfurling in my head like a movie. Most especially one scene where all the guardians, (You'll see), strutted into town, (Sheba) like superheroes in a Marvel movie, or better yet, like something out of Tombstone.
Even though Brewster is a pompous jerk I couldn't help but feel for him and what he went through. I wish I could tell you that everything turned out all right. I wish I could tell you that the gate stayed closed and that humanity remained untouched, unharmed. Or maybe I'm lying to you right now, and it did stay closed? I guess you'll just have to read this to find out!
THOSE WHO GO FORTH INTO THE EMPTY PLACE OF GODS was my last read of 2019 and what a way to close out the year! If cosmic horror, or the themes I mentioned above are your cup of tea, then you need to add this book to your 2020 reading schedule.
Highly recommended!
*Available now, here: https://amzn.to/2T347hN
*Thank you to Curtis Lawson and Douglas Rinaldi for the signed, paperback ARC in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*
I love books that revolve around themes like opening doors to other worlds, ripping through our reality to get the other side, and ancient organizations or cults whose only purpose is to make those doors open right now. THOSE WHO GO FORTH INTO THE EMPTY PLACES OF GODS is none of those, exactly, but it's close. I love this paragraph, from the introduction, talking about artists, (authors, musicians, etc...), getting random glimpses of things:
"I do know, though, that when they reached down into the recesses of their brain buckets to pull an idea up from nothing, that a little of that nothing came back up with the idea. It's worming its way into existence, one story and one song at a time. Pretty soon there will be no nothing left on the other side."
The writing here is seamless and often beautiful. Also, it's concisely descriptive and gory as well. I found at times that scenes were unfurling in my head like a movie. Most especially one scene where all the guardians, (You'll see), strutted into town, (Sheba) like superheroes in a Marvel movie, or better yet, like something out of Tombstone.
Even though Brewster is a pompous jerk I couldn't help but feel for him and what he went through. I wish I could tell you that everything turned out all right. I wish I could tell you that the gate stayed closed and that humanity remained untouched, unharmed. Or maybe I'm lying to you right now, and it did stay closed? I guess you'll just have to read this to find out!
THOSE WHO GO FORTH INTO THE EMPTY PLACE OF GODS was my last read of 2019 and what a way to close out the year! If cosmic horror, or the themes I mentioned above are your cup of tea, then you need to add this book to your 2020 reading schedule.
Highly recommended!
*Available now, here: https://amzn.to/2T347hN
*Thank you to Curtis Lawson and Douglas Rinaldi for the signed, paperback ARC in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*
January 6, 2020
Those Who Go Forth Into the Empty Place of Gods is a novella by Curtis M. Lawson and Doug Rinaldi. This is my first Doug Rinaldi book, but the second I've read from Curtis M. Lawson, and both of the storylines have been creative and entertaining.
I was very intrigued by the setup of this book with the forbidden phrase being spoken on TV, and then beginning something that the main character was not prepared for. There are a lot of characters, and this is a short book, so it was a little difficult to keep track of who was who.
I think I expected this book to be mostly about a curse, but it was really more cosmic horror. I am not the biggest fan of cosmic horror, so I struggled with the story a bit. This is definitely a case of me not being the right reader, and not that the book is bad. If a cosmic horror novella with a forbidden knowledge storyline sounds good to you, this is definitely one to pick up! The other people who have reviewed this book so far really loved it, so I recommend checking out theirs on GoodReads, too.
I was very intrigued by the setup of this book with the forbidden phrase being spoken on TV, and then beginning something that the main character was not prepared for. There are a lot of characters, and this is a short book, so it was a little difficult to keep track of who was who.
I think I expected this book to be mostly about a curse, but it was really more cosmic horror. I am not the biggest fan of cosmic horror, so I struggled with the story a bit. This is definitely a case of me not being the right reader, and not that the book is bad. If a cosmic horror novella with a forbidden knowledge storyline sounds good to you, this is definitely one to pick up! The other people who have reviewed this book so far really loved it, so I recommend checking out theirs on GoodReads, too.
February 15, 2025
Whenever I must have picked up Those Who Go Gorth into the Empty Place of Gods (which I do not recall), I must have been under the impression this was going to be weird fiction (which it isn't.) I cannot stress enough how disappointingly un-weird this is. It is weird in the same way mold in your bathroom is weird. A waste of a killer title, this is.
It is only barely horror, for the sake of classification. (Quite possibly, it is horror in the same way the mold in your bathroom is horror.)
Clichéd writing. A thriller-ish preoccupation with gore and the repetitive verbing of blow-by-blow. Power fantasies. An esoteric reference or two that only ever goes knuckle deep. A shut-in midwit for a protagonist (dubious categorization) who is awfully convinced of his own cleverness in that way only lonely children, incels and tech CEOs are. Other characters and the text itself are also convinced of his cleverness, for reasons we mere mortals might never understand. Another one of those for an antagonist.
There is a (1) point of conceptual interest: it comes in howling in the introduction and deceives you in thinking that your mind might get fucked up in a good way. Therein is the subtle horror of ideas having a life of their own, being complete agents, of appearing out of the chasm of space and lodging themselves in mind. Taking possession. Invasive...
(In actuality, you are getting fucked with. Fucked over.) Fuck off.
It is only barely horror, for the sake of classification. (Quite possibly, it is horror in the same way the mold in your bathroom is horror.)
Clichéd writing. A thriller-ish preoccupation with gore and the repetitive verbing of blow-by-blow. Power fantasies. An esoteric reference or two that only ever goes knuckle deep. A shut-in midwit for a protagonist (dubious categorization) who is awfully convinced of his own cleverness in that way only lonely children, incels and tech CEOs are. Other characters and the text itself are also convinced of his cleverness, for reasons we mere mortals might never understand. Another one of those for an antagonist.
There is a (1) point of conceptual interest: it comes in howling in the introduction and deceives you in thinking that your mind might get fucked up in a good way. Therein is the subtle horror of ideas having a life of their own, being complete agents, of appearing out of the chasm of space and lodging themselves in mind. Taking possession. Invasive...
(In actuality, you are getting fucked with. Fucked over.) Fuck off.
March 23, 2020
Let's start with the introduction to this novella written by Jared Collins as I think it greatly sets up the foundation for the story.
Jared talks about the concept of nothing not actually being nothing, but well, sort of everything. It is something that is hard to define and even harder to put into words. It's the idea that all our ideas are born from nothing. We reach out with our minds into the void and grasp onto an idea and pull it forth into our world. The idea for a song, a book, a movie, a painting, whatever it may be. Did we actually come up with that idea or are we just the first one to snatch it out from nothing to allow it to blossom in our world. It is sort of a terrifying concept if you think about it.
But let's move on to the story. This was like a rollercoaster ride. We start with our protagonist Brewster Gilligan, a narcissistic under achieving genius, on the television quiz show. This is the slow build up of climbing the hill towards the summit. Once Brewster answers a question with a bit of forbidden knowledge we as the reader reach the peak of the coaster are plunged over the edge into a crazy nonstop ride.
This is a wildly imaginative tale filled with great action, violence and cosmic goodness. We are treated to some amazingly gory kill scenes that just aren't your average run of the mill deaths, but have some great cosmic otherworldly elements to them.
There is an urgency to the tale that feels epic in scope with the fate of all mankind at stake but we also get more intimate moments interspersed within that help to ground the story and characters. I really enjoyed the buildup leading to the climactic showdown at the end with the world hanging in the balance.
This was a fun and thrilling ride on a grand scale. If you are looking for an action packed tale blending with great cosmic horror then this is definitely up your alley. I very much am looking forward to reading more from both of these authors.
I received an ARC of this book for review consideration.
Video review: https://youtu.be/2hcE3NAoFJ0
Jared talks about the concept of nothing not actually being nothing, but well, sort of everything. It is something that is hard to define and even harder to put into words. It's the idea that all our ideas are born from nothing. We reach out with our minds into the void and grasp onto an idea and pull it forth into our world. The idea for a song, a book, a movie, a painting, whatever it may be. Did we actually come up with that idea or are we just the first one to snatch it out from nothing to allow it to blossom in our world. It is sort of a terrifying concept if you think about it.
But let's move on to the story. This was like a rollercoaster ride. We start with our protagonist Brewster Gilligan, a narcissistic under achieving genius, on the television quiz show. This is the slow build up of climbing the hill towards the summit. Once Brewster answers a question with a bit of forbidden knowledge we as the reader reach the peak of the coaster are plunged over the edge into a crazy nonstop ride.
This is a wildly imaginative tale filled with great action, violence and cosmic goodness. We are treated to some amazingly gory kill scenes that just aren't your average run of the mill deaths, but have some great cosmic otherworldly elements to them.
There is an urgency to the tale that feels epic in scope with the fate of all mankind at stake but we also get more intimate moments interspersed within that help to ground the story and characters. I really enjoyed the buildup leading to the climactic showdown at the end with the world hanging in the balance.
This was a fun and thrilling ride on a grand scale. If you are looking for an action packed tale blending with great cosmic horror then this is definitely up your alley. I very much am looking forward to reading more from both of these authors.
I received an ARC of this book for review consideration.
Video review: https://youtu.be/2hcE3NAoFJ0
August 2, 2022
Cosmic Horror at its (almost) best. It’s not H. P. L., but it is entertaining
March 27, 2020
2.5
(Gifted by The NightWorms)
My first foray into cosmic horror (I think!) and I was pretty impressed with the creativity of this story! Unlike How We Broke, this book does feature a lot of gore and violence, but it works and even I could handle it! What I couldn’t handle was the protagonist, a self-described ‘stuck-up whiny narcissist’. Every time he opened his mouth I wanted to punch him in it. I’m all for unlikeable protagonists but I dunno, something about him just grated on me far too much. But still a cool premise that probably would have benefited from being fleshed out in a few more than just 97 pages.
(Gifted by The NightWorms)
My first foray into cosmic horror (I think!) and I was pretty impressed with the creativity of this story! Unlike How We Broke, this book does feature a lot of gore and violence, but it works and even I could handle it! What I couldn’t handle was the protagonist, a self-described ‘stuck-up whiny narcissist’. Every time he opened his mouth I wanted to punch him in it. I’m all for unlikeable protagonists but I dunno, something about him just grated on me far too much. But still a cool premise that probably would have benefited from being fleshed out in a few more than just 97 pages.
March 9, 2020
I have to start this review with the introduction by Jared Collins. Reading the introduction will give a taste as to how this novella will read. There is enough what the heck? going on in the introduction - as well as some beautiful language and imagery - to begin the mind warp. There is one paragraph that really struck me. It is about how artists, authors, musicians, etc. lower their "brain buckets" into the well of nothing and bring up ideas, and while those ideas are "worming" their way into existence, the nothing well is depleting until eventually there will be no more nothing left. See? beautiful and mind blowing all at once. And this is just the introduction.
The novella revolves around Brewster Gilligan, a guy who gives the wrong answer on a quiz show; but the answer is not actually wrong, it is just a forbidden piece of knowledge. And that one answer sets off a chain reaction that twists reality and starts a battle between 'sorcerers'(for lack of a better term) for all existence and all realities.
Have you ever met one of those people who are smart, but who know that they are smart, and who think that their smarts make them better than everyone else? One of those who has to correct you for minor mistakes or slips of the tongue? One of those who has to take something someone says and start lecturing about it, just to show how much they know? Brewster Gilligan is one of those, and his grandfather is much, much worse.
This tale is wacky and gory and mind twisty as heck. I enjoyed it, and I think that if there are follow ups, I will enjoy those as well.
The novella revolves around Brewster Gilligan, a guy who gives the wrong answer on a quiz show; but the answer is not actually wrong, it is just a forbidden piece of knowledge. And that one answer sets off a chain reaction that twists reality and starts a battle between 'sorcerers'(for lack of a better term) for all existence and all realities.
Have you ever met one of those people who are smart, but who know that they are smart, and who think that their smarts make them better than everyone else? One of those who has to correct you for minor mistakes or slips of the tongue? One of those who has to take something someone says and start lecturing about it, just to show how much they know? Brewster Gilligan is one of those, and his grandfather is much, much worse.
This tale is wacky and gory and mind twisty as heck. I enjoyed it, and I think that if there are follow ups, I will enjoy those as well.
January 31, 2020
** Edited as review is now live on Kendall Reviews!**
2.5/5
I’ve followed Curtis on social media for a bit and interacted with him and he’s always been really nice. I’d pre-ordered his release earlier in the year (Black Heart Boy’s Choir) and when I heard this novella had essentially been resurrected from the dead and some sort of Kickstarter style project that fell apart, I was intrigued, so I also pre-ordered this one.
At its core, ‘Those Who…’ is a story about a sect of guardians controlling and keeping tabs on a few cosmic places. At least, that’s how I’m going to try and simply describe it.
The story follows an incredibly annoying genius who stumbles on a secret group and then has his mind imploded when his grandfather returns and shows him the secrets of the universe.
There were large sections of this book where I tuned out. I tried to be engaged, but so much was packed into so few pages that some sentences felt like throw away parts to skim over larger descriptive pieces.
I dove into this the day it arrived on my Kindle and found that it became harder and harder to force myself to get back into it. The cosmic horror parts are fantastically descriptive, but then I would have to try and recall how we got to this point, because there were pieces that just didn’t seem to fit.
I believe this was supposed to come off as an ode to Lovecraftian horror but it just felt like the world-building continued and continued and continued while the story itself didn’t move along.
I myself do love cosmic horror, so I found it a bit disappointing that I couldn’t pinpoint a key narrative or overall plotline as to what the book wanted to accomplish.
There were a number of parts that felt like it was attempting humour which threw me off, but as the story went on, I saw more and more bits of pure bizarro moments and this once again threw me for a loop.
I think this book would absolutely work if it was maybe tripled in length. More room to let the mythos breathe and be expanded on, but with a page count of around 100 pages, it just didn’t have space to fully function.
There will be a number of people who really dig this, which is fantastic, but for me, it was a struggle not to DNF.
2.5/5
I’ve followed Curtis on social media for a bit and interacted with him and he’s always been really nice. I’d pre-ordered his release earlier in the year (Black Heart Boy’s Choir) and when I heard this novella had essentially been resurrected from the dead and some sort of Kickstarter style project that fell apart, I was intrigued, so I also pre-ordered this one.
At its core, ‘Those Who…’ is a story about a sect of guardians controlling and keeping tabs on a few cosmic places. At least, that’s how I’m going to try and simply describe it.
The story follows an incredibly annoying genius who stumbles on a secret group and then has his mind imploded when his grandfather returns and shows him the secrets of the universe.
There were large sections of this book where I tuned out. I tried to be engaged, but so much was packed into so few pages that some sentences felt like throw away parts to skim over larger descriptive pieces.
I dove into this the day it arrived on my Kindle and found that it became harder and harder to force myself to get back into it. The cosmic horror parts are fantastically descriptive, but then I would have to try and recall how we got to this point, because there were pieces that just didn’t seem to fit.
I believe this was supposed to come off as an ode to Lovecraftian horror but it just felt like the world-building continued and continued and continued while the story itself didn’t move along.
I myself do love cosmic horror, so I found it a bit disappointing that I couldn’t pinpoint a key narrative or overall plotline as to what the book wanted to accomplish.
There were a number of parts that felt like it was attempting humour which threw me off, but as the story went on, I saw more and more bits of pure bizarro moments and this once again threw me for a loop.
I think this book would absolutely work if it was maybe tripled in length. More room to let the mythos breathe and be expanded on, but with a page count of around 100 pages, it just didn’t have space to fully function.
There will be a number of people who really dig this, which is fantastic, but for me, it was a struggle not to DNF.
June 2, 2020
#nightworm read :D
enjoyed it
enjoyed it
July 25, 2020
So I'm usually pretty picky with my horror & don't delve into the genre a whole lot. With that being said, just brace yourselves in the event that this comes off like someone at a stuffy Warhol gallery trying to write a pretentious art review when my only other critiques usually involve dogs playing poker & off-the-shelf floral prints from the home section at Walmart.
Anywho... this was a great read & had me engaged throughout. The writing was descriptive & tasty. The characters were quirky & interesting. The overall storyline was epic (and not in the millennial douche way). The plot in the beginning was definitely giving me a bit of a Lord of Illusions vibe, which meant extra brownie points from me.
Guns, gore, ghouls, grandpas... this had a little bit of everything in it.
I give it 5 out of 5 garbage bags full of oatmeal.
Anywho... this was a great read & had me engaged throughout. The writing was descriptive & tasty. The characters were quirky & interesting. The overall storyline was epic (and not in the millennial douche way). The plot in the beginning was definitely giving me a bit of a Lord of Illusions vibe, which meant extra brownie points from me.
Guns, gore, ghouls, grandpas... this had a little bit of everything in it.
I give it 5 out of 5 garbage bags full of oatmeal.
February 27, 2020
Pretty dark
I like this book its cosmic horror in the authors signature style. Metal is a good soundtrack for this book. I recommend this.
I like this book its cosmic horror in the authors signature style. Metal is a good soundtrack for this book. I recommend this.
April 29, 2020
A lot of fun, and if sometimes silly, too, cinematic, rapid-paced, and epic as well.
May 6, 2020
Very much enjoyed this book from Curtis Lawson. It was a quick read and fast-paced story that blended elements of Lovecraft’s mythos with superhero-esque action.
Definitely recommended for folks that enjoy either of the above.
Definitely recommended for folks that enjoy either of the above.
May 16, 2020
While not a horrible book stylistically, it wasn't about anything like what it said it'd be about. I expected more attention given to the forbidden knowledge and the idea of creating bringing nothing back into reality, not simply a bunch of wizard fights Never mind that absolutely all of the characters seem not just ambiguous or flawed but Disney villain evil, when even cosmic horror doesn't require everyone killing their family members, and the song from the beginning of the book wasn't a plot point at all.
October 19, 2020
Seriously?
This novel reads like the slipshod treatment for a video game pitched by a bunch of failed thelemites who read a bunch of Wikipedia articles about the left-hand path. Yeah, yeah, we get it, the Qlippot, etc. This is some sloppy plotting nonetheless, epic boss battles notwithstanding.
This isn’t spoiler since the plot could be predicted by any child with an XBox within the first quarter of the novel. So: There’s nine good guys against one real bad guy. Bad guy has to get through all of them (boss battles, see). Fine, whatever, it is what it is.
But.... they completely skip fully four of the boss battles! And the boss battles appear to BE the point of this piece of garbage! (Well, that, and allowing readers who identify with the mansplaining incel “hero” to congratulate themselves on getting the references). You go from boss 3 or 4 (I think) and then all of a sudden it’s just lone incel mansplainer standing between the universe and its destruction! I’m like, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ALBINO TWINS AND THE ARAB AND STUFF.
Then out of nowhere, fully 80 percent of the way through, a heretofore unmentioned Uncle Chester The Molester and a saintly mother appear for no reason and do nothing.
Plus, the tone veers around wildly (not a smooth collaboration between the blood-and-guts guy and the sarcastic-humor guy, I’m guessing—wait is that you Scott Adams?) and the characters are shallower than most NPCs.
I’m pretty sure these guys who wrote this are like, twelve. Okay, smart for twelve year olds, but still. $2.99 is not a bargain, there are TONS of great independent authors out there laboring in the weird lit anthology salt mines, go spend your money on them. I’m looking at you, john langan/laird Barron/Caitlin kiernan/Brian evenson and so so many others.
This novel reads like the slipshod treatment for a video game pitched by a bunch of failed thelemites who read a bunch of Wikipedia articles about the left-hand path. Yeah, yeah, we get it, the Qlippot, etc. This is some sloppy plotting nonetheless, epic boss battles notwithstanding.
This isn’t spoiler since the plot could be predicted by any child with an XBox within the first quarter of the novel. So: There’s nine good guys against one real bad guy. Bad guy has to get through all of them (boss battles, see). Fine, whatever, it is what it is.
But.... they completely skip fully four of the boss battles! And the boss battles appear to BE the point of this piece of garbage! (Well, that, and allowing readers who identify with the mansplaining incel “hero” to congratulate themselves on getting the references). You go from boss 3 or 4 (I think) and then all of a sudden it’s just lone incel mansplainer standing between the universe and its destruction! I’m like, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ALBINO TWINS AND THE ARAB AND STUFF.
Then out of nowhere, fully 80 percent of the way through, a heretofore unmentioned Uncle Chester The Molester and a saintly mother appear for no reason and do nothing.
Plus, the tone veers around wildly (not a smooth collaboration between the blood-and-guts guy and the sarcastic-humor guy, I’m guessing—wait is that you Scott Adams?) and the characters are shallower than most NPCs.
I’m pretty sure these guys who wrote this are like, twelve. Okay, smart for twelve year olds, but still. $2.99 is not a bargain, there are TONS of great independent authors out there laboring in the weird lit anthology salt mines, go spend your money on them. I’m looking at you, john langan/laird Barron/Caitlin kiernan/Brian evenson and so so many others.
June 19, 2024
Doug Rinaldi is a coauthor of this and really ought to be mentioned.
this book is very silly but quite a lot of fun really delivering with over the top disgusting gore and cosmic horror.
i am not sure which authors wrote which bits but there is a very obvious shift in tone about halfway through where the characters' dynamic feels almost unrecognizable. i felt the first few chapters hard to go along with but once you get into it i found it really quite a special, unique and compelling universe they created and i felt like the last half of the book really ended strongly.
if it werent for those tonal inconsistencies and if this book had a bit more meat to it i would give it a much higher rating as i did really enjoy it.
this book is very silly but quite a lot of fun really delivering with over the top disgusting gore and cosmic horror.
i am not sure which authors wrote which bits but there is a very obvious shift in tone about halfway through where the characters' dynamic feels almost unrecognizable. i felt the first few chapters hard to go along with but once you get into it i found it really quite a special, unique and compelling universe they created and i felt like the last half of the book really ended strongly.
if it werent for those tonal inconsistencies and if this book had a bit more meat to it i would give it a much higher rating as i did really enjoy it.
August 1, 2021
F'n Brewster had to go an lose that damn game show and spill the ancient secret beans for all to hear. Unfortunatelty that's as good as it's going to get for Brewster unless he can save teh entire world from the forces that he unwittingly himself unleashed.
Interesting premise, but lost a wee bit of steam toward the finish line.
Interesting premise, but lost a wee bit of steam toward the finish line.
November 18, 2020
Irritating know-it-all goes on a quiz show, blurts out an eldritch secret he learned from his dead archeologist grandfather and ends up in the crosshairs of a dark cabal of immortals. What's not to love?
February 17, 2020
Original and trippy
I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of cosmic horror. Original, mind-bending, with some truly beautiful descriptions of gross and horrid things.
I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of cosmic horror. Original, mind-bending, with some truly beautiful descriptions of gross and horrid things.
May 9, 2023
Not Lawson's best. My main complaint about this novella is that it tells more than it shows.
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