#drew huff

HP Lovecraft: what if you you saw a cosmic horror and it made you go crazy

August Derleth: what if you saw a cosmic horror and HP Lovecraft wrote it

Robert W Chambers: what if you saw a really off-putting shade of yellow

Stephen King: what if you saw a cosmic horror and it was a clown

Thomas Ligotti: what if you saw a cosmic horror and actually you were the clown all along

Frank Belknap Long: what if you saw a cosmic horror in the corner

Ruthanna Emrys: what if YOU were the cosmic horror

Theodore Sturgeon: what if you saw a cosmic horror and it was a teddy bear

Robert Bloch: what if you saw a cosmic horror and actually the real darkness was inside the human heart the whole time

Ramsey Campbell: what if a you saw a cosmic horror and it was english

Victor LaValle: what if you saw a cosmic horror and it was a metaphor for racism

Caitlin Kiernan: what if you saw a cosmic horror and racism was good actually

Nick Mamatas: what if Jack Kerouac saw a cosmic horror thats like telling gene krupa not to go boom boom bam boom boom bam bam boom boom bam boom

Brian Keene: we can't stop here this is cosmic horror country

Laird Barron: what if you saw a cosmic horror and you could punch it

Brian Lumley: what if you saw a cosmic horror and you could shoot it with a gun

Robert E Howard: what if you saw a cosmic horror but you despised sorcerers and all weavers of the black arts so you killed it and took its treasure (+10 gold coins, +12 experience points)

William Hope Hodgson: ohhhhh what if you saw a cosmic horror in a pineapple under the sea

Arthur Machen: what if you saw a cosmic horror that your nanny warned you about

Hailey Piper: what if you saw a cosmic horror and it was gay

Drew Huff: what if you saw a cosmic horror and it was a bimbo

Drew Huff: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the divine flesh Huff: ok so imagine that there's this lovecraftian abomination cosmic horror elder god Huff: but she's also a total thot

Huff: this woman has a Lovecraftian god in her body Huff: and the god is all Huff: (honey i'm soooo hornyyyy) Huff: (girl c'monnnn) Huff: (baby i wanna party) Huff: (sweetie c'mon) Huff: (sugar) Huff: (hun bunny dearie luv pet) Huff: (champ pal buddy sprout boss)

Huff: imagine if you were stuck with a Lovecraftian god trapped in your body Lovecraft: [sweats] i-in your body?! Mary Shelley: hmm i dunno Shelley: i think i could handle it Poe: oh of course you think you can handle it Shelley: yeah no i could handle it

Lovecraft: mary you can't handle that! Lovecraft: having a Lovecraftian god possess your body would be a terrifying experience! Lovecraft: so terrifying as t Shelley: so terrifying as to make you go mad? Lovecraft: Lovecraft: i wasn't going to say that

Shelley: oh no? Lovecraft: no i was going to say Lovecraft: i was going to say something else Poe: oh come on howard don't sulk Poe: now look what you've done mary

Huff: well what if you and the Lovecraftian elder god really hated each other Shelley: why would we hate each other Huff: idk Huff: maybe you just don't vibe

Huff: well, one reason might be Huff: what if you and the Lovecraftian god in your body both love the SAME man? King: the same man? King: oof awkward!

Landlocked In Foreign Skin by Drew Huff took care of the self published square for me this month! I really enjoyed this book and would like to check out more from this author.

The Exodontists: A Horror Novel

Book Review: "My Name Isn't Paul"

Sometimes you need some Lovecraftian "What the hell did I just read?" storytelling, and "My Name Isn't Paul" certainly qualifies.

Paul is a traveling salesman. Paul is also a wasp-like creature from another dimension who perfectly mimics a human that nobody knows is dead. He and the rest of his "Mirror People" are just trying to fit in, but Paul struggles with self-loathing. He insists he's human and not a bug named Uxon. It's when his true nature takes over and the need to breed comes on him that the horror and death begins.

Paul feels like a walking metaphor for "down low" men who perfectly maintain that facade of being a happy family man, but inside he's struggling with his sexual identity. He behaves in self-destructive ways that could be avoided if he'd learn to accept himself and let that stinger go where it wants to go. I don't know if that subtext was intentional, but it feels right to me.,