"I said I was hungry, but not hungry enough for khakis, so Carlo undressed..." -Jilly Dreadful

This collection was full of fun surprises. ( )

I love that this is a collection by women, but I am just not into the Lovecraft schtick. ( )

A really strong collection!

Favorites:

“Lavinia’s Wood” Angela Slatter
“The Head of T’la-yub” Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas
“Provenance” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
“Cthulhu of the Dead Sea” Inkeri Kontro
“Cypress God” Rodopi Sisamis
“De Deabus Minoribus Exterioris Theomagicae” Jilly Dreadful
“The Eye of Juno” Eugenie Mora ( )

A mixed bag, some of which I liked, others I didn't. You may feel differently. The ones that didn't work as well for me seemed to be too short, not properly developing for a satisfactory payoff, but rushing things, or ending obscurely. ( )

The dearth of female characters in Lovecraft’s fictional world is not a secret to anyone who has extensively read his writing. The women he did include in his works are more notable for being so few in number than necessarily for their contribution to the larger scheme of the world. So the idea of taking this void, and filling it with nightmarish and strange tales of the women who undoubtedly would have occupied these stories, was an attractive concept for me. I had been let down by books I’d greatly anticipated before, but I purchased a copy of this book as soon as it became available and hoped for the best.

Full review: https://thebechdelscream.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/she-walks-in-shadows/ ( )