Mediocre as a Mythos story - it feels like a rehash of "The Call of Cthulhu", with the sunken city and racist ethnic cultists - but as a horror story about a mummy much better than average. This is the first time a mummy was actually scary to me.
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Filbi reviewed Out of the Aeons by H. P. Lovecraft
Review of 'Out of the Aeons' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Filbi rated The Cats of Ulthar: 4 stars
H. P. Lovecraft: The Cats of Ulthar (1920)
The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In …
Filbi rated Strange High House in the Mist: 4 stars
Filbi rated The Nameless City: 3 stars
H. P. Lovecraft: The Nameless City
The Nameless City by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the …
Filbi rated The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: 4 stars
Filbi reviewed The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft
In my childhood the shunned house was vacant, with barren, gnarled and terrible old trees, …
Review of 'The Shunned House' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Lovecraft wrote a few "haunted house" stories, but this is easily his best, thanks to the sense of place and the sheer eeriness of the haunting entity.
Filbi rated The new annotated H.P. Lovecraft : beyond Arkham: 4 stars
Filbi rated The haunted palace: 3 stars
Filbi rated An Inhabitant of Carcosa: 3 stars
An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce
"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was …
Filbi rated Very Old Folk: 2 stars
Filbi rated Pickman's Model: 5 stars
H. P. Lovecraft: Pickman's Model (1927)
Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft
"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October …