An exceptional take on and addition for the Cthulhu mythos, of which I've read not an insignificant amount of stories, though unfortunately The Horror at Red Hook is not one of those as far as I remember (I did read them a while ago). Regardless, I was at least clued into the mythos enough to recognize how this story ties into it, and also familiar enough with Lovecraft's racism to appreciate the way the author expresses his criticality of it throughout the novella, starting with the switched PoV. Structurally, I thought it was a bit of a slow burn at the beginning, but once it gets going it doesn't take its foot off the accelerator, and this being a novella, a slow beginning isn't a huge deterrent to my enjoyment anyway. I was also very satisfied with it as a horror story, the imagery it conjures is very effective and genuinely unsettling, it knows to center and let the focus linger on the magical and supernatural rather than the few gruesome depictions that are good for shock effect but it quickly moves away from. A great read!