This is such a great twist on the Lovecraft lore, taking a female rage perspective with a twist of Twilight Zone style lesson learning. The main character is extremely unlikeable and that might be a problem for a longer novel but for this novella it is perfect because the reader gets a bit of a thrill with each new torment Everard is subjected to in Lovecraft’s world.

I loved how things just kept getting worse and the horrors and monsters bigger and more cosmic and Old God, leading up to a crazy finale. Quick read, lots of fun, definite recommendation!

Homage to Lovecraft in a a very good wizard of oz style adventure for out protagonist, although instead of a teenage girl just trying to get home, we have a middle aged male literary professor. Instead of ruby slippers anc a path down the Yellow Brick Road to the magical city of Oz, Edward Lee takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey, story by story, venturing through various hellish Lovecraftian settings in desperate attempts to locate gemstones with the potential to drive you mad and the chance to traverse across the multiverses and jump into alternate Lovecraftian universes in an attempt to escape back to reality.