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World War Cthulhu Fiction Anthology eBook Gaie Sebold Jonathan Oliver

This is a tight collection of WWII stories within the Cthulhu mythos. Only one weak "story' in the bunch.

4 STARS, as a collection

Individually:

“The Aklo Intelligence” by James Lovegrove - During a post WWII visit to an asylum, cousins discuss their WWII experiences and what happened that led to one of the cousins to be a resident of the asylum.
Loved it!

4 STARS

“Nightmares and the Price of Dreams” by Sarah Newton - Like a lot of Lovecraftian tales, this one tends to spend a lot of time in dreamland. While relevant to the tale, the dreamland sentimentality and shallow symbolism is lost on me.

All-in-all, not a bad tale, though.

3 STARS

“Reign of Hell” by Paul Finch – Set in Greece, two brothers face their differences with one loyal to the fascist regime and the other loyal to his archaeology.

A pretty straight-forward tale.

4 STARS

“The Hunger in the Flames” by Rebecca Levene – A young girl’s family falls victim to a German blitz. Alone, the girl realizes there is something older living in the flames that calls to her. And it needs to be fed.

There are some nice ideas presented here.

4 STARS

“Baby-Steps to Oblivion” by TP Pike – British agents trace the activities of the Ahnenerbe SS and their discoveries and experiments related to a much older culture.

The Ahnenerbe SS makes for a great subject when reading about the Cthulhu mythos. This is one of many short stories in this collection that I wish the author would explore further.

The title though needs some work.

4 STARS

“The Death House” by John Llewellyn – A covert operation into a notorious Nazi torture facility reveals a new, but ancient, Nazi weapons program.

Nice ideas! It leaves you with a little grin on your face at the thought of what was to come.

4 STARS

“Now I am Nothing” by Simon Bestwick – A Nazi strike team is sent to destroy one of their own secret weapons programs that are no longer under their control. What they find is much older than they expected and it is looking for a way back into the world.

This is another one that leaves you with a little grin on your face at the possibilities.

4 STARS

"The Egyptian" by Robin D. Laws - A mysterious "Egyptian" attaches himself to a platoon of GI's in order to make a point with the sergeant, a former Miskatonic professor.

The tale leaves you wanting to know more about the mysterious "Egyptian" and wanting to see more of him in the heat of battle.

4 STARS

"Strange Bedfellows" by Greg Stolze - I found the dialog at the beginning of this short story to be sentimentally hokey. "Is the song of the waves in your blood?" “The hectic pace of the dust of the land, blown hither and yonder by conflict, has little impact on the ocean, but the break of waves on the shore, in time shapes all." Yeah, that's a likely conversation.

That aside, Stolze puts together a good short story and leaves the reader debating further outcomes.

4 STARS

"From Unquiet Waters" by Gaie Sebold - This short story is written as a series of journal entries and front line letters between a wife and her husband serving aboard a British naval vessel.

4 STARS

"When I Knew Baseball" by Weston Ochse - A secret weapon must be kept alive. It survives by feeding on memories. But, not every soldier assigned to the unit responsible for the weapon has the mental fortitude to feed the weapon. Still the weapon must be fed.

4 STARS

"The Scottish Patient" by Jonathan Green- An airman finds himself in a hospice after a desert plane crash. He recalls neither the plane crash nor the long period of time before his rescue, a time in which his dreams indicate he was exposed to something older than empire for which he has been fighting.

3 STARS

"The Mouse" by Archie Black - The Mouse is a French agent (think "La Femme Nikita") who has attached herself to a high ranking Nazi in charge of procuring ancient artifacts for the party (think SS Ahnenerbe).

A good little action story but not a whole lot of new ideas.

3 STARS

“Watchers” by Lavie Tidhar. This story was too sentimental and atmospheric for my tastes and there really wasn’t much “story” to it.

2 STARS


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World War Cthulhu Fiction Anthology eBook Gaie Sebold Jonathan Oliver Reviews

This is one of the better genre crossover (classic H. P. Lovecraft and WWII) anthologies I have come across. Definitely worth a read. Not just the stereotypical evil Nazis make pacts with dark beings...
Honestly, this anthology is uneven. Some good tales. Some bad. One in particular, is so lacking in description and dialogue, that it is like someone telling you about a story they once read, rather a story itself... However, ALL of the stories have awesome ideas. BTW, the Robin Laws offering is fantastic. Just fantastic.
Who doesn't love tentacled horrors and machine guns? This collection does a great job of weaving Lovecraftian elements into tales of conflict, both historical and alt-history, without overdoing the "Nazis dabbling in the occult" theme (and when it does go there, it does a good job).
Each story was so different in its style and yet all were distinctly lovecraftian.
Each hada feel that only the reader knows the true history behind the written history.
My only wish for these stories was that they be turned to Novellas.
The ideas were fresh and disturbing - what I love.
Keep these stories coming.
I cannot believe I am only the second reviewer for this awesome book.

My friends, yet another book of short stories that must be read; ESPECIALLY if you are a fan of WWII history and Cthullhu Mythos Stories. And there are some REAL gems here.

This isn't "Nazis summoning Nyarlohotep in the basement" (but don't worry, there is some of that); rather, most of the stories take place in interesting, under-considered locations for The Mythos. Guadalcanal? Yup. Occupied France? Yup. And my personal favorite Greece.

Seriously. Who writes stories about Greece?

A good book folks, recommend it most strongly.
A number of short stories set in the H P Lovecraft and WWII world's. Some stories are better than others, but overall a fun read and well worth the money. This group of short stories can also be a story foundation for The Call of Cthulu roll playing game if you enjoy that sort of thing! Hope to see more of this type of stories in the future.
Lovecraftian fiction set during World War II, it’s almost impossible to write a boring story with such a subject, but the tales in this collection were exceptional. A host of talented writers offer of stories where the miasma of the Old Ones touches on the bravery and brutality of a struggle to determine the fate of the world.

The abomination that inspired a monster of myth surfaces in occupied Greece. A Nazi seeks refuge in dreams, and learns the perils of the Dreamlands, where the sleeping world has not escaped the ravages of war. Some of these tales feature Nazis delving into the occult world revealed by Al-Hazred for otherworldly allies in their goal of conquest. In other, in my opinion more compelling stories, it’s the Allies that make a devil’s deal to stave off Hitler.

Like the best Lovecraftian stories, these tales are placed in historically accurate settings and told by imperiled and compelling protagonists. Our heroes bear witness to the eldritch horrors and are sometimes consumed by them. From intelligence operatives in an occult spy ring to civilians who face monstrosities in between bombing raids, to cults that prey on the wounded in a veterans’ hospital, soldiers on the front lines and spies undertaking daring missions into enemy and alien territory, the real stories of heroes are given a Lovecraftian flair that blends perfectly. Each story is a gem and well worth your time.
This is a tight collection of WWII stories within the Cthulhu mythos. Only one weak "story' in the bunch.

4 STARS, as a collection

Individually

“The Aklo Intelligence” by James Lovegrove - During a post WWII visit to an asylum, cousins discuss their WWII experiences and what happened that led to one of the cousins to be a resident of the asylum.
Loved it!

4 STARS

“Nightmares and the Price of Dreams” by Sarah Newton - Like a lot of Lovecraftian tales, this one tends to spend a lot of time in dreamland. While relevant to the tale, the dreamland sentimentality and shallow symbolism is lost on me.

All-in-all, not a bad tale, though.

3 STARS

“Reign of Hell” by Paul Finch – Set in Greece, two brothers face their differences with one loyal to the fascist regime and the other loyal to his archaeology.

A pretty straight-forward tale.

4 STARS

“The Hunger in the Flames” by Rebecca Levene – A young girl’s family falls victim to a German blitz. Alone, the girl realizes there is something older living in the flames that calls to her. And it needs to be fed.

There are some nice ideas presented here.

4 STARS

“Baby-Steps to Oblivion” by TP Pike – British agents trace the activities of the Ahnenerbe SS and their discoveries and experiments related to a much older culture.

The Ahnenerbe SS makes for a great subject when reading about the Cthulhu mythos. This is one of many short stories in this collection that I wish the author would explore further.

The title though needs some work.

4 STARS

“The Death House” by John Llewellyn – A covert operation into a notorious Nazi torture facility reveals a new, but ancient, Nazi weapons program.

Nice ideas! It leaves you with a little grin on your face at the thought of what was to come.

4 STARS

“Now I am Nothing” by Simon Bestwick – A Nazi strike team is sent to destroy one of their own secret weapons programs that are no longer under their control. What they find is much older than they expected and it is looking for a way back into the world.

This is another one that leaves you with a little grin on your face at the possibilities.

4 STARS

"The Egyptian" by Robin D. Laws - A mysterious "Egyptian" attaches himself to a platoon of GI's in order to make a point with the sergeant, a former Miskatonic professor.

The tale leaves you wanting to know more about the mysterious "Egyptian" and wanting to see more of him in the heat of battle.

4 STARS

"Strange Bedfellows" by Greg Stolze - I found the dialog at the beginning of this short story to be sentimentally hokey. "Is the song of the waves in your blood?" “The hectic pace of the dust of the land, blown hither and yonder by conflict, has little impact on the ocean, but the break of waves on the shore, in time shapes all." Yeah, that's a likely conversation.

That aside, Stolze puts together a good short story and leaves the reader debating further outcomes.

4 STARS

"From Unquiet Waters" by Gaie Sebold - This short story is written as a series of journal entries and front line letters between a wife and her husband serving aboard a British naval vessel.

4 STARS

"When I Knew Baseball" by Weston Ochse - A secret weapon must be kept alive. It survives by feeding on memories. But, not every soldier assigned to the unit responsible for the weapon has the mental fortitude to feed the weapon. Still the weapon must be fed.

4 STARS

"The Scottish Patient" by Jonathan Green- An airman finds himself in a hospice after a desert plane crash. He recalls neither the plane crash nor the long period of time before his rescue, a time in which his dreams indicate he was exposed to something older than empire for which he has been fighting.

3 STARS

"The Mouse" by Archie Black - The Mouse is a French agent (think "La Femme Nikita") who has attached herself to a high ranking Nazi in charge of procuring ancient artifacts for the party (think SS Ahnenerbe).

A good little action story but not a whole lot of new ideas.

3 STARS

“Watchers” by Lavie Tidhar. This story was too sentimental and atmospheric for my tastes and there really wasn’t much “story” to it.

2 STARS