Dreams From the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecratean Horror with wonderful color Illustrations by Daniele Serra is a attractive package. I enjoyed most of the stories, but my favorite was “The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward” by Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette. This story is another of their SF and Lovecraft mashups. “The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward” is the third story Bear & Monette have written with Lovecraft elements. I’m hoping they collect them all in one volume. If you’re in the mood for a variety of Lovecraftean stories, I recommend this fine collection. GRADE: B+
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction by Lynne Jamneck
“Shadows of the Evening” by Joyce Carol Oates
“The Genesis Mausoleum” by Colleen Douglas
“The Woman in the Hill” by Tamsyn Muir
“The Face of Jarry” by Cat Hellisen
“Our Lady of Arsia Mons” by Caitlín R. Kiernan
“The Body Electric” by Lucy Brady
“The Child and the Night Gaunts” by Marly Youmans
“All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts” by Sonya Taaffe
“Every Hole in the Earth We Will Claim As Our Own” by Gemma Files
“But Only Because I Love You” by Molly Tanzer
“Cthulhu’s Mother” by Kelda Crich
“All Gods Great and Small” by Karen Heuler
“Dearest Daddy” by Lois H. Gresh
“Eye of the Beholder” by Nancy Kilpatrick
“Down at the Bottom of Everything” by E. R. Knightsbridge
“Spore” by Amanda Downum
“Pippa’s Crayons” by Christine Morgan
“The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward” by Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
“From the Cold Dark Sea” by Storm Constantine
“Mnemeros” by R. A. Kaelin
And the Lovecraft industry keeps on. After reading Joyce Carol Oates’s memoir, I can see her as a Lovecraftian.
Jeff, Joyce Carol Oates edited a collection of H. P. Lovecraft’s stories. She also wrote some essays on Lovecraft. Oates’s favorite writer is Poe so her affinity for Lovecraft is understandable.
Oates is the only author I’m familiar with, though I think I’ve seen Elizabeth Bears name before.
Maggie, Elizabeth Bear is a prolific SF writer. I want to read more of her work.
I read some Bear, I prefer the work of Greg Bear. No surprise this nice looking anthology isn’t for me.
Rick, you would appreciate the artwork in this book.