One look at the cover of No One Will Come Back For Us gives you a big hint about why I like this book: TENTACLES! That’s a dead give-away that Cthulhu and the Shoggoths are in the house! My favorite story in No One Will Come Back For Us is “The Adventurer’s Wife” where a famous explorer goes to Africa and finds the ruins of an ancient race. The people in the village that protect the ruins warn the explorer not to take any of the ruins…but of course you know what happens.
Premie Mohamed’s other stories deal with monsters, gods, chaos, and strange beasts. The blurb on the back cover of No One Will Come Back For Us calls her stories “contemporary cosmic horror and dark fantasy.” That pretty much sums her work up. If you’re in the mood for some stories that will widen your eyes and send chills down your back, give No One Will Come Back For Us a try. GRADE: B
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Below the kirk, below the hill — 11
Instructions — 25
The evaluator — 31
At the hand of every beast — 49
The adventurer’s wife — 61
The general’s turn — 73
Sixteen minutes — 97
Fortunato — 101
The honeymakers — 121
Four hours of a revolution — 131
For each of these miseries — 145
Everything as part of its infinite place — 171
No one will come back for us — 191
Willing — 215
Us and ours — 225
The redoubtables — 243
Quietus — 259
Story notes — 275
Publication History — 289
Acknowledgements — 291
About the Author — 293
I’m sure it’s good for what it is but if I want to be scared I’ll look at my medical records!
Bob, all of our medical records are scary at this point in our lives! Check your mailbox for your CHRISTMAS BOX!
There are so many excellent authors I have never read. Now I have another one to seek out. Curse you, George Kelley!
Jerry, you know I’m a sucker for Lovecraft pastiches and Premee Mohamed delivers a gem with “The Adventurer’s Wife.” And George the Tempter strikes again!!
I never heard of her before, but I do like the cover and I’m always up for a new short story writer.
Jeff, Premee Mohamed deserves attention by readers looking for emerging writers.
I’m not usually drawn to CMythos fiction, but good work can be found there, too, for me: Bloch and Leiber drew from it (and Kuttner jumped in with both feet, less reliably), Ramsey Campbell, Fred Chappell, Thomas Ligotti, T. E. D. Klein, and, on occasion, Joanna Russ…who else aside from Mohamed have you enjoyed over the long term, George?
Todd, I’m fond of all the writers your list, but I’d add Brian Lumley to it.
I’ll be watching the mail! Many thanks!