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Title: Some stories OK, but not really Lovecraftian
Review: This collection is an original anthology, in which a bunch of authors write stories specifically for the collection with a central theme in common. As often happens in such collections, the writing quality is uneven, and the "common theme" elements often seem like they've just been thrown in. This one is actually better than what I've come to expect from original anthologies, though.Writing stories based on H.P. Lovecraft's work is a perilous endeavor because HPL fans can be pretty demanding. If you go to www.dejanews.com and search for miskatonic anthology, you can find some discussion in the alt.horror.cthulhu newsgroup about why people did or didn't like the stories in this collection
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