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Title: Lovecraft-esque -- but Distinctively Written in Howard's Style
Review: This short story is written in Robert E. Howard's very distintive tight -- yet vividly descriptive -- prose. The influence of Howard's friend and fellow writer H.P. Lovecraft is certainly present; but this is not a mere pastiche or imitation of Lovecraft's work.This is a "weird tale" produced within Howard's native southern mileu. It's a dark story of madness, murder, and voodoo. It's also infused with Howard's southern fascination with the tense and frequently conflicted relations between blacks and whites in the early 20th century American south.Anyone who appreciates Howard's writing will surely enjoy this story. Fans of the work's of H.P. Lovecraft, Rice Burroughs, or E.A. Poe, will likey enjoy reading this story as well.
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