The Innswich Horror
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The sickest writer in horror takes on the Cthulhu Mythos In July, 1939, antiquarian and H.P. Lovecraft aficionado, Foster Morley, takes a scenic bus tour through the wilds of northern Massachusetts. He wants to go where Lovecraft went, and to see what Lovecraft saw, to further distill his understanding of history's most impacting horror fantasist. When he happens upon the curious, secluded waterfront prefect known as Innswich Point-not to be found on any map-he assumes the curiosity of the name is mere coincidence, but in less than twenty-four hours he'll learn that he couldn't be more mistaken. Deeper and deeper, then, Morley delves into the queer town's dark mystique. Has his imagination run rampant, or are there far too many similarities between this furtive fishing village and the fictional town of Lovecraft's masterpiece, The Shadow Over Innsmouth? Could it be possible that Lovecraft himself actually visited this town before his death in 1937? Join splatter king Edward Lee for a private tour of Innswich Point - a town founded on perversion, torture, and abominations from the sea.
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The Innswich Horror is a somewhat farcical homage to H. P. Lovecraft's horror fiction. Obviously the title is a combination of the Lovecraft titles The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Set in the 1930s, a very rich young bachelor with a devotion to Lovecraft's fiction takes a side jaunt from his Lovecraft pilgrimage by bus into the unlisted picturesque seaside town of Innswich Point. His excitement grows as he learns that Lovecraft had actually visited Innswich Point before the town had been given a facelift and had based his story The Shadow Over Innsmouth on the town. One of the very noticeable peculiarities of the town is the number of friendly, beautiful, pregnant female residents. Strangeness leads to growing horror as the plucky traveler begins to uncover the many dark secrets behind the town's happy façade. The author weaves together subject matter from many of Lovecraft's better known stories, especially The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Herbert West - Reanimator and Colour Out of Space, with some Cthulhu mythos thrown in for good measure. It's a grisly romp but without the brilliance of the master of horror himself, Lovecraft.