Lovecraft in a Time of Madness

Write Like Hell, Book 4

By: C. L. Werner, Thomas Parrot, Mark Wheaton, David F. Gray, Scotty Milder

Narrated by: Scott Miller, Anna Capraro

Lovecraft in a Time of Madness is a collection of 21 horrifying tales, inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Featuring stories from across the globe, this anthology unveils a universe of macabre ritual, terrifying creatures, and those brave souls who dare challenge the nature of the unknown!

From Arthurian legends to the very depths of the Mariana Trench and the darkest corners of the human mind, Lovecraft in a Time of Madness oozes with unique takes on some of Lovecraft’s most formidable creations. Featuring stories from C.L. Werner, Thomas Parrott, Mark Wheaton, David F. Gray, Scotty Milder, and other new and established authors. Join us as we descend into madness!

"Includes the theatrical adaptations of Madison Kilian's "The King in Binary", Erica Schaef's "Esca", and Mitchell Luthi's "Cthulhu vs. Kaiju", as well as the "Lovecraft Triptych"; three immersive audio readings of H. P. Lovecraft's "Dagon", "The Cats of Ulthar", and "The Doom That Came To Sarnath".

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not every short story is a winner

I enjoyed this book very much! Not every story was excellent, but the ones that are, I absolutely loved. The king in binary was my favorite. There are a couple of stories that are done twice.. one "acted", the other read.. which might be a little unnecessary.. And at the end a couple of actual lovecraft stories.

Hit or miss and very short - some good tho

Several of the stories in here were good. At least two of them were so good, apparently, that the editors decided to put them in twice (or maybe it was to pad the length, but no, who would do such a thing?)

Then there are some stories that are very mid.

Then there are some classic Lovecraft stories. This feels especially galling, bcz we've already HAD those for about 80 years now - I bought this volume to hear MODERN stories INSPIRED by Lovecraft, not actual Lovecraft I can get from five other readings any time I want.

Feel like I was cheated, but the good stories were good enough that I don't feel like returning the book

Great stories dampened by mid-narrated dialogue

Awesome short stories; absolutely loved those.

Problem was with the woman narrator, and she narrates the bulk of the stories. My main issue is her character voices. She loses track, or didn’t pre-read or something. She often accidentally switches the voices so they belong to the wrong speaker. It makes lengthy dialogues difficult to follow.

She’s an excellent narrator, in every other respect. Sound engineering is top notch too. Just wish she didn’t mess up all that dialogue. ☹️

an antholgy antique... a bunch of stories

I very much enjoyed it. an anthology of reasonably long fun stories. space the final frontier.

Repeats

A good collection of stories. The downside is that three of the stories are repeated throughout this volume.