Delta Green: Alien Intelligence

Delta Green Fiction

by Bob Kruger (Editor), John Tynes (Editor), Dennis Detwiller

Delta Alien Intelligence is a set of eight short stories set in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Beyond being modern updates of the pulp horror of the 1930s, these stories seamlessly intertwine the Cthulhu Mythos into modern day conspiracy theory and the myths of alien abduction and visitation.

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Role Playing Games, Cthulhu Mythos, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies

189 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Forrest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe I read too much of Mack Bolan the Executioner when I was a kid. This seemed way too derivative of those books. Like Don Pendleton, but with Deep Ones and Mi-Go. It's adequately written, but not written well. Maybe I'm just a jaded reader. Maybe I love the Delta Green RPG so much I was expecting too much. In any case, three stars, and that a touch reluctantly.

[Brienprime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delta Green is one of my... stranded on a desert isle with only 5 Role-Playing Games (RPGs), only and forever, books. But I'm not here to talk about the Role-Playing Game, I'm here to speak about RPG fiction. Normally one of the worst categories of writing ever.

If you're looking for reviews of the Delta Green short story collections, then you're probably already familiar with the setting that comes in the RPG rulebooks. If you like the fiction in there, you'll like the fiction in here. There's a timeline across the collections characters can be in several stories and die.

These books are an updated setting from the regular H.P. Lovecraft’s Call of Cthulhu setting, which are usually the 1920's. These stories, some do, take them as far back as the 1920's, but more were current in the 2000’s, from when the RPG was released. The books in this series are all short stories so, as with most short story collections, they are a mixed bag. To be honest, the books in the series, and the stories in them, rate from good to excellent. Some I liked more than others but that's nature of short story collections for you.

BTW my on a desert island books are:
 ●  Legend of the Five Rings
 ●  Delta Green
 ●  Chill
 ●  Dungeon's & Dragons / Pathfinder (I'm kinda cheating)
 ●  Tribe 8

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with any short story, there is a mixed bag. None of the stories were bad. Some, however, were exceptionally great. Bob Krueger's "Identity Crisis" was a 5-star triumph. Blair Reynolds' "Operation LOOKING GLASS" was bleak, upsetting, and masterful. John Tynes' "The Dark Above" was melancholy and grim. The weakest for me, and it's due mostly to my not being a poetry fan in general, was. Bruce Baugh's "Climbing the South Mountain." Ray Winninger's "Pnomus," and Glancy's "An Item of Mutual Interest" both harken back to two of HPL's masterpieces, but in modern and much darker ways.

[Raymond P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stories. Some better than others. My favorites being the Dark Above and Operation Looking Glass. Operation Looking Glass had a really creepy feel to it. "Identity Crisis" was my least favorite, it was still good, just not as good as the rest. Nevertheless, I love cosmic horror and the Delta Green fiction does a great job at supplying this kind of horror.

[Jason Bonton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decent starting point for those wanting to read about Delta Green and its covert actions against the monsters of Lovecraftian terror. The only real story I didn't enjoy of the eight was the stanza poem based offering (then again I was never truly into poetry).

[Blaise Carland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good. Love me some Delta Green lore!

[Nate Hermann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quality schlock pulp. A strong start for the shared universe.

[Ville Halonen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The quality surprised me, even for a 90s Pagan Publishing product — this was honest-to-Yog-Sothoth good Lovecraftian short fiction! Only one contribution failed to deliver; and although none of the novels achieve the best Lovecraft stories, most of them are above the average Cthulhian romp. I especially appreciated the fact that none of the writers wanted to mimic Lovecraft, in style nor content; the stories felt modern and more psychological and humane than Lovecraft's stuff. As such, this is a fresh take on the familiar Mythos stuff.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this about ten years ago and remembered enjoying it. I was pleased to find that it was very enjoyable on a second reading as well.

Though the stories are based upon the games Delta Green and Call of Cthulhu, you don't have to be knowledgeable of the either game to enjoy this anthology. If you're a fan of military horror flicks like Predator, Aliens, or Dog Soldiers, this should be right up your alley. Many of the stories are something like espionage horror as well.

Recommend!

[kirkesque · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story by Author Rating x/5 Stars

"Final Report" by John Tynes (uncredited in this anthology) 5
"Dark Above" by John Tynes 2
"Drowning in Sand" by Dennis Detwiller 2
"Pnomus" by Ray Winninger 2
"Climbing the South Mountain" by Bruce Baugh 5
"Potential Recruit" by Greg Stolze 3
"An Item of Mutual Interest" by Adam Scott Glancy 3
"Identity Crisis" by Bob Kruger 4+
"Operation LOOKING GLASS" by Blair Reynolds 4+
"Blurb" by Lucius Shepard 5

Average 3.6