The Lighthouse Horror: Lovecraft Edition

by Darryl M. Finch-Ellis, H.P. Lovecraft

After his ship is downed during the Battle of Jutland in 1916, Lt. Brennan Albom washes up on the shores of Oomram where he is taken into the care of a dubious lighthouse keeper, named Rasmus Schreiner. It does not take long whilst Albom recovers from his injuries for him to discover that something is not quite right within this secluded lighthouse, and the creatures from the dark depths, lurk on the shores when the sun descends and the ominous moon rises in the black night sky.

This edition also includes a piece from Darryl M. Finch-Ellis on H.P. Lovecraft, as well as the two works from Lovecraft that inspired him to write The Lighthouse Horror. Those two stories being Dagon (1917) and The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931).

153 pages, Paperback

Published December 17, 2021

Reviews

[Maru White · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book, although brief, guides you through one of man's greatest fears: being kidnapped by the enemy and not knowing his true intentions.

The story let you see inside the head and writing of Brennan Albom, a lieutenant in the English Navy, who after his ship was down during the Battle of Jutland (in 1916), reaches the German shores of Oomram, only to find himself imprisoned in a lighthouse by a very mysterious and unscrupulous German, whose primary task is to defend that fortress with his life.

After a long period of agony and recovery, Albom and his nemesis - Rasmus Schreiner - engage in a psychological game, in what appears to prepare both for the final battle.

Schreiner is hiding something, but what is it? The author takes you through many uncertain places where you ask yourself many questions and try to solve puzzles as the reading progresses.

With its good dose of humor, imagination, description of other interesting places and situations and quite creative writing, you will not want to stop reading until you discover what is hidden in the highest part of the lighthouse.

Highly recommended, especially to support those independent authors, such as the talented Darryl M. Finch-Ellis. Are you ready to read it?

[Courtney Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although short this book packs a punch and has some wonderfully descriptive passages

[Karli Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such an awesome book. The pacing was great, I enjoyed the atmosphere of it all. There’s something about lighthouses that get me. I enjoyed the ambiguous creatures, I feel like the possibilities are endless for what they were and what they looked like, which helps the reader to be imaginative. The ending was also pretty ambiguous, so it stays on your mind after reading. I always love a creepy book that can leave something to ponder afterwards.

[Mary Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story itself was pretty cool, but I'm kinda :/ at the fact that half the book is the story and the other half is two H.P. Lovecraft stories that inspired the story...



(also uh a tip: 'shells' in terms of ammunition aren't 'Muscheln' in German, those are shells you find on the beach.
I think it's more accurate to translate shells with 'Patronen' in this instance, but I'm not an expert with guns and could be wrong on the right term.)