Status Updates From The Dreams in the Witch Hou...

Is it too much reading two of the greatest horror writers at the same time?

(18p story, 3p notes)

still really good so far; the pacing and just how it envelopes the reader into such a story, is brilliant. how the exploration of the Great Race (while really racist against the australian aborigines), it showcased competent world building with an idealised way of running the world, past capitalism.

1/3 into The Shadow out of Time - whenever he does the 1st pov writing, it's more palatable because we can connect with the character. i love how it uses the concept from another story, wherein a spirit takes-over another body, while we get to see life before humans or whether they're real. it gets pretty whacky and also baffling, but this is where hpl is just great in. odd premise, pushed to its limits.

✅ The Dreams in the Witch House - wow, i liked this. sure, uses the "is it a dream" to so many extents but the descriptions of what he did... it's really vivid. a little repetitive, but golly it was good. the "dimensional" travel elements weren't as much as expected, but i loved its insinuation of it existing within the framework of witchcraft. next one is the last one :*

✅ Through the Gates of the Silver Key - pretty easy read bc of the dialogues which made the flow more catchable and more, real? instead of extremely dense descriptions. however, this was the least HPL hpl work, which makes sense bc it was his friend who did it initially.

i love its combination between cosmic horror, with a splash of sci fi (time travel/time concept).