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Love these old Weird Tales!

Well that was a weird story to end. Either way, a pretty enjoyable romp. Stories of varying quality and depth but overall, very impressed. Even more impressed to learn that Bloch wrote many of them as a 17 year old. What a talent. Granted, this is the guy that wrote Psycho, so I’m unsurprised. Now I want to read some good old Lovecraft, and I may. I haven’t decided yet. We’ll see what I decide.

Terror in Cut-Throat Cave was genuinely bone-chilling. The characters themselves were interesting and then the rather detailed lore of the Terror itself and its depthless hunger. And then Howard’s slow descent into madness, first weary, then urging Don to cease it all after his vision, then becoming apart of the creature. And then the end. Very grim. But very good.