That Which Should Not Be eBook Brett J Talley
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Miskatonic University has a long-whispered reputation of being strongly connected to all things occult and supernatural. From the faculty to the students, the fascination with other-worldly legends and objects runs rampant. So, when Carter Weston’s professor Dr. Thayerson asks him to search a nearby village for a book that is believed to control the inhuman forces that rule the Earth, Incendium Maleficarum, The Inferno of the Witch, the student doesn’t hesitate to begin the quest.
Weston’s journey takes an unexpected turn, however, when he ventures into a tavern in the small town of Anchorhead. Rather than passing the evening as a solitary patron, Weston joins four men who regale him with stories of their personal experiences with forces both preternatural and damned. Two stories hit close to home as they tie the tellers directly to Weston’s current mission.
His unanticipated role as passive listener proves fortuitous, and Weston fulfills his goal. Bringing the book back to Miskatonic, though, proves to be a grave mistake. Quickly, Weston realizes he has played a role in potentially opening the gate between the netherworld and the world of Man. Reversing the course of events means forgetting all he thought he knew about Miskatonic and his professor and embracing an unknown beyond his wildest imagination.
That Which Should Not Be eBook Brett J Talley
Three years ago I purchased a copy of That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley and just never got around to reading it. Sometimes my TBR list just gets out of control.When the publishers of That Which Should Not Be reached out to me about reviewing the sequel, He Who Walks In Shadow, I figured it would be a good idea to read Talley's first foray into the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.
As much trouble as I've had reading many of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, I found myself easily engrossed in modern day tale of Lovecraftian horror. Talley covers many of the themes found in the writings of Lovecraft with Carter Weston setting out from Miskatonic University on a mission to obtain an ancient book known as the Incendium Maleficarum, a companion to the Necromonicon.
When Carter Weston travels to the port town of Anchorhead he meets four old timers each with a tale of other worldly horrors to tell.
Brilliant at times, solid story-telling, steeped in Lovecraftian mythos, even if the writer takes some liberties here and there, it all results in a hell of a tale.
There were a few times when the story became bogged down, but they were few and far between, and when the story is hitting on all cylinders it's as good as story-telling can be.
Occasionally the writing was downright poetic. "The night was still, dead. People speak of the calm before the storm, but more truly remarkable is the calm after the blizzard. No birds sang, no dogs barked. Silence has a sound, and I heard it that might."
That Which Should Not Be is available as an e-book, paperback, and hardback from JournalStone Publications.
A joy to read for every horror fan. Recommended.
A native of the South, Brett Talley received a philosophy and history degree from the University of Alabama before moving to witch-haunted Massachusetts to attend Harvard Law School. Brett loves every kind of fiction—from horror to literary to historical to sci-fi—as long as there are fantastic characters with a compelling purpose. There's still magic to be found in fiction, the mysterious and the unknown still beckon there, and the light can always triumph over the darkness, no matter how black the night may be. Brett writes when he can, though he spends most of his time working as a lawyer so that he can put food on the table. That is, until the air grows cool and crisp and fall descends. For then it is football time and Brett lives and dies with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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That Which Should Not Be eBook Brett J Talley Reviews
Let's be honest upfront - I enjoyed the book, I'll probably read the next one ("He Who Walks in Shadow").
Now let's be subjective - there's nothing original in here, but if you enjoy HP Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, etc., then I think you'll enjoy this. It doesn't have the urgency of some of Lovecraft's works, like Call of Cthulhu or The Haunter of the Dark, but neither does it have the (over)complexity of some other Lovecraft followers. It paints the overall narrative through the use of shorter tales, told to the protagonist by various supporting characters, none of whom are really developed outside of the autobiographical tales they tell, but that's fine - the tales themselves all weave together towards the final act of the book, and that's where my only real criticism of the book is. The final act feels *really* rushed as if Brett J. Talley had put so much work in, then realized one morning when he woke up that he needed to finish the book. I was stunned when I looked down at my and saw it telling me there was only 12 minutes left *in the book*; the whole story had been building to this point, and now it was going to be closed in 12 minutes???? How the heck was that going to work? Well... It worked. Sort of. Talley employs one of Lovecraft's tools by skipping over chunks of time to get to the action, and not adding anything extraneous. It's a shame, I've often wondered after reading Call of Cthulhu what R'lyeh would look like and wished Lovecraft had described it more, and I was hopeful Talley would add to this to with a description a little beyond the usual "not normal Euclidean geometry" with a weird turn of physics, etc., but alas, t'was not to be. I guess if I want to explore the corridors of R'lyeh and listen to the Nightgaunts wheeling through the stars while Nyarlathotep whispers sweet nothings in my ear I'll have to write it myself...Hmmmm....
Talley has kicked off his writing career with an homage to Lovecraft and his weird contemporeries that will delight those familiar with Lovecraftian lore as well as those new to the Mythos.
While using the familiar touchstones of Miskatonic University, Henry Armitage and mention of the Necronomicon, Talley introduces his original character of Carter Weston, a contemporary of Armitage, during their college student days when Weston is tasked with retrieving another tome of dark knowledge ere it is used for ill purposes.
This hunt takes Weston to the town of Anchorhead, where he has cause to interview four men about their strange experiences which touch on his quest. Four novellas follow, each hearkening to the different sub-genre of weird fiction.
The first and perhaps the weakest in terms of the resolution was based on Blackwood’s tales of the untamed and haunted wilderness. The next stories are markedly better, taking our protagonists to an eastern European castle in the style of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and an insane asylum where the mundane can see the horrors veiled to the sane mind.
Finally, a doomed voyage at sea leads to a complete tour of the Cthulhu Mythos. Talley’s love for his subject shines through. The only weakness in my opinion being a few twists of the plot where the overarching plot, motivations and framing narrative seemed contrived to set up the novellas. Definintely give it a read.
Three years ago I purchased a copy of That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley and just never got around to reading it. Sometimes my TBR list just gets out of control.
When the publishers of That Which Should Not Be reached out to me about reviewing the sequel, He Who Walks In Shadow, I figured it would be a good idea to read Talley's first foray into the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.
As much trouble as I've had reading many of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, I found myself easily engrossed in modern day tale of Lovecraftian horror. Talley covers many of the themes found in the writings of Lovecraft with Carter Weston setting out from Miskatonic University on a mission to obtain an ancient book known as the Incendium Maleficarum, a companion to the Necromonicon.
When Carter Weston travels to the port town of Anchorhead he meets four old timers each with a tale of other worldly horrors to tell.
Brilliant at times, solid story-telling, steeped in Lovecraftian mythos, even if the writer takes some liberties here and there, it all results in a hell of a tale.
There were a few times when the story became bogged down, but they were few and far between, and when the story is hitting on all cylinders it's as good as story-telling can be.
Occasionally the writing was downright poetic. "The night was still, dead. People speak of the calm before the storm, but more truly remarkable is the calm after the blizzard. No birds sang, no dogs barked. Silence has a sound, and I heard it that might."
That Which Should Not Be is available as an e-book, paperback, and hardback from JournalStone Publications.
A joy to read for every horror fan. Recommended.
A native of the South, Brett Talley received a philosophy and history degree from the University of Alabama before moving to witch-haunted Massachusetts to attend Harvard Law School. Brett loves every kind of fiction—from horror to literary to historical to sci-fi—as long as there are fantastic characters with a compelling purpose. There's still magic to be found in fiction, the mysterious and the unknown still beckon there, and the light can always triumph over the darkness, no matter how black the night may be. Brett writes when he can, though he spends most of his time working as a lawyer so that he can put food on the table. That is, until the air grows cool and crisp and fall descends. For then it is football time and Brett lives and dies with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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