{"id":6587,"date":"2019-05-13T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=6587"},"modified":"2019-05-13T19:00:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T23:00:39","slug":"book-review-garden-of-eldritch-delights-by-lucy-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-garden-of-eldritch-delights-by-lucy-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Garden of Eldritch Delights by Lucy Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Garden of Eldritch Delights\u00a0<\/em>by Lucy A. Snyder<\/p>\n

Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2018<\/p>\n

ISBN:\u00a0\u00a09781947879089<\/div>\n
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Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/div>\n
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Once again Lucy Snyder offers up a delightfully dark, fantastic collection of fiction morsels. Garden<\/em> of Eldritch<\/em> Delights<\/em> has a Lovecraftian slant, pitting a number of interpretations of human against nameless, Otherland invaders. However, readers don’t need to be Lovecraft fans to find much to enjoy here. Snyder takes the themes through many interpretations, from classic horror, to science fiction and historical magical fantasy. There’s a lot to enjoy. If anything, the biggest downside is the fact that the tales within this collection are interesting and engaging enough to have spawned longer stories.<\/div>\n
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Standouts include “Fraeternal”, “Blossoms Blackened Like Dead Stars”, “A Hero of Grunjord”, and “The Warlady’s Daughter”. It’s not surprising that this collection is up for a Stoker. It engages the imagination, and language, in fascinating ways. Highly recommended, particularly for readers looking for stories outside of well-loved tropes, that will hold their fascination.<\/div>\n
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Contains: Language, violence, gore, sexual talk and situations<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reviewed by Michele Lee<\/div>\n
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Editor’s note:\u00a0Garden of Eldritch Delights\u00a0<\/strong>is a nominee on the final ballot for the 2018 Stoker Awards in the category Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Garden of Eldritch Delights\u00a0by Lucy A. Snyder Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2018 ISBN:\u00a0\u00a09781947879089 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Once again Lucy Snyder offers up a delightfully dark, fantastic collection of fiction morsels. Garden of Eldritch Delights has a Lovecraftian slant, pitting a number of interpretations of human against nameless, Otherland invaders. However, readers don’t need to<\/p>\n

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