pickThe 4th season of The Lovecraft Investigations, The Haunter of the Dark, was as bat-shitly occult-conspiracy-theoryesque as previous seasons, which you definitely need to listen to to make any sense of it. There's often a lot of exposition between action sequences, but this one seemed to lean a bit too heavily into that, so 4⭐ rather than 5. Some amusing/disturbing caricatures of political figures, & a ton of stuff about UK establishment fascism.
Yay! Series 4 of The Lovecraft Investigations, The Haunter of the Dark, has been released on Radio 4! I'm excited to listen to this over the next few evenings.
The show follows fictional true crime podcasters who get pulled deeper & deeper into cultish machinations, espionage, ancient conspiracies & dealings with cosmic horrors from the Outer Darkness! Each series is an updated version of an HPL story, & while I guess they can be listened to ⬇️🐙
"There are black zones of shadow close to our daily paths, and now and then some evil soul breaks a passage through.”
- The Thing on the Doorstep
so-soThere are valid concerns about HPL's personal views, they are well documented. Speaking only of the short story, it is considered among his best horror stories. I found it interesting in the beginning as a mystery, but the horror elements (other than the excellent HPL atmosphere) were less impressive. Pretty short and worth a read as part of the Cthulhu mythos.
Sci fi and fantasy definitely seem to do well in terms of #uglybookcovers. This is terrifying!
The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror | 
