The Other: Encounters With The Cthulhu Mythos Book One (The Other: The Nyarlathotep Cycle 1)

This book could have potential. But seems that the author abandons his characters like used up empty condiment bottles. Empty them out and toss them away! He creates characters a reader begins to like then suddenly the author destroys them without the least sense of loss or care.Vicious is how I read the director of this nightmare story and a fella who cares nothing for the humanity of the men and woman whose lives he so easily destroys. No if you like reading and following characters and development, don't read this series.Also this author can't seem to destermine what to call his follow on novels. One place he calls his book THE OTHER then searching for the second in the series I discover it is called something completely different.No this author needs a good Editor, reader, and somebody who slap hm around and make him wake up about his misuse of good characters he discards so easily.Lost me though I was really wanting to follow the story onward, the ending of the first novel killed that desire.

I read a lot of mythos tales, some good, some bad and some just tangential. This is one of the better ones. It keeps an up to date feel without sacrificing too much the mythos’ ‘pulp’ origins and character. The stories improved over the course of the book as they seemed a little stilted in dialogue at the outset. Toward the end they became polished and I could sense the author’s voice coming through. Nice to have a tale set in Canada for once. I have some minor irks. There are occasional typos but I have persevered with stories that had many. My main issue was the misspelling of ‘Tekeli-li’ in one tale written as ‘Telkeli- li’. Minor and forgivable except to this pedantic Mythos fan. But don’t let my niggles put you off. This is a great read with many inventive stories.

I'm a big fan of Cthulhu and have read, or tried to read a fair amount of novels written by other authors and have been disappointed. Not so with this first book. It's a great read, with some good characters you can really like and empathise with.They're not superheroes, or pathetic idiots who make inexplicable decisions.They're very human. I'd like to know more about the Agency they work for, but I suspect that that's the point.This reminds me of role-playing the Cthulhu game way back in the late 80s, which is no bad thing at all. For less than 3 English pounds it's a bargain. I hope to read more by the author. Very, very good.It would have got 5 stars if it was a bit scarier though.

I like a nice anthology but I have mixed feelings. In places it feels like someone writing up Call of Cthulhu tabletop sessions. Bits feel clunky and the dialogue often sounds off to my ears. But, that said, I didn't hate these stories. I gave it an extra star for the ending, although it was a wee bit abrupt.

Fast paced elder madness. A good eldritch read.

A really enjoyable read, unfolding events had me gripped as did the unexpected surprises. I can’t wait for more and to see what other eldritch horrors lurk around the corner!

These connected stories flow really well. I like these type of stories the most, that are Lovecraftian without just being copies of Lovecraft stories.