The Innswich Horror

The Innswich Horror is a somewhat farcical homage to H. P. Lovecraft's horror fiction. Obviously the title is a combination of the Lovecraft titles The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Set in the 1930s, a very rich young bachelor with a devotion to Lovecraft's fiction takes a side jaunt from his Lovecraft pilgrimage by bus into the unlisted picturesque seaside town of Innswich Point. His excitement grows as he learns that Lovecraft had actually visited Innswich Point before the town had been given a facelift and had based his story The Shadow Over Innsmouth on the town. One of the very noticeable peculiarities of the town is the number of friendly, beautiful, pregnant female residents. Strangeness leads to growing horror as the plucky traveler begins to uncover the many dark secrets behind the town's happy façade. The author weaves together subject matter from many of Lovecraft's better known stories, especially The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Herbert West - Reanimator and Colour Out of Space, with some Cthulhu mythos thrown in for good measure. It's a grisly romp but without the brilliance of the master of horror himself, Lovecraft.