The Ballad of Black Tom

People move to New York looking for magic, and nothing will convince them it isn't there. But when he delivers an occult page to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic and earns the attention of things best left sleeping. A storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?. Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can ca

A Return To Lovecraft's RED HOOK M.D. Kuehn In 1925 H.P. Lovecraft published a story titled, THE HORROR AT RED HOOK. In it, a detective by the name of Malone investigates strange goings-on in the largely immigrant populated section of New York City, Red Hook. The story takes place in Lovecraft’s familiar universe of cosmic horror, always subject to the return of the Old Ones.Now, it is no secret that Lovecraft held strong feelings about certain minority and immigrant groups, and THE HORROR AT RED HOOK is often singled out as the most egregious example. Because of. Five Stars Brilliant! It's the first O've read by Victor LaValle. It will not be the last.. S. Hall said Why settle for the lesser of two evils?. A unique point of view in this story. The more I thought about it, the more terrifying the story became. A truly masterful addition to the Cthulhu lexicon.