Genre: Horror
Publisher: DarkFuse
Publication Date: 7th April 2015
Pages: 162
MY REVIEW:
MY REVIEW:
I received an advance copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is published by Darkfuse.
Well now. I
finally got round to Willie Meikle. The man is spoken about in almost god-like
terms. Is it warranted? Will a Meikle newbie agree with all he has heard? Will
he want to go back for more? I think he just might.
1955. Muir
and his colleague Duncan Campbell are conducting an experiment. They don’t
really know what they are doing or what they are messing with. Muir will
succeed. He will succeed in opening a door to another dimension. Has it been
open before? Will he be able to close it?
Present day.
Frank is tasked with manning the plow in Dunfield. He must keep the roads open
and look after the town folk as best he can. The fog has come back. It can only
mean bad things for the town. The terror unleashed in 1955 is coming back to
Dunfield. Although he doesn’t know it yet, Frank is the only hope.
After
reading this book I am left with one question and one question only. Where have
you been all my life Willie Meikle? This is just about the superb-est thing I
have read in years and years.
Lovecraftian.
I don’t know much about this I have to admit. I haven’t read much Lovecraft. I
get the idea though. I am beginning to fall in love with the Victorian style of
horror writing and particularly the narrative style. In this story we have
flashbacks to 1955 where mad scientist Muir and his dogsbody Campbell are
trying to right a wrong. A wrong so bad that it has catastrophic potential. I’m
not going to tell you what it is because that would just take away from the joy
you will get reading the delightful descriptive narrative that Mr Meikle uses
to paint a wonderful picture of sights, and sounds, and smells, of a time gone by, when technological advances meant conducting experiments in sheds, and if you
didn’t get hurt then it wasn’t effective.
