I’m pleased to discover, via an ancient aside on an Archive.org fanzine, a Lovecraftian author of quality who was completely unknown to me. <\/p>\n
Jeffrey E. Barlough produced a well-regarded trilogy in the 1990s and early 2020s, and has followed it up with a regular series of books. Anchorwick<\/em> is a kind of prequel and said to be the best to start with, though The House in the High Wood<\/em> has an affordable ebook.<\/p>\n The setting is an alternate history in which the last Ice Age never ended and our current interglacial warm period never arrived. A sliver of the olde British civilisation that managed to emerge now clings on down the coastline of North America. Surrounded by Ice Age megafauna, no less. A gaslamp\/steampunk blend of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft, but with an appealing-sounding dash of eccentric and imaginative whimsy added to the mix.<\/p>\n Sadly no audiobook version, despite the avid fan-base, or even other ebook editions. His website has the full list for the Western Lights series<\/a>…<\/p>\n Dark Sleeper (2000)<\/p>\n The House in the High Wood (2001)<\/p>\n Strange Cargo (2004)<\/p>\n Bertram of Butter Cross (2007)<\/p>\n Anchorwick (2008)<\/p>\n A Tangle in Slops (2011)<\/p>\n What I Found at Hoole (2012)<\/p>\n The Cobbler of Ridingham (2014)<\/p>\n Where The Time Goes (2016)<\/p>\n The Thing in the Close (2018)<\/p>\n Hooting Grange (2021)<\/p>\n Rose of Picardy (in preparation)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m pleased to discover, via an ancient aside on an Archive.org fanzine, a Lovecraftian author of quality who was completely …<\/p>\n