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Mark Howard Jones: Cthulhu Cymraeg (2013, Screaming Dreams Publishing) 4 stars

Before the American master of the macabre H. P. Lovecraft there was the Welsh wizard …

Rhybweth erchyll yng Nghymru

4 stars

Rhybweth erchyll yng Nghymru / Something horrible in Wales

There are nine entertainingly creepy stories in this book, made more fascinating by the Welsh setting, particularly with references to south Wales, where I live.

I enjoyed the stories and particularly some of the descriptions of scenes which helped to give life to the tales.

“When he turned round, the world had changed. / The sky had darkened and, worse, reddened to the point where it was almost as if he were looking up from the surface of an alien planet. Clouds that resembled amoebae crawled across the heavens, enveloping stars and leaving trails of black dust behind them. ” p25, ‘What others hear’, by John Llewellyn Probert

The book is very entertaining and I would recommend it.

There seem to be some mistakes in the Welsh (unless I'm mistaken). In the title ‘Cthulhu Cymraeg’ , ‘Cymraeg’ means ‘The Welsh Language’, if the title is supposed to mean 'of Wales', then it should be ‘Cthulhu Cymreig’. There is also another typo, ‘Mamgi’ instead of ‘Mamgu’ (Grandmother). However the authors may know more than me.