There is no greater fan of H. P. Lovecraft than I am, having read all his stories numerous times. This first offering gives us a bit of pause. Most immediately, who is grandma and why is she there, and why is mom leaving her son there. Lovecraft created the Chthulu mythos and countless authors have written stories based on it, including Stephen King. We know right away that Gramma is a monster and the poor kid is in grave danger. He starts to read the Necronimicon and saying words that generate horrors. It's pretty good, but the conclusion is the same old same old. "Personal Demons" has hack writer Martin Balsam with a huge case of non-creativity. Then a bunch of guys in black robs and with destructive tendencies show up. You can guess the rest. "Cold Reading" is much more imaginative. It is full of nice touches based on the idea that since we cannot see the radio personalities, we don't know what goes on in the studio. This is somewhat original.
Review of Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading
