Here is my month of November calender creep improvement program. This last month I read Michael Shea’s The Color Out of Time, a part two of sorts to H. P. Lovecraft’s A Color Out of Space.
The scene is taken from a part in the book where one of the many malevolent mutations is revealed.  Attached to it, if memory serves correct, is an innocent bystander getting drained to a pulpy mess of its former self in order to provide strength and power to the mutation, allowing it to grow larger and have a greater horrific influence in the unsuspecting world.

If you’ve not read Michael Shea, I highly recommend him. He has a great style of prose that is elegantly poetic and a joy to read.  He’s got a firm grip on telling a tale with a punch and pulling out surprises that make you delve deeper and more insanely into his realm of the fantastic. Shea knows how to keep mood prevalent and effective which I find to be the first and foremost mark of success with genre fiction.

He attended the H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest in Portland Oct. 2010 as a guest and I had the distinct pleasure of hearing him read some of his works and was able to get some books signed as well. Without a doubt, a very nice and talented fellow.