REVIEW: The Oldest Solution by Priya Sridhar
Title: The Oldest Solution Author: Priya Sridhar Genre: Lovecraftian Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Publisher: Strange Horizons (short story) Reviewer: Jim Read It at Strange Horizons The Review One hundred and one years have passed since the reclusive and eccentric Howard Phillips Lovecraft published the short stories “Dagon” and “Beyond the Wall of Sleep”, and arguably introduced the Cthulhu Mythos to the reading public. While Lovecraft’s racist leanings have been condemned in recent years, his vision of a cosmos filled with tentacled monsters continues to inspire, with Elizabeth Bear’s “Shoggoths in Bloom” and Mat Johnson’s Pym being two recent works which have brought new … Read more