Looking for some modern day stories of detectives or regular people investigating something that becomes that unknowable lovecraftian or eldritch entity horror. Ideally set in more modern times, so like 1980s onward
The Fisherman by John Langan fits that bill. It is a VERY slow burn however so it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
rmg1102 on
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Lovecraft x Scooby Doo… the original event as kids is in the late 70s and the majority of the novel is set in the 90s
Present-Tadpole5226 on
It’s a collection of short stories, so it might not be what you are looking for but, *Things We Lost in the Fire*, by Mariana Enriquez might work for you? Part of what intrigued me was that, since the stories are set in a dictatorship, there’s another level of confusion. Are there ghosts, is the narrator going mad, or are the lights she’s seeing the headlights of the secret police?
Time-Telephone845 on
The Fisherman by John Langan is one of my favorites
OkapiAlloy on
_14_ and its sequels by Peter Clines are relatively light-hearted Lovecraftian mysteries. His other book, _The Broken Room_, still has a lot of fun action movie stuff, but is ultimately a pretty dark Lovecraftian story.
Mattyb2851 on
Victor LaVelle’s The Ballad of Black Tom should be at the top of your list!!
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The Fisherman by John Langan fits that bill. It is a VERY slow burn however so it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Lovecraft x Scooby Doo… the original event as kids is in the late 70s and the majority of the novel is set in the 90s
It’s a collection of short stories, so it might not be what you are looking for but, *Things We Lost in the Fire*, by Mariana Enriquez might work for you? Part of what intrigued me was that, since the stories are set in a dictatorship, there’s another level of confusion. Are there ghosts, is the narrator going mad, or are the lights she’s seeing the headlights of the secret police?
The Fisherman by John Langan is one of my favorites
_14_ and its sequels by Peter Clines are relatively light-hearted Lovecraftian mysteries. His other book, _The Broken Room_, still has a lot of fun action movie stuff, but is ultimately a pretty dark Lovecraftian story.
Victor LaVelle’s The Ballad of Black Tom should be at the top of your list!!