![]() ![]() It actually becomes a bit too much: the first lime Lovecraft or Machen is alluded to you go "hey, neat!", but after four or five not-so subtle references it was more in the line of "yea, yea, I get it – you very well red". ![]() The wrestling with this is at the same time 'The Red Tree's biggest accomplishment, and greatest flaw.Īs I said, 'The Red Tree' is firmly rooted (har har) in the American horror tradition, and is acutely aware of this: it is ripe with references to every horror writer and -work imaginable, both implicitly and explicitly. Show More fiction (writer, house with a horrible past, desperation – I hope you see where this is going), and while it certainly is possible to get a good story out of it without burry yourself in clichés, this does require a certain finesse. ![]()
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