I just finished it and I loved it. I couldn't put it down. I was obsessed with finding out what happened next. I didn't even notice the inconsistent bits.

Awesome video! Definitely gonna make my own gaslamp fantasy story! I wonder if His Dark Materials fits the genre.

Hey loved the video, never knew it was called gaslamp fantasy/horror. Do you know any good books on the history of the victorian era?

Lovely story

I’m reading howls moving castle, apparently it’s in this genre - I like it :) I was also going to mention the prestige, it’s definitely one of the greatest films I’ve seen

What about Gunpowder fantasy?

I remember struggling with some parts of this when i first read it like 15 years ago, but some parts o did think were actually great, like how the creatures got there in the first place, and that someon3 partly responsible was among them. However like you said, a little too much sexual tension ha

I also was asking myself “what the fuck was that about”.

I loved this book, never read something quite like it before or after.

Probably the greatest ghost story ever written, to be honest.

I thought it’s exacution was poor at times but I had an enjoyable enough time with this as a reader of the nastier side of horror. B movie shenanigans with perversion thrown in

Great video. Be interested what you make of The Terror if you get chance to read that / do a video

Really enjoyed listening to you. I need to find those annotated volumes.

Man, I think you’re being a bit harsh on this one (and so are the folks in the comments too). Laymon is very silly and he plays up sex to a ridiculous level but that’s all part of the fun. He’s no Stephen King but he writes fast paced, full action fiction. Yes: rump, rump, rump, rump this and and rump that - is very annoying and he heavily used that word in every damned book that he wrote. Characters are very shallow (as with just about every Laymon book) and people just don’t react in a manner suitable to the situation they are in but I still really enjoy his books. I’m reading them all in publication order and just finished this today. I can tell you that the most recent books I’ve read including this one are much better than his earlier works which were just trash at times (although I still enjoyed those too). I just want to correct one point too. You mention about one of the savages saying that the survivors will escape through the elevators and that this doesn’t make sense because they’ve been trapped there a long time. This is false because as we later find out, Kyles mum who was married to the hotel and cave owner himself was one of the savages and likely told them about the tours (heck, she was probably the one who even said that line about the elevators). However, I have two significant plot holes of my own: - Why did the savages not cannibalise Kyles mum when she was tossed down the hole as they have with everybody else? - How have the savages survived in the cave for so long? Surely they would freeze to death or after a storm they would drown in a flash flood. Decades of continuous life in that cave… nah, I’m not buying it.

Am nearly finished the coffin path and am loving it. Long time since I was so engrossed by a book. Can you recommend any other authors of a similar vein please? Have spoken to Katherine on Facebook and she’s got no more novels planned yet. I have that little panic inside of what am I going to read next?!! Lol 😂. Great video thank you 😊

OMG who put this edition together? And...WHY????? This is my favorite vampire novel. I have adapted it twice, once for the stage and once for audio (although the latter could be a zoom show or a live radio broadcast on stage). Whereas DRACULA is very very plot oriented, this story is all about character and atmosphere. It reminds me of folks tales of erotic encounters with one of the fey, and the object of their affections never, ever being the same.

Your complaints in the shifts in the book are so funny!

I always find it charming and fun but also almost intimidating when a book starts off with a cast of characters list! I think the same thing, "uhoh complicated stuff incoming!"😂 it reminds me of Anna Karenina, I think they did that in that book, I remember trying to read that way too young and just reading the cast of characters list and already getting so confused 😂 that all being said, this sounds like a unique and interesting book, your channel definitely put me onto the Gaslamp horror genre, I'm really digging it so far! Thanks for the upload!

I love Blackwood but hadn't heard of this one! Thank you for the great and also often very funny review!

👍😁👍. What was it......??? Burrowers?? Great as always. Take Care My Friend 👍😁👍

I Loved this. Have You read Brian Lumleys story: For the Dead Travel Slowly??? Again...Great Job My Friend 👍😁👍

Personal favourite of mine is Night Demon by Stephen Wolberius. It's a modern novel but it really harkens back to the old gaslamp literature in all the good ways. It's brooding, it's scary and it has some really strong prose that made me think of Cormac McCarthy. At the same time it's not slow paced at all.

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Very Well Done. This type of stuff always makes Me think of Wendigo Legends. Have You ever seen the Movie : Ravenous, or Antlers???

Ah....Wonderful, and creepy. What kind of limbs???Always leaving Me wanting more. 👍😁👍

I lived right down the road from lock 13 on the Arkansas River for many years. LoL This is kind of a HP Lovecraft vibe....without it actually being so. I tell You again. I would Love to read a whole book of this stuff. Take Care My Friend 👍😁👍

Very Well done. As always. Keeps Me interested, and wanting more. Take Care My Friend, and Keep them coming. 👍😁👍

I love this story! I can reread it over and over again and I never get tired of it. Your soothing voice as well as your insight really did it justice! New subscriber here :) I would really like to read more Blackwood

Well Hell....as usual...I want more..., and need more. You always build up greatly, and I always want more.

So was the prisoner part of the woods, did it save Him, or eat Him??? So many questions. LoL. I Loved it. Take Care My Friend 👍😁👍

Well ...what was the green stuff. Dang You , and Your get Me highly interested, and leave Me hanging. LoL 😂 Take Care My Friend 👍😁👍

I read the story as an elementary school student, in an anthology entitled "Tales To Tremble By." Stoker's story was the last in the collection, and sometimes, on weekends, I would read through the entire collection, always keeping "The Judge's House" for last. To me, it is far more horrifying than Dracula, more tightly written and not diffused over a set of documents, like the novel is. However, one thing I never figured out---and perhaps Stoker wanted to withhold it---is the motive for the Judge's execution of the student. Had the judge, perhaps, struggled with calculus during his undergrad days before law school? Stoker mentioned that the judge had been well known for his hostility toward prisoners; and does this mean any prisoner, even those ultimately proven innocent, or those who have been duly proven guilty and convicted? If the latter, what does the Judge, as a specter, no of Malcomson's life, or what in Malcomson's behavior or demeanor called for the Judge's wrath?

What work??? I need to know. LoL 😂 Great Job My Friend 👍😁👍

Just catching up. Always leave Me wanting more. I want to here about the woods paying Him a visit. 👍😁👍

I don't know why I never got these showing up.🤷‍♂️. I just happened to go look to see if You had done anything new. Glad I did.👍😁👍

I thought I was going along for a short walk through an old cemetery lol. I love walking through them and reading the headstones if in fact they are even legible. Some are so old the winds of time have erased the names. Cool short story tho.

💀 Excellent story!

Fantastic review!

Excellent!

I love this book.

I loved this book. There's this irritating Villain's Monologue near the end but its themes and execution were strong enough to fully capture my attention.

Have you ever read Thomas Ligotti? His story This World is Full of Monsters is really good.

One of my favorite books

How long must I wait for the ending??? I keep coming back looking for more. Hope all is well My Friend. 🙏

Well dang!!! We get another part right??? I need to know more. Please!!!! I'm all about this. 👍😁👍

I almost missed this.🤷‍♂️ Let's Go. LoL. Very wise words. Very Cool 😎👌👍 Sorry that I just now seen this one. I always look forward to these. Take Care My Friend 👍😁👍

Oh Geez.....👍 So We are getting another part correct???? I hope. This is a great idea 💡....telling a story like this in parts. I Loved this. Keep it up My Friend 👍😁👍