Horror Fiction, Bloody and Gory, by a Lovecraft Fan: Edward Lee: Creekers

Edward Lee has written several gory scary stories; Creekers is amongst his best novels. From this book (and all the other books written by Lee) it is easy to find out that the author is a H. P. Lovecraft aficionado – which makes me admire him even more.



Philip Straker, a city cop, has accidentally shot a kid; as a result, he was forced to leave his place. As he has nothing better to do, he returns to his hometown, Crick City, a small town in the middle of nowhere. A couple of gory murders occur in the town, and Straker suspects who are responsible for them: the Creekers, inbreed, queer persons who live in the woods surrounding the town. Straker decides to find out more about the bloody murders…