Book Review: Trolley No. 1852 - Edward Lee -October Horror Fest (13/31)

Author: Edward Lee

Book: Trolley No. 1852

Year: 2010

Pages: 103

Part of Series: Solo 

Reading Time: 1/10/2021 (1 day)

Rating: 8 stars

I never enjoy reading erotica or pornographic scenes. I don't consider myself a conservative kind of guy but reading is different than watching (LOL) so I started this month of horror with the book that would made me less comfortable. Sometimes you have to indulge on that.

What we have here is a tale of Lovecraft himself - told in his perspective. What would Lovecraft had to do to survive if his horror tales were not sufficient? Well he would write pornographic horror tales of course - that's the premise of this book.

Lovecraft is struggling in terms of finance and a letter comes from the mail saying that if he writes a erotic story they would give him 500 dollars x 2 (bear in mind that this was 70 years ago so it was a lot of money). He then, being Lovecraft he makes a story with horror elements. Basically you've got a guy Morgan Philips (wonder where he got those names ?) goes to the city of new york to find his sister -after several time not knowing where she is he meets a guy called Erwin (Robert E Howard) who tells him of a place where he can try since it's a whorehouse - but it's a strange one riddle with mysteries and time bending stuff.

There, is where the majority of this tale passes and you've got all scenes of sex, it seems Lovecraft has a member with 12 inches that basically destroys everyone of the girls (5 of them in a row). It's like watching pornhub but reading in the same writing style of Lovecraft - and that's something I wanted to talk about - the writing - this was marvellous reading material - he change the way the characters spoke with such ease that was really a delight

" and after a few more moments of recapturing her wind, she manipulated herself around, to look flabbergasted at my still-stiff-as-a-baker's-pin-penis

"Did you come?"

I elevated a brow. " If by that you mean did I experience an ejaculatory release and sequent orgasm? No."

This is some example, it reminds me of one character of Walking Dead franchise way of talking...

Either way, good take - I will not be a fan of pornographic Lovecraftian tales BUT I am now a fan of Edward Lee. I bought the other two books he wrote in Lovecraftian tale "The Innswich Horror " And "The Haunter of the Thresholdold".