Skull-Face and Others: Skull-Face Omnibus Volume 1 | 
so-soAs a werewolf tale, I enjoyed rereading Howard's weird-pulp take on this horror staple, in which there is mystery, intrigue, adventure and supernatural shenanigans in a gothic castle.
I approach pulp stories of the '20s/'30s in the knowledge they will contain attitudes I wouldn't accept in a modern story. I'd read this before and, knowing it's set in an African slaver settlement, prepared myself to read around "problems", but I was still ??
Bookwomble ...shocked by the racist stereotypes portrayed (with some misogyny thrown in for good measure). So, a 'pick' as an atmospheric pulp horror, with an intriguing delve into the cause of lycanthropy and its interesting and tragic hero-monster, but not recommended if the setting and attitudes are likely to be upsetting. 3y
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