AS Coursework Commentary: The Woods

This piece is based off of the unique writing style of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), a horror author from Providence, U.S.A, famous for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. While the story that I have written is not technically a "Mythos" story, I do reference many stories, or Lovecraft's creations. Examples of this include, "the brick-lined basement of the building" is a reference to the opening of the story, "The Curse of Yig", in which a man visits an insane asylum, to see a possibly half man, half snake creature. "One old man, whose house is built on top of a cliff overlooking the sea" is a reference to the story, "The Strange High House in the Mist", where there is a house which is on a high cliff, overlooking the sea. Finally, the book that is constantly referenced throughout the story is the Necronomicon, possibly the most well known of Lovecrafts creations. The Necronomicon is an ancient, evil book written by Abdul Alhazred (one of Lovecrafts many alter-ego's, and also a pun, Al-Haz-Red or All Has Read).
In the story, to mimic Lovecrafts style, which is adjective heavy, and almost every noun and verb has an adjective, to further describe the scene, or to create a sense of unease. For most people, the writing is difficult to read, due to the nigh-labyinthine writing. So, I felt that it was nessacery to do so. Examples of the adjective laden writing; "twilit bush", "fated jaunt", "gaping maws", "ill-repute" (a hyphenated adjective, which is in extremely common usage in Lovecraft's story, "The Lurking Fear").