Published: Dec. 05, 2009
Words: 35493 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook description

Connie Hillman tries to save her former lover and PhD advisor, Phil Waverly, from making a terrible mistake. Phil finds an ancient ceremonial site that could prove there was a PreColumbian Bronze Age civilization in the Great Lakes region. Connie fears it will lead to something much darker. This volume also includes The Buck of Mulligan Plains.

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urban fantasy, horror, speculative fiction, supernatural, dark fantasy, weird fiction

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Review by: Marion Stein on Aug. 10, 2010 :
PD Allen's Blood Moon is volume I of his "Tales of the Yoopernatural" a series of books and stories taking place in Michigan's Upper Peninsula though it's not exactly Michigan's, it's Allen's.

In these tales the author has created a world of myth and legend, a world which looks a lot like the one we inhabit but is just a bit skewed with the occasional portal to other dimensions, appearance of mythical creatures, spirits, ghosts and more. Allen skillfully weaves in geology and history while maintaining the story's tension and pace.

Blood Moon is the tale recounted by Connie Hillman. Connie trained as an anthropologist, earns her living as a writer of historical fiction. She begins by telling us a story of her Grandfather's encounter strange encounter with a benign hairy giant who he comes to believe was guarding the land from a mythical monster. We know, that like Chekov's gun on the mantle piece, we are sure to encounter the giant and the monster again.

Connie is an astute narrator and her story involves her travails as a grad student where she first encounters Phil Waverly, an anthropology professor with some unconventional ideas. Phil becomes Connie's advisor and her lover. Connie becomes enmeshed in university politics and Phil's feud with Warren Stanton, the department head. Like James Hynes, Allen is knowledgeable about life in academia and uses this well to set up the action for his story.

Years after her relationship with Phil has ended, Connie is drawn in when he summons her to archeological dig in the Huron Mountains where some strange events are occurring. It's here that the writing really shines as Allen connects the Grandfather's story to the phenomena at the site.

This is smartly told story that will appeal to lovers of supernatural suspense as well as anyone interested in American and Native American legends and generally anyone interested in good stories.

As an added bonus, a haunting short story, The Buck of Mulligan Plains is included.

I look forward to reading further tales of this magical place.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Mari Miniatt on July 22, 2010 : (no rating)
It struck me as I got to the end of the story, how much it was like HP Lovecraft. If he had written about the Midwest and not the east coast. The final conflict had me riveted.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Mari Miniatt on July 05, 2010 :
I haven't finished the novel yet, but being from Northwestern Wisconsin, I can say I am a little homesick. I have enjoyed the mixing of the native culture and the monster myths.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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