I seriously enjoyed this re-telling of Lovecraft's tale, "The Horror at Red Hook".

LaValle has taken one of Lovecraft's weakest tales and turned it into a fully-formed short story that subverts the original brilliantly. 

By giving a voice to a Black character, LaValle weaves a tale that asks the reader to consider which is the greater evil - cosmic indifference to all life or white society's malice towards Black lives?