Equoid, by Charles Stross
A Laundry novella about My Little Ponies from hell.
Tor.com, 2013, 65 pages. Available online at Tor.com.
"Equoid" is set shortly before the events of the "The Fuller Memorandum". It's the longest non-novel-length Laundry story so far. And it explains (among other things) precisely what H. P. Lovecraft saw behind the wood-shed when he was 14 that traumatized him for life, the reproductive life-cycle of unicorns, and what really happened on Cold Comfort Farm.
What happens when you mix unicorns, virgins, and Lovecraft.
My complete list of book reviews.
Tor.com, 2013, 65 pages. Available online at Tor.com.
"Equoid" is set shortly before the events of the "The Fuller Memorandum". It's the longest non-novel-length Laundry story so far. And it explains (among other things) precisely what H. P. Lovecraft saw behind the wood-shed when he was 14 that traumatized him for life, the reproductive life-cycle of unicorns, and what really happened on Cold Comfort Farm.
What happens when you mix unicorns, virgins, and Lovecraft.
My complete list of book reviews.