Hi everyone! I registered to the forum just so that I could express my immense appreciation of this remarkable story. In my view, cosmic horror and weird fiction has become a somewhat worn out sub-genre, and many contemporary writers seem to contend themselves with writing pastiche and paying homage to Lovecraft, Machen, Derleth and Co. Given this dismal state of affairs, it is all the more remarkable that Ferrett Steinmetz has not only written a cosmic horror story in a genuinely new and innovative voice, she has also established a new topos: the idea of fight back against the incomprehensible forces that invade our world. Whereas the classic writers usually focused on the discovery of ancient, trans-dimensional evils that threaten our world and on the terrible effects that such knowledge has on our frail human psyche, Steinmetz puts her protagonists past that point. Her characters are all too well aware of what is out there and yet, against all odds and reason, they cling on the hope that they can somehow withstand the impending doom.
In short, it is great stuff. Read it. Now.