The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - Softcover

As a spot of meta-commentary, Charles Dexter Ward himself is depicted as a smirking, all-knowing Lovecraft doppelganger a troubled young man, isolated from friends, family and the outside world, and obsessed with his own macabre mythology. Critical theory suggests that this is just what HP Lovecraft intended. Well, he can rest easy, as in this take on The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, his cry for help has finally been heard. --Sci-Fi Now Magazine

I haven t read the original. Haven t really ventured far into Lovecraft at all. But this just works, a deeply psychological chiller, beautifully done. --Forbidden Planet

When the young Charles Dexter Ward becomes fascinated by the history of his wizard ancestor Joseph Curwen, who gained notoriety for haunting graveyards, he attempts to duplicate Curwen's cabbalistic and alchemical feats. It is Ward's doctor who bears witness to the full horror of Ward's results as Lovecraft's psychological mystery unfolds before him.