I'm not going to lie: this collection of 21 short stories mixing Lovecraftian themes into various wars throughout history (and into the future) was a hard slog. At various points I almost gave up on World War Cthulhu, but then I realised returning to consume just one story in between every other boo...
Quality of the stories in this anthology varies. Some fall flat due to too much unexplained, a thing that needs to be delicately balanced in stories like these. Some nice premises are ruined by trying too hard or simply bad writing. Some are wonderful. As far as the theme goes, don't be misled by ...