The Merkabah Rider by Edward M Erdelac

Cthulhu Mythos and heroic adventure tales writer, Robert E. Howard, pioneered the sub-genre of the weird western. Curiously, while many have followed up on Howard's epic barbarian and Cthulhuvian stories, his westerns have been neglected. That is, until now. Edward M. Erdelac has revived the spirit of Howard's wild and unusual western heroes with the Merkabah Rider series.

These tales place the Rider, a Jewish mystic and gunslinger, into an alternate American Southwest. Demons and other blasphemies reminiscent of the Cthulhu Mythos show up along the way. Not content to stand on Robert E. Howard alone, Erdelac introduces H.P. Lovecraft's familiar entity, Shub-Niggurath as a major plot device. Magic and inter-dimensional horrors surface along the way, balancing adventure and the supernatural with excellence.

Better yet, it's set to comprise an ongoing series. There have been two books released to date. The story begins in Merkabah Rider: Tales of a High Planes Drifter, and continues in the latest installment, Merkabah Rider: The Mensch With No Name. Erdelac has wisely made his titles available in both paperback and Kindle format, making it easy for fans of Howard's work and the strange to access these new bizarre chronicles.

-Grim Blogger