I have not read "The Web of Easter Island" and judging by the reviews I can find about the book, I am not sure I ever will.
As for his short stories, I have read cca. fifteen of them (not in “Colossus†but in “Don't Dream: The Collected Horror and Fantasy Fiction of Donald Wandrei†which also includes his poems, essays and illustrations) and I must say I was not impressed too much. You can find scores of similar stories which were written in the prime of pulp magazines (Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, etc.) by half-forgotten authors like Thorp McCluskey, David H. Keller, Frank Belknap Long and others. The best ones are “The Red Brain†(by the way, he wrote it when he was only sixteen years of age) and “A Fragment of a Dream†which reminds me of “Abominations of Yondo†in that it virtually has no plot and it is more or less a description of horrors and monsters inhabiting an abnormal and alien landscape the hero plunges through. “Spawn of the Sea†is about finding a shipwreck with an unknown life form that has developed inside the old hull, a story very similar to “The Derelict†by W.H. Hodgson. “A Scientist Divides†is about a guy who has found a chemical coumpound by means of which he is capable of dividing himself into two similar entities, one of the several stories in the collection which have a promising opening parts but gradually degenerate to something naive or ridiculous. Most of the tales are of such a quality I am not able to remember what they are about even I am reading their passages right now but what I have found really great about them is the fact they are very, very short so it is an ideal stuff to read before going to sleep – you are quite sure you can finish this story ot that because it is just three or four pages long.
“Don't Dream: The Collected Horror and Fantasy Fiction of Donald Wandreiâ€)
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