A murder mystery at a Lovecraft convention, but does it have anything to do with Lovecraft? Continue reading Review: I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas
Some Background on the Black Man in The Dreams in the Witch House
The Black Man in H P Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House was grounded in the folklore of the Salem Witchcraft trials and earlier. Continue reading Some Background on the Black Man in The Dreams in the Witch House
H. P. Lovecraft’s Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition Review Part 3
A look at Volume 3 of the three volume H. P. Lovecraft’s Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition. Or is it only three volumes? Continue reading H. P. Lovecraft’s Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition Review Part 3
Stranger Things: More King than Lovecraft
We’ve watched all of the first season of Netflix Stranger Things and its clearly more Stephen King than H P Lovecraft. Continue reading Stranger Things: More King than Lovecraft
Richard Upton Pickman: Time Traveling Ghoul
The macabre artist Pickman appears to travel through time through three different stories by H P Lovecraft. Continue reading Richard Upton Pickman: Time Traveling Ghoul
Nyarlathotep vs The Black Man in The Dreams in the Witch House
Is the Black Man one of Nyarlathotep’s thousand forms, or something else? Continue reading Nyarlathotep vs The Black Man in The Dreams in the Witch House
Did Lovecraft Provide Star Trek with “Where No Man Has Gone Before”?
Recently re-reading the 1926 H P Lovecraft story “The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath”, I came across a curious quote that closely resembles the famous statement of Star Trek. Is this the origin of ‘where no man has gone before’? Continue reading Did Lovecraft Provide Star Trek with “Where No Man Has Gone Before”?
H. P. Lovecraft’s Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition Review Part 2
Now its time to get under the covers of this three volume magnum opus of the collected fiction of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Continue reading H. P. Lovecraft’s Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition Review Part 2
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhucon 2015 in Portland, Oregon
The 20th H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhucon is taking place in Portland, Oregon from October 2-4, 2015. Continue reading H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhucon 2015 in Portland, Oregon
H. P. Lovecraft’s Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition Review Part 1
H. P. Lovecraft three volume series that collects all fiction with all revisions and notes included. A must have set for any serious HPL reader or scholar. Read part 1 of an extended review of this culmination of over 30 years of work.
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