“The City”, by H. P. Lovecraft
Though mainly known for his short stories and novels, it is Lovecraft’s poetical work that, maybe unsurprisingly for a blog with a focus like mine, interests me most. It’s hard to write Gothic fiction,...
View ArticleA fan reads “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”– superbly!
I keep wondering which of Lovecraft’s novelette’s can be considered his most famous one: The Shadow Over Innsmouth, or, indeed, The Call of Cthulhu. For me, personally, both rank equally high, though...
View Article“Nightmare Lake”, by H. P. Lovecraft.
Another of my favorite Lovecraftian poems, another one that I feel that I will have to take a closer look on, for Coleridgian connections – but later. As we reach 200 posts with the blog, I am looking...
View Article“Unda. Or, the Bride of the Sea” by H. P. Lovecraft.
Respectfully Dedicated with Permission to MAURICE WINTER MOE, Esq. A Dull, Dark, Drear, Dactylic Delirium in Sixteen Silly, Senseless, Sickly Stanzas “Ego, canus, lunam cano.” —Maevius Bavianus....
View ArticleA lecture on American horror writing, based on Stephen King and… H. P....
A solid lecture, explaining contempary horror writing; talking about it, I don’t like King’s style of storytelling. Not at all. Not just because he stole the idea from the freaking Simpsons movie to...
View Article“Call of Cthulhu”– The Silent Movie, 2005.
Recently up’ed to Fandor, this gem of a fan film is probably the only Lovecraftian movie ousting worth a closer look. Sure, there have been movies toying with Lovecraftian concepts, but as to more or...
View Article“Nemesis”, by H. P. Lovecraft.
Taken from The Lovecraft Archive. Probably my favorite poem by Lovecraft, another dark meditation. Lovecraft month draws close on Your Coleridge. Did you like it? After a short break next week, we will...
View ArticleLovecraft Month – Extended!
Just a short heads-up: For one more month, I’ll be focusing the blog on the writings of H. P. Lovecraft – not because I would be tiring of Coleridge, or whatever. The thing is, I am a high school...
View ArticleAn IO9 article about gaslight science…
As you might guess, dear reader, I have been a bit busy over the last two weeks. So, let me give you this little nugget, for the moment, before I can return to write longer pieces again: Scientific...
View Article“I back”– Lovecraft Month Roundup.
Picture by Digivortex/Peter H. via Deviant Art. Beautiful! – Or, rather than that, sublime! …SO, for the last two weeks, the blog has been relatively quiet – because I was working on stuff. H. P....
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