Today is the anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft‘s death. It was by all accounts a slow and painful demise, from intestinal cancer and malnutrition. It was a pointless death, possibly avoidable had he eaten better and taken care of himself. But he was a writer, and poor, so he did the most he could with what … Continue reading »
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Network Like Lovecraft: 4 Ways to Build a Circle
It’s the Lovecraft Season! H.P. Lovecraft didn’t gain a lot of notoriety during his own lifetime. While he wrote many short stories that are now considered classics, he was literally a starving artist died a pauper. He was wealthy in terms of friends, however, and it was those friends who kept his work alive. He … Continue reading »
Lovecraft eZine #6 now available online
Issue 6 of The Lovecraft eZine is now available on the website! My contribution, “The Weird Studies of Harley Warren”, is a retelling of “The Statement of Randolph Carter” from the point of view of the other character in that story. Please share the link with your friends and give the writers your comments. Thanks … Continue reading »
The Lovecraft eZine Issue 6 is Now Available for Kindle and Nook!
Click here to purchase issue #6 of The Lovecraft eZine for your Kindle or Nook for only 99 cents. Here’s a preview: Ushered On the Wind, by Jeffrey J. Taylor: They came on the wind. That is my warning and my final testament to the world, a world I fear that I am not long … Continue reading »
Happy Birthday, H.P. Lovecraft
Fritz Leiber Studies: Writers of the Dark
The full and proper title of this book is Fritz Leiber and H.P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark. There is an introduction by Ben S. Szumskyj and an afterward by S.T. Joshi, the two of them together serving as editors for this volume, which talk about the relationship between the two authors and the latter’s … Continue reading »
I Sold a Short Story to Lovecraft eZine
It is official, I have sold a short story to the Lovecraft eZine. “The Weird Studies of Harley Warren” is Lovecraft’s “The Statement of Randolph Carter” as told by the other character in that story. It’s not necessary to have read Lovecraft’s version, but it helps. Writing this story was a lot of fun. I … Continue reading »
Remarks: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Years spent on the fringes of Cthulhu Mythos fandom have conditioned me to dislike August Derleth. Yes, he is responsible for preserving Lovecraft’s work and keeping it in print, and without Derleth there may have been no modern Mythos fandom. On the other hand, he screwed around with Lovecraft’s work an awful lot, changing things, … Continue reading »
A Self-Study Course In Lovecraft
For a couple of years now I’ve been wanting to re-read Lovecraft. I traditionally pull out a couple of stories around Halloween and read them, or grab a volume off the shelf when someone on a blog or podcast makes a reference to a particular story. What I’ve wanted, though, was to read the whole … Continue reading »
Remarks: Fritz Leiber’s The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich
As a long-time Fritz Leiber fan, and a long-time Lovecraft fan, this was a treat. Written in 1936 while Leiber was in correspondence with Lovecraft, this short novel wasn’t actually published until 1997. My copy has sat on my shelf, lonely and unread, for years, for which I am deeply ashamed. It is absolutely of … Continue reading »
