As a teen, I discovered H.P. Lovecraft, and through Lovecraft (and Robert E. Howard) I discovered many other writers. Reading anthologies of “Cthulhu Mythos” stories (Lovecraft called… Read more “Book Review: The Hashish Man”
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Book Review: Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act I
Robert W. Chambers wrote a lot, but very little of particular note. It is sad, looking at his work, that he spent most of his efforts creating… Read more “Book Review: Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act I”
Book Review: The Madness of Cthulhu
Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi has assembled a heck of a collection of stories ostensibly inspired by At the Mountains of Madness, arguably H.P. Lovecraft’s best work. It’s… Read more “Book Review: The Madness of Cthulhu”
Tabletop RPG Review: Against the Unknown
I’ve been a fan of the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game for a long danged time. I started on Basic Roleplaying, which uses the same… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Against the Unknown”
Book Review: The Hounds of Tindalos
I’ve come up with an analogy that sums up my feelings about author Frank Belknap Long. If H.P. Lovecraft and C.L. Moore are AMC or FX, if… Read more “Book Review: The Hounds of Tindalos”
Book Review: The Yith Cycle
Chaosium’s “Cycle Books” are a fantastic series of themed anthologies (for the most part). But they do have one thing that I’m not thrilled with, usual… Read more “Book Review: The Yith Cycle”
Musings on the Lovecraftian Universe Part 1
What follows is not meant to be a scholarly exploration or dissertation. S.T. Joshi and others far, far more qualified and eloquent than myself covered any… Read more “Musings on the Lovecraftian Universe Part 1”
