Hi guys. Our friend Leslie has come up with what I feel like are some great design choices for the t-shirts. They will be available to buy, and to win in drawings. Leslie says,
“For the the back of the shirt, the designs use the well known HPL passage “do not call up…(etc)” from the Case of Charles Dexter Ward. I like this passage because it’s both recognizable and short enough for an interesting typographical treatment, and it kind of sums up the essence of a lot of HPL’s work — what happens to folks who just want to know a bit too much, and go a bit too far to find out. I’ve taken a basic type treatment that I like and tweaked it 4 different ways, and illustrated each on a shirt mock up. I’ve done a couple in green just to show that the 1-color on the back doesn’t necessarily have to be white.”
See below, and then let me know what you think in the comments section. And thanks, Leslie, very much. (Click images to enlarge.)
Hi guys — as you all know, Cthulhu Chick usually creates the Kindle and Nook versions of The Lovecraft eZine, but right now she has health issues. Writer Kenneth Cain has graciously agreed to take over this month (thank you, Ken!). Anyway, I apologize for the delay, but my goal is to have the Kindle and Nook versions of issue #11 available today or tomorrow.
As an apology for the delay, when I email the current issue to subscribers, I’m going to include all 10 past issues as well.
If you’re not a subscriber currently and you want in on this deal, subscribe today or tomorrow — the promotion ends then. It’s only 99 cents per month, and you will receive all past 10 issues, which is a value of almost $10.
The catch? Well, first, this is valid only for today and tomorrow, so jump on it. Second, you must be a website subscriber as well, which is free. Sign up at the top right side of this webpage, if you haven’t already. And of course from now on, you’ll receive Kindle or Nook version of The Lovecraft eZine every month!
Two short words of warning: (1) Do not share past issues with anyone. If they want them, 99 cents is a small price to pay. (2) Anyone signing up for an automatic subscription, only to unsubscribe after receiving the past issues, will be banned from this website via IP address and banned from ever reading Lovecraft eZine via Kindle or Nook as well. I’m sorry to have to include these words of warning, and I really DON’T think any Lovecraft eZine readers would do such a thing, but… it’s been known to happen. Please remember that Lovecraft eZine costs me a lot of money to maintain. 99 cents is a small price to pay, and 99 cents a month is affordable for almost everyone.
Yeah, I couldn’t sleep last night, hence this motivational poster…
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HOW I MET YOUR CTHULHU?
By the way, if anyone knows who created the Cthulhu image, please let me know. It is, as Barney would say, awesome. I’d love to give the artist credit and link to their website.
The stars are right for another Lovecraft eZine contest! Joe Broers is creating another “Resident of Innsmouth” sculpture (pictured below), and he has graciously offered to give it away to a lucky ezine reader. As usual, this will be a random drawing, using a random number generator.
To enter the random drawing, simply do the following:
Become an email subscriber of Lovecraft eZine (top right corner of this webpage, it’s free). If you’re already a subscriber, you don’t need to do anything.
Click the LIKE button to your right (if you are one of the five people on the planet not on Facebook, then don’t worry about it, just fulfill the other two requirements).
That’s it! Pretty easy. Next Tuesday, February 28, 2012, I will randomly pick a winner from the comments below. Good luck!
Hello, My name is Jared Skolnick, I’m a filmmaker based in Massachusetts. I recently directed a short based on Lovecraft’s ‘The Music of Erich Zann’ and I’m happy to say it’ll be having a screening in NYC at the Tribeca Grand Hotel along with my new short, the Lovecraft-inspired ‘The Earth Rejects Him’. I thought you might be interested in the screening, here’s a link if you’d like to take a look at the program!
Watch this excellent movie below (be sure to click the button to watch it in full screen mode). If you’re in NYC this Saturday, go visit! And please spread the word about this by clicking the LIKE and TWEET buttons below — Lovecraftian filmmakers like Jared need and deserve our support.
I’m going to start doing rewards for those who donate on a monthly basis. For example, those who donate $2 a month will get something, those who donate $5 a month will get something a bit more valuable, and so on. Here are the ideas I have so far:
Lovecraft eZine t-shirts
Lovecraft eZine coffee mugs
Lovecraft eZine bookmarks
Cthulhu and other Lovecraftian statues
Crochet Cthulhus
Lovecraftian books
Cthulhu chocolates and candies
Lovecraftian lingerie (ok, I’m kidding about that one!)
I will also have a webpage with a list of all monthly contributors and links to their websites.
H.P. Lovecraft wrote, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
The House in Cypress Canyon, an audio drama first broadcast December 5, 1946, does this concept justice. No, I’m not saying that it’s Lovecraftian horror, but in a way, it is. Because Lovecraftian horror is about that fear of the unknown, that realization that there are forces out there that we don’t understand. It’s about the protagonist realizing that he/she is doomed, and there is no one who can save them.
I’ve been a fan of old-time radio my entire life, and this Suspense episode is the scariest of them all, in my opinion. Tonight, turn off the lights and listen to this in the dark, and I think you’ll agree. And hey, comment below and tell me what you thought of it!
What people are saying about Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land…
“The best strategy game on the iPad yet.”DigitallyDownloaded.net “Joyously thoughtful…”PC Advisor “Is a must have…”ipadblogs.nl “What this boils down to is isometric turn-based combat at its finest…be sure to visit The Wasted Land as soon as possible.”mobot.net “I’ve been playing this for the past couple of days and it is brill… Lovecraft would be proud.”liveforfilms.com “It’s freakin’ awesome.”TouchGamePlay
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is a turn-based strategy RPG currently in iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and heading to more platforms soon! The game is inspired by the works of cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and developed in co-operation with Chaosium, the publishers of the cult horror role playing game, Call of Cthulhu.
The game is set in the trenches of World War One and draws inspiration from Lovecraft’s original setting for ‘Herbert West: Reanimator’. In the story, Dr. Herbert West volunteers his services in the British cause and happily finds himself with a ready supply of bodies amidst the carnage. The game explores the premise of what if Dr West was not an isolated operator but part of something much bigger and more dangerous? In The Wasted Land we find a rogue German military cult using the war as cover for a nefarious plan. Sent over to stop them is the maverick academic and occultist Professor Brightmeer. He and his team have to descend into the middle of a human war to face a battle involving much older and darker powers than the German or British empires.
In the game the player controls a team of up to six investigators charged with uncovering and halting the inhuman conspiracy. Barbed wire, mustard gas and machines guns will prove to be the least dangerous thing that the investigators will encounter as they venture out into no-man’s land to solve the mystery of the Wasted Land. As the game progresses, the player can build up the skills, weapons and equipment of the team to suit their playing style. As well as the physical danger, the investigators must guard their sanity against the myriad of horrors that threaten to destroy it.
As per usual, writers can submit a Lovecraftian story to me any time (see the submissions page), but in addition, I want to do some themed issues this year, and I’m putting the call out early. Here is a tentative list of what kind of stories I’d like to publish this year– all stories must fit in the general theme of this magazine (again, see the submissions page for more information):
Halloween themes for the October issue.
Christmas themes for the December issue.
Lovecraftian Sherlock Holmes stories for an issue sometime this year.
Deep Ones/Dagon/Innsmouth stories for an issue sometime this year.
Also, I have a “wish list” of sorts for submissions I’d like to see from time to time, if you need more story ideas. Stories about or set in:
Autumn, rain, etc.
Winter, blizzards, etc.
An all night laundry.
An apartment building and/or apartment complex (are there strange goings-on behind your neighbor’s door?, etc…)
An all-night trucker or a driving across America theme
Stories about lonely people, broken people, etc.
Just throwing a few ideas out there, but three definite things I want to do this year is a Halloween issue, a Christmas issue, and a Sherlock Holmes issue. Please feel free to comment below if you have questions! Remember to see the general guidelines, also.
The stars are right… it’s time for another Lovecraft eZine contest! If you have not yet purchased the new Lovecraftian anthology Horror For the Holidays, and would like a chance to win The Whisperer in Darkness or Die Farbe DVDs, then read on!
Previous Lovecraft eZine contests have been a lot of fun, and there has been no purchase necessary – typically all you’ve had to do is comment and subscribe to this ezine, which is free. And it will be the same for the next contest, as well. For this drawing, though, I’m going to do something a little different:
The new Lovecraftian book Horror For the Holidays, published by Miskatonic River Press, has not yet received the attention that it deserves. (These are the same guys who brought you Dead But Dreaming and Dead But Dreaming 2.) My guess as to why, is that people think it’s a Christmas book, which it definitely is not. Looking at the cover it is easy to understand why people might assume it’s a Christmas Lovecraftian book, but in reality, the theme is holidays throughout the year. Out of over two dozen stories, only six are Christmas-themed. The other settings are Valentine’s Day, Halloween, 4th of July, Easter, and more, with stories by Thomas Ligotti, Ramsey Campbell, Robert M. Price, W.H. Pugmire, Joseph S. Pulver SR, William Meikle, T.E. Grau, and many more.
I received a copy of Horror For the Holidays recently, and very much enjoyed it. It is a spectacular anthology of Lovecraftian stories that belongs on every Lovecraft fan’s bookshelf. Anyone who buys this book will be glad they did. And you don’t have to take my word for it — the Lovecraftian reviewer Matthew Carpenter gave it 5 stars at Amazon, and he can be hard to please. In other words, if he likes it, it’s good. Here’s the last paragraph of his review:
In summary, this is a necessary purchase for any mythos geek. Mostly the stories are very good and the best are superb. I thoroughly enjoyed whiling away several hours celebrating all the holidays of the year with this creepy book.
So here’s how you can be entered into the drawing:
Comment below telling me you’ve purchased it (which Miskatonic will confirm with me)
Subscribe to this ezine (free, at the top right side of this webpage).
Doing those three things will enter you into the drawing. There will be TWO winners: One person will win The Whisperer in Darkness on DVD, and another person will win Die Farbe on DVD! Both are incredible movies based on Lovecraft stories. See the end of this post for more information on both movies.
Next Wednesday, February 15, 2012, I will randomly pick a winner from the comments below, so you’ve got until then to buy Horror For the Holidays. Good luck!
By the way, if you are not familiar with the new movies The Whisperer in Darkness and Die Farbe (adaption of The Colour Out of Space), here are the trailers:
Below is an impressive movie version of The Shadow Over Innsmouth which I just found on Youtube. From the film-maker: My vision of this classic tale. This film was screened at the Atopic Film Festival in Paris, France, 2009, the 2009 Machinima Expo, and the 2010 Cinéma Tous Ecrans at Geneva, Switzerland. Awarded “Best Horror”, “Best Special Effects”, and “Best the Movie Film” at the 2009 TMU Ollies Awards.
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