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:

• Buy Horror For the Holidays at this link.
• 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:

More information here: The Whisperer in Darkness

“One of the best and most ambitious Lovecraft adaptations ever made” – Twitch Film.  More information here: Die Farbe

(Next contest, no purchase of anything necessary to enter.)