Review: “The Night Ocean,” a novel of H.P. Lovecraft
THE NIGHT OCEAN is a brave, protean, generous imaginative work. It kept me guessing right up to a perfectly poetic ending that I couldn’t help grinning at.
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Humanity Hurtles Itself Into the Void with Steve Bean’s “Null Singularity”
Steve Bean has created a game that does exactly as described on the tin. A perfect one shot game that plays in 3 to 5 hours, it hews true as an homage to the vision of Mac George’s Black Sun DeathCrawl while carving out its own unique territory and vision.
NecronomiCon Providence, the upcoming Lovecraft convention
Niels Hobbs was my guest on the latest Lovecraft eZine podcast; Niels is the organizer of NecronomiCon Providence.
Levenda Cracks Open the Secrets of the Cthulhu Cult in “The Lovecraft Code”
Levenda keeps one eye fixed on the fact that while we are dealing with a story that grapples with the outbreak of mass hysteria among poets, artists and dreamers, this was a story that was placed within a pulp magazine and this also invokes its own requirements and traditions be brought to bear.
Mark Fisher Plumbs New Depths, Explores Uncharted Territories in “The Weird and The Eerie”
The value of a book such as The Weird and The Eerie is that it endows us with new eyes with which to view those works we are already familiar, offers us fresh avenues of approach and simultaneously points us towards new treasures we have yet to excavate.
New Lovecraft eZine Patreon!
I created a Patreon to support the eZine and to allow me to create more content and new projects. The very first goal is a fiction podcast of Lovecraftian and weird fiction stories! I hope you’ll support it.
Podcast: Lovecraftian-influenced comics, and other topics
We talked about Lovecraftian-influenced comic books, about writing Lovecraftian fiction, if cosmic horror should ever have a happy ending, and more!
Finding Lovecraft in the Weird World of Creepypasta
What does Creepypasta have to do with Lovecraftian or weird fiction? Many of the attributes that make “The Russian Sleep Experiment” or “Candle Cove” so unsettling can be easily compared to the classic weird fiction of Lovecraft and his peers.
Lovecraftian Works by Modern Masters: Neil Gaiman’s “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”
In this series of articles, I will be taking a look at some modern mainstream novels that were either directly influenced by H.P. Lovecraft’s work, or at least echo his themes. While the bulk of Lovecraft’s output consisted of short stories, this column will focus primarily on novels. But let’s begin with a short one: THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman.
Watch free: BLIGHT, a terrifying short horror film inspired by “The Colour Out Of Space”
The special effects in this short horror film are phenomenal. Watch free at the link!
Lovecraft eZine wins three awards
This is Horror announced their 2016 winners today, and I’m pleased to report that The Lovecraft eZine won Nonfiction Podcast of the Year (for the Lovecraft eZine Podcast), Anthology of the Year (for AUTUMN CTHULHU) and Fiction Magazine of the Year.
How Scary is a Plush Cthulhu, Anyway?
Over the last few years, an interesting development has arisen in the world of Lovecraft collecting: plush Cthulhus. It began, as all invasions do, slowly…
Jon Padgett Unleashes Philosophical Horror with “The Secret of Ventriloquism”
I’m sure you can call to mind dozens of times within horror fiction the protagonist reacting “with dawning realization”. Padgett has managed to capture that feeling and evoke it in such a way that you the reader, not one of the characters within a fictional story, experiences this dawning realization.
“The Endless Fall and Other Weird Fictions” by Jeffrey Thomas
Respected as one of today’s leading figures of weird fiction for his striking imagination, versatility, and deeply emotional stories, Jeffrey Thomas here offers up fourteen searing tales.
“Spring” added to List of Recommended Lovecraftian Movies
Spring added to Recommended Lovecraftian Movies page. After the death of his mother and a fight in a bar that could lead to jail time, Evan leaves California for Italy, where he falls for Louise, a young woman who he soon discovers is harboring a dark, primordial secret.
