H.P. Lovecraft

Considering how famous he is for the tentacles, mad gods, and assorted Yog-Sothothery of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft produced some of his best and most evocative shorter tales quite outside that sub-genre. One such is “From Beyond,” which inspires and kicks off this volume, and which introduces the now-notorious Tillinghast Resonator, a device which takes […]

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Rhode Island’s Narragansett Beer, which has already paid tribute to the Ocean State’s favorite squamous stepchild, H.P. Lovecraft, with its delirious Lovecraft Honey Ale, is now planning to roll out (the barrel with) another Lovecraftian potation: Innsmouth Olde Ale. Latest in its Lovecraft Series, the new brew is due to debut on April 13th. Lovecraft’s […]

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The English Bookshop in Uppsala, in business for 20 years now in Sweden’s historic northeastern city, held a special commemorative lecture and reading on March 18th, to mark the death on March 15th, 1937 of H.P. Lovecraft. The talk, “H.P. Lovecraft & the Western European Witch-Cult,” was delivered by Jens Heimdahl, Swedish Lovecraft translator and […]

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Australia: the venue for H.P. Lovecraft’s incredible The Shadow Out of Time, for Picnic at Hanging Rock, for Mad Max, but still not always the first place that springs to mind in connection with the futuristic, the fantastic, and the frightful. But perhaps that does poor justice to the Aurealis Awards, established in 1995 “to […]

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Can fame ever taste any sweeter than when it comes in the form of honey ale? That’s the delicious prospect offered by Rhode Island’s Narragansett Beer, which aims to put the “craft” in Providence’s favorite son, H.P. Lovecraft, with its Lovecraft Honey Ale. According to the brewery, there’s quite a pedigree, and quite a basis, […]

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Joseph S. Pulver Sr. is a major talent in modern dark/weird fiction, and one of the most gifted exponents of the legacy of Robert W. Chambers and H.P. Lovecraft. I asked him about his inspirations and working procedures. Teleread: What did you count as your primary influences and stylistic models, and how did you combine them?  Joseph […]

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