Category Archives: cthulhu

The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward: TCL#53

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

‘The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward,’ is the only full novel HP Lovecraft ever wrote, which might make you think it is likely to be his grand opus… Sadly it is not. Its a long hard trawl through a Lovecraft … Continue reading →

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Indie April#8: The Isle without Hope

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

It’s Indie April, a celebration of all things Indie, be it novels, movies, music or art. The idea being to encourage interaction between indie creatives, and that most elusive of beasties the wider audience, and it is a time to … Continue reading →

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Indie April#7: Magpies of Misanthropy

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

It’s Indie April, a celebration of all things Indie, be it novels, movies, music or art. The idea being to encourage interaction between indie creatives, and that most elusive of beasties the wider audience, and it is a time to … Continue reading →

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Quoting the horror…

Posted on March 26, 2019 by

Everyone likes a good horror movie, even if they say they don’t, and the best horror movies often start out as novels. Of course, they don’t always seem much like the novels when they are finished, and the novels are … Continue reading →

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The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kadath: TCL #52

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

So, here we are after 47 shorts stories of various qualities from the wonderful to the torrid, a fragment which should never really have been printed, a couple of serials, one fabulously entertaining, one best forgotten, and one novelette the … Continue reading →

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Interview With A Wordsmith #2: Madeleine Holly-Rosing

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

As an indie author, I am, as regular readers will be aware, a bit of an advocate for indie novelists. While my reviews may entertain, and hopefully even point some of you in the direction of books which you will … Continue reading →

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The Strange High House In The Mist: TCL#51

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

And so its back to fair old Kingsport, an odd little town on the New England coast the old tentacle hugger first brought to our attention in The Terrible Old Man, who, coincidently turns up at the beginning of this … Continue reading →

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