Category Archives: Lovecraft

Celephais: The Complete Lovecraft #19

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

Regular readers may have noticed there has been a bit of a lull in Lovecraftian posts for the last couple of months. Indeed the last of these was ‘The Tree‘ way back in early April. There are several reasons for … Continue reading →

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The Tree: The Complete Lovecraft #18

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

Some stories just chime with your inner soul. They cut to the quick, and speak to you in ways others don’t. Even different stories by the same author can get to you in different ways, some you might love, some you … Continue reading →

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The Cats of Ulthar: The complete Lovecraft#17

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

Cats walk between worlds, the real and the mystical, the mortal and the spiritual, the land of the living and the land of the dead… Least ways this is a recurring theme through fiction and the mythologies of the ancient … Continue reading →

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The Terrible Old Man: The complete Lovecraft#16

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

Among other things, I am a bit of an aficionado of the ‘Future Shock’. For those that have never heard of them, they are short one-off stories in the British comic 2000AD, generally written by new up and coming writers, … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Walls of Sleep(movie): The Complete Lovecraft #15

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

In a slight detour from the written word, I am going to look beyond Lovecraft’s stories to someone else’s interpretation of one of them. If you remember back to my review of ‘Beyond the walls of sleep‘ you will remember that a … Continue reading →

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The Statement of Randolph Carter: The Complete Lovecraft #14

Posted on February 15, 2017 by

This is one of those tales you come across in Lovecraft’s mythos that leaves you with no more than a half-hearted um… It’s just simple and straightforward without any real depth to it. A run of the mill tale that … Continue reading →

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The Doom That Came To Sarnath: the complete Lovecraft#13

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

Thirteen is an ominous number on occasion. This being the thirteenth post, it is perhaps appropriate that it is ‘The Doom That Came To Sarnath’. For more reasons than one. As the subject is an impending doom befalling a city, … Continue reading →

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