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Nyarlathotep: The Complete Lovecraftian#24

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

Nyarlathotep . . . the crawling chaos . . . I am the last . . . I will tell the audient void. . .  Of all the pantheonic creatures of mythos created by Lovecraft, Nyarlathotep is perhaps second only to old tentacle face himself in its impact upon popular culture. I … Continue reading →

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From Beyond: The Complete Lovecraftian#23

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

You don’t have to read much of ‘From Beyond’ to know you’re in the middle of Lovecraft country. If ever a passage screamed Lovecraft it is this one from the first page of the story… “What do we know,” he … Continue reading →

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Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family: The Complete Lovecraftian#22

Posted on July 13, 2017 by

As titles go, ‘Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family.‘ is laborious, and fails to even give the slightest of inclines as to what the tale is about. Even for Lovecraft, a writer knows for his occasionally vague titles, … Continue reading →

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‘Beyond Redemption’ and the bedside table…

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

I read a lot, as most writers do. Indeed it is more or less a prime requisite for the job. The great sage himself, Stephen King, says… “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above … 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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Nietzsche’s sister

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

“God is dead” As a German philosopher of some little note once said, and for many people, that’s probably as much as they know about Nietzsche, the quotes. There is, after all, a lot of them, he is the most … Continue reading →

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The Beast In The Cave. The complete Lovecraft #1

Posted on January 3, 2017 by

As you may be aware from the earlier post on the subject, I have decided to read/review the complete fiction works of H P Lovecraft as my reading/blogging challenge for 2017. I have decided to do this in the order … Continue reading →

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