2011-12-05 16:30
Tartarus Press continues its excellent series of videos about bibliophilia in this interview with Mark Valentine about book collecting. In it, the longtime scholar, editor, and fiction autho… Read More
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Illuminating HP Lovecraft, Weird Fiction, and Other Dark Phenomena
2011-11-28 16:00
By any measure, H.P. Lovecraft functioned well as an amateur historian, or at least as a great admirer of the past. Innsmouth Free Press' new anthology, Historical Lovecraft: Tales of… Read More
2011-11-25 21:06
It's not everyday that bygone weird fiction journals from the past couple decades are resuscitated, but LORE: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories does exactly that. The 1980s and… Read More
2011-11-14 16:00
Following closely on the heels of Joseph S. Pulver's unsettling short story collection, Sin & Ashes, his latest effort has appeared in the form of The Orphan Palace. This new Chomu Press… Read More
2011-11-03 15:00
Reading ghost stories provides a familiar chill to many readers, but only a select few want to delve deeper, burrowing into a thorough understanding of what drives the spectral tale. Today… Read More
2011-10-24 14:00
Last week, many were shocked to see the violent demise of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. There were plenty of notable events in his obituary, but buried in the depths of his many undertakings… Read More
2011-10-19 15:00
The Shadow of the Unknown is the latest anthology to emerge from a real grassroots level in the Lovecraftian arena. Though some of the names aren't yet quite as well known as more establishe… Read More
2011-10-15 01:55
About one hundred years ago in the United States, the creation of the Federal Reserve took center stage as a major issue, when Great Cthulhu was barely a speck in H.P. Lovecraft's brain (or… Read More
2011-10-07 15:00
Many thanks to Tartarus Press owner and author Ray Russell for this fine mini-documentary on his book collection. Bibliomania strikes when least expected, even though it has become more expe… Read More
2011-10-02 15:00
For Cthulhu cultists bored with traditional busts and idols, the Cthulhu Thinker statue is a fine way to mix it up. Etsy artist Thorssoli has crafted this alternate vision of the Greatest Ol… Read More
2011-09-28 13:00
Rhys Hughes is a prolific writer, but his matching unfettered imagination is an even more impressive quality. His latest collection from Chomu Press, Link Arms With Toads!, reveals the limit… Read More
2011-09-25 15:00
An eerily minimalist trailer for The Earth Rejects Him has been uploaded by Lovecraftian film producer Jared Skolnick. Details about this new production are scant, but the inspiration is uns… Read More
2011-09-22 13:00
Lovecraftian artist Jason B. Thompson is at it again. The man who was once crazy enough to help bring H.P. Lovecraft's epic tale, “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” to film is… Read More
2011-09-17 15:00
Weird fiction's migration to the electronic medium is quickening. Polish author Stefan Grabinski is the latest to join the likes of contemporaries and grand masters from literary horror's pa… Read More
2011-09-14 14:00
Buying H.P. Lovecraft books to complete a collection is a previously unimaginable experience, thanks to the diverse options now available. From the humble days when HPL’s fiction was t… Read More
2011-09-11 02:43
There are rare times when Lovecraftiana comes full circle. It happened with Chaosium, where the company manufactured H.P. Lovecraft's febrile horrors into a popular franchise of role playing… Read More
2011-09-05 15:00
As the Cthulhu Mythos ages, it must probe its tentacles into successively stranger territory to achieve favorable responses from readers. As a result, we get books like The Damned Highway: F… Read More
2011-09-01 15:00
Ever wondered what some of weird fiction's finest writers sounded like? Wonder no more. A newer CD collection of voice recordings called, The Spoken Word: British Writers, carries the ghostl… Read More
2011-08-28 15:00
Tartarus Press has announced that the latest short story collection by Reggie Oliver is nearing completion. It should arrive this September, re-introducing Oliver to the short story scene, a… Read More
2011-08-25 15:00
The name D.F. Lewis may prompt plenty of critical and courteous remarks. Indeed, there’s a lot to say, given his extensive experience in writing strange fiction for several decades, an… Read More
2011-08-22 15:00
Books employing Edgar Allan Poe as a character must always veer off into fantasy. Somehow, this is a modest disappointment, since his real life was so tragic, so real, and so bizarre that it… Read More
2011-08-20 15:00
Today may be the anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft's birth, but the gent writer from Providence is the one who keeps on giving. Thanks to a broadening fan base and easy access over the web, seve… Read More
2011-08-19 15:00
The money strapped Poe House in Baltimore is once again picking up some national attention. In a recent article, the New York Times sheds light on the painful history of the illustrious buil… Read More
2011-08-16 15:00
Capitalizing on the success of humor in the Cthulhu Mythos, Kenneth Hite's new tome, Cliffourd the Big Red God, is one more illustrated oddity to add to a Lovecraftian collection. The book t… Read More
2011-08-13 15:00
The Kardashev Scale is a famous projection of a civilization's development. Analyzing H.P. Lovecraft's Great Old Ones, including Cthulhu, requires unorthodox means. Since Kardashev's estimat… Read More
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