Tag: HP Lovecraft

  • Creating cursed places – inspiration from Dark Shadows

    Creating cursed places – inspiration from Dark Shadows

    “If I could speak the language of rabbits, they would be amazed, and I would be their king. I would be kind to my rabbit subjects. At first.” Rajesh Koothrappali, Big Bang Theory Have you ever played a Simulator game? One where you create a community, placing homes, stores, a…

  • The Lovecraft Legacy

    The Lovecraft Legacy

    “…he had had an unprecedented dream of great Cyclopean cities of Titan blocks and sky-flung monoliths, all dripping with green ooze and sinister with latent horror.” The Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft We’re going to begin April/Halfoween with a creeping whisper rather than a bang. There are authors who’ve created…

  • Oh the Horror!

    “If I were you, I would never tell ugly stories about ingenious ways of killing people, for you never can tell but that some one at the table may be tired of his or her nearest and dearest.”The Screaming Skull, F. Marion Crawford Do you love all the Halloween competitions…

  • Celebrating National Book Lovers Day

    North of New York City, along the edge of the Hudson River, there is a small estate lying between the railroad tracks of Metro North and the broad expanse of the river. Chapter One, Ghostlight, by Marion Zimmer Bradley One October, I made a pilgrimage, with hubby as chauffeur and…