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Story Spotlight: “The Idol in his Hand” by Darrell Schweitzer

Hoist the anchor and set sail for the High Seas!Discover a time when tall ships ranged the oceans and creatures lurked in the dark depths. Journey across the world from the reign of pirates to the Age of Napoleon, and learn what fears dwell in sailors’ hearts. All hands on deck, ready the cannon, and prepare to engage terrors unknown!Swashbuckling adventure meets the Mythos in this exciting new anthology of Lovecraftian tales.Available in trade paperback. . . . → Read More: Story Spotlight: “The Idol in his Hand” by Darrell Schweitzer

Looking back at The Haunted Palace

Mention director Roger Corman and horror fans immediately and correctly  start thinking about the late Vincent Price. Together they gave us such Sixties cult classics as The House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, The Tomb of Ligea, and of course, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunted Palace.

Wait. Weren’t all those aforementioned . . . → Read More: Looking back at The Haunted Palace

Cthulhu is Cringing..and So Am I

My friend and collaborator, Christine Purcell, turned me onto this…Lil Cthulhu by Zachary Murray

If you thought that was wrong, you’re really going to cringe at this…CUTETHULHU. Or, maybe you just want some good old fashioned Mythos inspired claymation?

And finally, I give Cthulhu on a blind date. Hey…it could happen. If . . . → Read More: Cthulhu is Cringing..and So Am I

Book Review:Cthulhu’s Reign

Cthulhu’s Reign Edited by Darrell Schweitzer DAW Fantasy Paperback 309 pages/ $7.99 US/$9.99 CAN

ISBN: 978-0-7564-0616-5

Review by Chris Welch

The Darrell Schweitzer edited anthology Cthulhu’s Reign has fifteen answers for the question “What happens after the stars are right?”

Generally speaking, this is not a book for optimists. But it is a . . . → Read More: Book Review:Cthulhu’s Reign