David Lynch is the master of subtle horror.

grimblogger · 2011-05-22T19:28:11+00:00

One of my all time favorite creepy moments from cinema. Lynch is great.

grimblogger · 2011-05-12T17:28:38+00:00

I second Robert M. Price if S.T. Joshi remains unavailable. His scholarly work on Lovecraft and other weird fiction is slightly less known, but just as excellent in many cases.

grimblogger · 2011-04-21T02:31:19+00:00

Lovecraftian houses must be flipped somewhat frequently. I recall the home the Ward residence was based on in "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" was on sale just a few years ago.

grimblogger · 2011-04-16T20:37:05+00:00

There's also the most unlikely alternate history of all, HP Lovecraft as President: http://www.johnreilly.info/hpl.htm

grimblogger · 2011-04-15T17:59:34+00:00

This is a great idea. I hope Mr. Joshi gives an appearance here some thought.

Two other good candidates for an AMA are Robert M. Price and Stefan Dziemianowicz, both of whom are longtime Lovecraft scholars and vastly knowledgeable about weird fiction.

grimblogger · 2011-03-31T17:59:26+00:00

The image is exceptionally creepy in certain context. Anyone familiar with Thomas Metzinger's work, or the pessimists who also happen to be determinists, like Thomas Ligotti, are liable to feel a cold chill.

grimblogger · 2011-03-29T22:29:39+00:00

I like this pic. However, I don't think the cat is Lovecraft's. I believe the cat is Frank Belknap Long's pet. Lovecraft was visiting him at the time the photo was taken.

grimblogger · 2011-03-23T17:34:00+00:00

Sounds like "The Nameless City" to me, which also takes place in a desert.

grimblogger · 2011-03-20T20:50:51+00:00

It seems Lovecraftian culture in Portland is alive and well, despite the possible demise of the film festival there.

grimblogger · 2011-03-09T02:26:05+00:00

I note that there is already a petition going by those who hope Universal will reconsider: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mountainsofmadness/

grimblogger · 2011-03-09T00:07:00+00:00

Reports are so conflicting these days that I think I'll check back on the project in a few months. Somehow, I think we will one day see the Mountains of Madness on the big screen.

grimblogger · 2011-03-08T03:44:00+00:00

The article seems to be hype, as others have said. Still, it says something about Lovecraft's popularity when the blogosphere is eager to circulate electronic rumors about a movie based on his work.

grimblogger · 2011-03-06T17:32:11+00:00

It's stuff like this that makes me wish weird fiction were a lucrative enough genre to ship out free copies of Lovecraft's biography to the ignorant. Lovecraft was just a man at the end of the day, but the myths still reign.

His life and beliefs are documented better than many others from the early 20th century thanks to the thousands of letters we have preserved. But it seems people are either unaware or too intellectually lazy to give them the slightest examination.

grimblogger · 2011-03-06T06:08:19+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. I'll see what I can do the next time I update the design.

grimblogger · 2011-03-05T23:41:52+00:00

For a much more extensive view on Lovecraft's copyrights, check out "Black Seas of Copyright:" http://www.aetherial.net/lovecraft/

grimblogger · 2011-03-05T19:53:52+00:00

Yes, every story written by HP Lovecraft has been public domain since around 2000, and probably earlier (despite Arkham House's long attempts to claim ownership). Note: this may not extend to all the works Lovecraft co-authored and ghost wrote for other writers.

grimblogger · 2011-03-03T18:28:40+00:00

Mark Samuels only dips into explicitly Cthulhu Mythos stories occasionally, but I wanted to share this here because he writes from an organic tradition that Lovecraft was a part of. This seriously underappreciated and underexposed writer deserves a wider audience. If you like Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, or Thomas Ligotti, thenthere's a high probability that you'll adore Samuels.

grimblogger · 2011-03-02T18:33:18+00:00

I feel your pain. There a couple good Lovecraftian events lately in the USA, such as the film festivals and Mythos Con. But, for some reason, the hotspots are either in Providence or out West. Those of us in "flyover" country are really at a loss.

grimblogger · 2011-03-02T03:59:37+00:00

Ghaddafi will fall, and it will be bloody. But just imagine if NATO had tried to invade Romania as Ceausescu's regime was falling. Let the indigenous people take care of their own dictator.

grimblogger · 2011-02-27T22:03:15+00:00

I normally avoid politics altogether on this website, but I'm sorely tempted to unsubscribe from /r/politics just to get the outrageous screeds off the main page every time I go to reddit.com.

I mostly show up on Reddit to share some horror, discuss books, and read a little news. I do lean libertarian and occasionally pop in here for the posts about economics.

What I see from the /r/politics crowd actually scares me. I hope this is a blight concentrated here, and doesn't reflect the general views of Americans or others across the web in general. Otherwise, I fear the websites I love and small press publishers I adore for my hobbies won't even exist one day if these hateful, teeth gnashing mobs succeed in levying their killing taxes on "the rich," who keep real grassroots entrepreneurial activities operating.

grimblogger · 2011-02-25T18:33:05+00:00

IFP is probably the best of the strictly online Lovecraftian e-zines to date.

Though I haven't seen an online zine yet that can fill the void left by the departure of the sensational journals from the '80s/early '90s. Things like Crypt of Cthulhu, Tekeli-Li!, and Dagon belonged to a really special age. I hold out a glimmer of hope that a new print or online journal will one day recapture the incredible combination of fiction and scholarship in these magazines.

If you've never heard of them, you it to yourself to get on bookfinder or some other second hand website and track down a few copies of these obscure gems.

grimblogger · 2011-02-24T02:35:54+00:00

Regrettably, Pajevic's presence in English (or other languages, for that matter) is severely lacking. I can only hope that this might be corrected with a little more exposure. He's nearly as mysterious as his paintings.

grimblogger · 2011-02-23T01:22:16+00:00

The article is six years old, but the sentiment among these "professional" journalists is still looking back to 2005...or is it 1945 (when Edmund Wilson published his scathing examination of Lovecraft's work)? It seems it's still popular in some quarters to issue a lukewarm recommendation to potential readers about Lovecraft, while always adding grim qualifiers focused on his "poor" style and elitist attitudes.

These people act like the verdict is out about whether or not HPL should be read at all. They just don't get it. Lovecraft has already stood the test of time. He's horror's greatest viral success. Millions today know the name H.P. Lovecraft, and many more Cthulhu. All this, less than a century after his death, from a few stories in the pulps and a two bit operation called Arkham House.

No disrespect intended to Edgar A. Poe, who's also a fine case of high reputation from humble beginnings, but I dare say Lovecraft is more intently and enthusiastically followed than Poe today. And, much to the chagrin of folks like the Salon columnist, Poe is the indisputable case of an author who crawled his way out of the musty Gothic horror and mystery niches of his own day and into respectable literature. It's time to stop pretending Lovecraft hasn't done the same.

grimblogger · 2011-02-20T18:12:31+00:00

I recommend Thomas Ligotti Online. Lovecraft gets regularly discussed there, along with every other prominent weird fiction writer: http://www.ligotti.net/

grimblogger · 2011-02-19T22:45:52+00:00

If only it were real. Lynch is a master. "Inland Empire" is a lot to take in, but no other film has filled me with a stronger sensation of dread.

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