It’s Mr. H.P. Lovecraft’s 122nd birthday! So far, sugarcrafted cakes seem to be the art medium of choice. Chud has an excellent round-up of Lovecraft-themed cakes.
Above: sugarcraft by Cake Amsterdam.
Jason McKittrick has a limited edition statuette, available only today — a sea-worn Cthulhu, as if just dredged from the ocean.
A morning literary walk in Providence.
Facebook suggests there’ll be an informal gathering at the grave marker in Providence today.
I’ve made a free annotated version of Lovecraft’s “The History of the Necronomicon”.
There’s a birthday art show at a gallery in Seattle.
Also various film sceenings and parties in America and the UK.
Possibly more to come, once the Americans get their first coffee of the day in about six hours from now.
Here’s a special message from the master himself… circa 2012…
Saw that this morning on the first search. Nice start, but then it turns into spam.
The chest-beating gorilla of online SF, Tor.com, has a neat illustrated survey of artists on why they love to illustrate Lovecraft…
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/08/show-us-your-tentacles-a-lovecraft-art-meme
“On today, H. P. Lovecraft’s 122nd birthday, hear what Michael Whelan, John Jude Palencar, Mike Mignola, Bob Eggleton, and others have to say on the topic. “
Abysmal Mind writes a sweet letter to Lovecraft on his birthday…
https://yogscast.com/entry.php?2884-A-Letter-to-a-Great-Man
Sad Men, a blog on writers living at the time of the Great Depression of the 1930s, reprints Lovecraft’s practical advice to writers…
http://sadmen.tumblr.com/post/29837955188/writing-advice-from-h-p-lovecraft
Young alts/goths picnic in an old cemetery in Pittsburg, dress in 1920s costume…
http://unlacethevictorians.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/an-ode-to-lovecraft-roaring-20s-style.html