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Added to the Open Lovecraft page

20 Monday Aug 2012

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Added to the Open Lovecraft page, listing Lovecraft scholarship freely available online…

* Patricia MacCormack (2007), “Baroque Intensity: Lovecraft, Le Fanu and the Fold”, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, No.2, March 2007.

* Leandro Antonio de Almeida (2005), “Reflexoes sobre aspectos da obra de H.P. Lovecraft”, Organon, Vol.19, No.38-39. (French analysis of “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “The Lurking Fear”).

Lovecraft’s 122nd birthday

20 Monday Aug 2012

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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.

A Scent over Arkham

18 Saturday Aug 2012

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It had to happen. A Lovecraft perfume selection, courtest of the Black Pheonix Alchemy Lab of the eldritch town of… err… North Hollywood. Their A Picnic in Arkham page lists all their Lovecraft scents. The marketing pitch is bit off: no pictures of the bottles, and eye-achingly miniscule type for the descriptions. Possibly that’s because the bottles are, frankly, a little naff looking…

Incidentally, eBay has just banned the sale of magic spells, potions, and curses along with other psychic and prayer mumbo-jumbo. Although perfumes and scented candle schlock can still be sold. Oh, and Etsy has also banned sales of items that include “human remains or body parts”. Eww.