{"id":25342,"date":"2019-05-10T21:24:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T18:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=25342"},"modified":"2019-05-10T21:24:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T18:24:34","slug":"new-book-cumbrian-cthulhu-complete-short-stories-in-hardback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/new-book-cumbrian-cthulhu-complete-short-stories-in-hardback\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumbrian Cthulhu: Complete Short Stories in hardback"},"content":{"rendered":"

I normally just chuckle at new themed anthologies of new Lovecraft stories, as they reach for ever-more obscure and outre<\/em> topic hooks on which to hang the anthology. But I’ll make an exception for a valiant effect to incorporate Cumbria, in northern England, into the Mythos.<\/p>\n

Cumbrian Cthulhu Complete Short Stories Volumes 1-4<\/a><\/em> is a 650-page hardback whopper, newly listed in Lulu. Perhaps in a new edition, since Google Books has it at 2015 but perhaps that was a paperback. In the book… <\/p>\n

“all the stories are set somewhere in the Cumbrian region and are based around the themes of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The stories are a tribute to both the mythos of H.P.Lovecraft and the awesome beauty and rich history of the Lake District.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“All profits from the publishing of the Cumbrian Cthulhu book will be donated to LDSAMRA, the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you want to try some of the stories, several are free on the Cumbrian Cthulhu blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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So far as I know, Lovecraft had no ancestral connection with Cumbria, as he did with its neighbouring Northumbria (Hexham and district). Although he does have the Curwens as hailing from there…<\/p>\n

“the Curwens were of the most ancient armigerous [i.e.: a recognised Scots clan] Cumbrian lineage, probably descended from the early Kings of Scots”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I normally just chuckle at new themed anthologies of new Lovecraft stories, as they reach for ever-more obscure and outre …<\/p>\n

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