I think anthologies have become my favourite book to read while I’m travelling. It’s not just because you get a variety of styles to enjoy but because the shorter stories held within are often better structured for reading in fragments. Shadows Over Innsmouth is one hellishly good collection. Authors include Kim Newman, Ramsey Campbell and […]
The cyclopean nightmares of K.L. Turner
Oo. Shudder. It’s getting dark earlier. The winter is drawing in. This is the time of the year that horrors begin to bubble closer to the surface in nightmares and visions. Let’s turn our attention to the world K.L. Turner, aka Electixx, a conceptual artist of surreal skill. For your dreaming wisdom; Gigantocephalopodes irradiatus Moorish […]
The Settlers of Catan go to the Mountains of Madness
Fancy having a Mountains of Madness-themed set of Settlers of Catan? Frankly, this is a wonderful idea. A perfect idea. The dark whispers in my soul tell me so. Part six in the “Cultists of R’lyeh” series from MRX Designs shows us the way to awakening. Glue-guns and foam help transform the famous game into […]
T-shirt: Herbert West–Reanimator
I’m not sure Lovecraft would have approved of the Reanimator movie but I wonder if the implied horror of this t-shirt design would have been more to his tastes. This “cat dead, details later” masterpiece is the work of Jeff Pina who is enjoying a rightful week of sales over at Gimmick Tees.
The mad Oculus Deus
If you’re in the market for a customised Madl Art Toy then why not pop over to Subversive Constructs on Etsy. You can pick up this one of a kind Oculus Deus (Eye of God) model. It’s 5 inches high and has an articulated head. Sanity not protected after purchase.
Tales of the Sleepless City review
Tales of the Sleepless City is a collection of investigations for Call of Cthulhu. The download weighs in at 162-pages from Miskatonic River Press. There are seven different authors involved. Dan Harms for To Awaken What Never Sleeps, Brian Sammons for The Terror from the Museum, C. Michael Hurst for The Fishers of Men, Oscar […]
King for a Day hatches, ready to scare us all
Post World Games‘ King for a Day is now live at Drivethru RPG. This is a large, systemless, fantasy sandbox campaign with a focus on the sinister rather than splatter. The style is Lovecraft and the campaign is a chunky toolkit of people, places and events all pointed towards a “horrific and unreal finale”. The […]
A clue that you might be studying at Miskatonic University
This photo was shared with Reddit with a simple note. The note said that the photograph was taken in the female toilets at University. If you ask me a scene like this is important evidence. This sort of discovery lets you know that you’re studying at the Miskatonic University. Okay, it might not be called […]
Lovecraft Actually
Riffing off the British romcom Love Actually comes the deviant art of Dr Faustas. This is Lovecraft Actually.
H.P. Lovebrown and Snoopthulhu
The clever H.P. Lovecraft meets Charlie Brown mashup featuring Snoopy as Cthulhu was doing the rounds on Google+ so I investigated. As is often the case; this is a t-shirt. If you fancy it then Redbubble has a wide shipping range. The artist is Queenmob.
