“And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.” – The Doom That Came to Sarnath by H.P. Lovecraft.
Warning, major spoilers up ahead because this story made me cranky.
Continue reading What I’m Reading: The Doom That Came to Sarnath, H.P. Lovecraft
When I finished this short story, I looked around in the reader, wondering where the rest of it was.
Continue reading What I’m Reading: The Descendant by H.P. Lovecraft, Review
For its weight class, Dagon is a strong contender. It packs good tension, a solid narrative structure, and a close lensing that allows us to get solidly behind the protagonist. No spoilers ahead, but still providing a break.
I’m really not sure what to make of this story. Oh, right, spoiler alert, although there’s not that much to spoil.
Surgeon General’s Warning: Certain Colours can drive you MAD. Most colors, however, are safe. Except Agent Orange, which can cause cancer.
Continue reading What I’m Reading: The Colour Out of Space, Review
“OGTHROD AI’F
GEB’L-EE’H
YOG-SOTHOTH
‘NGAH’NG AI’Y
ZHRO!”
-Mystical Psychobabble from the story.
Thanks for the word-salad, Lovecraft. In all seriousness, read that aloud, in a dark room, it’s wholly chilling.
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“That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.”
– H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu, perhaps the most iconic and recognizable of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror stories, is also at once a let down and a wonder of literature.
“Radiates, vegetables, monstrosities, star spawn – whatever they had been, they were men!” – H.P. Lovecraft, At The Mountains of Madness
Warning, possible spoilers ahead. I do my best not to ruin the stories I review too much, but some discussion of plot is necessary.
Continue reading What I’m Reading: At The Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, A Review
At the beginning of this month, I decided that as an aspiring author, it was my duty to read or reread all those books and short stories considered classics by my genre. I avoided Literary Classics, since generally I find them dull or pretentious . Since I’m strapped for cash, I decided to start with things that I could find in intellectual commons.
Good day to you, Mr. Lovecraft! I started today with The Alchemist. (Warning, plot spoilers ahead)
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Gregory Blake 