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Voces Canto I - Victor H. Romero 4. Maquinaria del ansia - Rogelio Sosa 5. Kingdom Of Life Bonus Track 7. Sora Ni Hikaru - Kenso 2. Negai Kanaeru Kodomo - Kenso 3. Hyoto - Kenso 4. The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Kenso 5. Judy Goes On Hollday - Supersister 7. Les Guerriers - Mona Lisa 9. Besides, amongst the great mass of you out there with your highly similar inclinations of culture and subculture alike, it is not really as if you too have not already come to this special place of darkly magical fascinations and realisations in much the same way - by one road or another.
Generally, for most of us I assert that it is simply just a matter of time. Some of us arrive sooner, while others merely arrive later when at all given the time and opportunity to do so in this life of course - shite always happens, I know.
Alas, I must concede that I am with this latter group of latecomers. Nevertheless, here I finally am! How so genuinely Slytherin of the H. Anything worth doing is only worth doing well, eh? In any case, 'twill be a grand delight to be with y'all for many years to come as I resume my own individual venture to delve ever deeper into the universe or even multiverse of H.
Thank you ever so very much for this distinguished honour of being made September's Member of the Month for Bret says: "Thank you!
I'm delighted to be chosen member of the month. Strangely enough, I grew up reading the works of Poe, but somehow never managed to read Lovecraft until much later in life. I guess it goes to show that his impact stands the test of time as people continue to discover and be entertained by his writings.
His work opened up a whole new group of authors to me like Machen, Chambers, Howard etc. I have a career in the geology field and it always puts a smile on my face to see geology and geologists-thank you Professor Dyer!
A short while after having read most of Lovecraft's stories, I was listening to a podcast where the guest was talking about the best movie based on Lovecraft's work. When he said "Call of Cthulhu by the HPLHS", I was shocked that 1 there was a movie and 2 there was a whole society out there dedicated to his writings. Well, I was hooked. And my sanity points dropped permanently. I think I also have an unhealthy obsession with making prop documents.
I can't wait until the next Necronomicon in Providence to meet other members that share this crazy passion. Nancy says: "Here I am Figure 1 trying my hardest to resemble White Eagle Figure 2 , turn-of-the-century juggler extraordinaire, pater familias I wish , and personal muse. Vitas dance to the grave and perhaps beyond Figure 3. Mostly I'm just another schmoo raking the manure Figure 4 in our Boschian landscape, with the occasional romp in foreign climes, like Afghanistan Figure 5.
In the absence of Chthulululesque paraphernalia, here is an image of my vaguely pornographic keychain collection Figure 6: visible only to members in the Member Sanctum.
A testimonial: 'While the critics have taken their time to recognize Nancy Steinecke as her merits deserve, her devoted following including seven budgerigars and two human daughters have long acknowledged her unaussprechlichen precognition and devastating repartee. This beloved cult classic is as ground-breaking today as the day Grandma Figure 7, center said, Cut, print!
A simple childhood conversation at night was the start of my twisted fascination with what is really out there, beyond the perceptions and of the objective and rational.
Of course this path leads one quickly to the works of Lovecraft, and so I joined those already on that journey to a hellish destination. Where these seeds of insanity can grow to full-on jungles of madness. Amplified by a similarly deranged, but in a "good" way, 5th grade teacher who felt that exploring the works of Lovecraft along with Tolkien, Howard, and Poe along with a healthy dose of fantasy role playing as education entrenched me in this love of the works.
Fast forward to much later in life and finding the love of my life, my wife Dawn, who I merged into a joint shared insanity for the last 29 years. I could not be happier. After the wrath of the pandemic stripped us of all material possessions we fled to the midwest from our coastal abode with our two androgrous spawn, who also have been entwined in the collective madness. Where I sit in my semi-retirement and permanent delusional reality and continue to inflict a different kind of punishment on my college engineering students at the school where I attended many decades before.
Nathan says: "I first found my way to Lovecraftiana in Why does it have so many consonants? That was enough to hook me. I quickly read all the other stories the library system had to offer me, and like any good cultist I began spreading what I found. Lovecraft quickly became a way to connect with new friends, an inspiration for the roleplaying that had drawn me to him in the first place, and a lens through which to explore history.
It propelled me deeper into the hobby. When I worked at an overnight camp, I was known to have the best cabin to watch at night.
Where other cabins were likely to be full of rambunctious children battling against sleep, the children of mine were quietly gathered around speakers to listen to a chapter of a DART show. His name is Guillermo Uribe, a Miskatonic University dropout.
Rumors say that he was found being held in an asylum, his sanity shattered. It all began in Old Aztec lands, where hideous human sacrifices were held in the name of blood lust gods.
An ordinary person, curious about the secrets of nature and mysteries beyond. It was around when he was playing in a psychobilly band when he became aware about a writer called HP Lovecraft, rumors say that one song from their set depicted stories about unimaginable creatures and horrors; little did he knew the venomous seed was planted in his soul.
For some years he kept studying dark and eerie stories regarding unthinkable horror, sharing them with other members of the cult in one of their many monthly pagan rituals. He started to show symptoms of madness after he spent days hearing hideous melodies about Christmas carols and old documentaries regarding sea expeditions.
He needed to know more, he couldn't stop anymore. Fever dreams about infinite dimensions and non-Euclidean geometry, indescribable beings called him from beyond. He learned to play the bass guitar every evening to make those voices go away, to appease them off. Last time he made contact with relatives he said he was lured by the call from the sea, that he needed to go to a far away place called California, to find the answers to his never ending nightmares.
Joshua says: "In one form or another horror has almost always been a part of my life. Growing up my father was — and still is — a big fan of B-list horror movies. So watching all those overly gory, jump scare style movies you would think I was a huge horror buff.
What happened was exactly the opposite; it actually put me off horror. It all felt too samey: scary man kills dumb teenagers, dumb teenagers escape or all die. I eschewed the genre entirely until high-school. It was there I started seriously reading Poe, and found out that I actually did enjoy horror. The difference being that I could put my own imagination to work on what was happening.
I had been on the fringes of that fever and didn't really dive into it. I enjoyed the surface knowledge and jokes my friends and I made. It wasn't until a few years ago that I told myself it was time to knuckle down and actually read the mythos stories. My progress has admittedly been slow but I understand more of the jokes now! I was looking for The Masks of Nyarlathotep module and found the prop set here.
Then found the D. It's been a lot of fun writing out scenarios for my players, as most of them have no background with Lovecraft's work. So just about anything I throw at them is shocking and new, and I haven't even touched most of the mythos creatures I do hope one day to properly emulate a mythos story into a session, and achieve the same mind bending horror the story conveys.
Overall my admittedly short time in the society has been great. I love the creativity and memorabilia that's sprung up from the group I absolutely love the Innsmouth Sea Shanties.
I really only have two concerns about my continued membership. One, that I find enough shelf space to accommodate my new addiction. Two, that I never see any slightly hunched dark figures emerging from Lake Michigan I live very close to the shore. Sue has generously served the society as a science advisor for a number of episodes of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre , and shares a few shelfies with us.
Sue says: "The first story I read was "Dagon", back in the mid-'80s. I was blown away by the surreal imagery of the slimy expanse and monolith. I never got a chance to roleplay, but I read pretty much everything by Lovecraft before finishing grad school. I dwell in the frozen lands of Ithaqua now, but I hope to visit the motherland Providence some day.
I love all the Society productions, especially The Whisperer in Darkness. Participating in the annual Eldritch Elf exchange has revealed the stunning generosity and artistry shown by members across the globe. The best part of the group is the camaraderie. Lovecraft Archive, and all such affiliates persist until the Sun cools and we need to escape into other forms. The descriptions and artwork caught my attention and imagination, and I sought out those referenced Lovecraft tomes.
I bought all of the Ballantine editions, and read through them one after the other. I started noticing ads in Dragon Magazine. First, that Indiana Jones guy for Grenadier miniatures, and then eventually the Chaosium ads for their Call of Cthulhu game. I found a copy of the second edition of the game, and have been hooked on Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos ever since.
I attended the occasional gaming conventions. As comic conventions became more mainstream, I dabbled in cosplay. Steampunk and Doctor Who were my favourites to do. And then of course the props. I really like the props. Last year, I thought my lack of membership needed to be remedied. As a child of media, the Call has wormed its way into all aspects of my life: books, comics, games, movies, clothing, props.
Corruption, they say, starts at home. It's not easy having a malevolent shapeless monster like that hanging over your head, but there it is! While a real archaeologist, I hold no such honored degree.
By posting regularly, before visual social media bloomed, they keep me coming back and grew my greater HPL fandom. I met them at NecronomiCon, choosing to spend near a week in Providence R. I have been honored to be a member and learn more about HPL and his thoughts and times from the recent podcasts, yet another successful endeavor by the Society. I have collected too much Cthulhu stuff — my daughters say the name perfectly. The Facebook group and Eldritch Elf brings a lot of fun into my life — as a Christmas baby, I really look forward to the exchange.
Serendipitously I discovered the existence of Call of Cthulhu a couple of years later which provided the best of both worlds. Frank says: "I am into Lovecraft since I saw those strange books in the library back in the seventies. They were black with green pages and had nearly all of Lovecraft stories available in German in those days.
But Lovecraft turned into a real obsession when I discovered, after having read his work for over 15 years! Lovecraft into proper German rhymes. We will see what it does to mankind and the world, when it will be published hopefully on green pages! I got to the H. Lovecraft Historical Society via facebook. Brandon says: "My name is Brandon Berry and I'm 26 years old. I initially got into Lovecraft in middle school with the story "The Rats in the Walls".
Already a huge fan of Poe and other horror masters, I instantly fell in love with Lovecraft's atmosphere and style. Every fall, I read through his collected works with my cat Abner purring in my lap. During this period, my long suffering girlfriend of 6 years patiently listens to me rattle on about Elder Gods and the Dreamlands for the umpteenth time. My Lovecraftian collection includes a slowly growing selection of Chaosium publications, the HPLHS radio shows, and the fabulous Eldritch Horror game along with its expansion packs.
I feel very lucky to be living in a time where there is no end to literature, games, and collectibles based on Howard's work, as I know this wasn't always the case. Thank you guys and gals for all the great work you do and keep it up! Cthulhu fhtagn! Arnaud says: "I am 48 years old, I live in Paris and I have been an avid reader of Lovecraft since my earliest childhood.
I have never stopped reading it and rereading it. The first French translations were, shall we say It took me many years of learning English and sleepless nights to be able to read it roughly in text. I am still very far from getting there, as the text can sometimes be outdated and complex. I have also been a roleplayer for over thirty-five years and have discovered a certain idea of the Myth through the prism of role-playing. This approach is very different from that of Lovecraft and ultimately quite far from the author's vision.
The Myth has completely overtaken it to the detriment of the author. The approach to Lovecraft's writings and the quality of the company's projects is simply stupendous! I congratulate you on that.
I hope, on occasion, to drop by and say hello to you in Glendale, CA! Lovecraft, and he described, in brief, the Cthulhu Mythos and the idea of a universe filled with indifferent monsters. I was intrigued.
My deep dive into the Mythos came recently. It began after a conversation with one of the fine people at Chaosium at GenCon in Another of my favorite parts of being a member is actually this, the member of the month board. When not contemplating the indifference of alien gods in the far cosmos, my earthly interests tend a little closer to home. In my free time I can often be found wandering the nearest available wilderness with a backpack.
I grabbed one of his books off the shelf thanks to the creepy but awesome illustrations on the cover. I was hooked from then I even spent my bus money for the next two days to buy the book. Luckily, my destination was only a couple of miles. The Dark Adventure Radio Theatre productions have been a constant companion ever since. The Dreams in the Witch House rock opera is also a perennial favorite! I live in Colorado with my husband, cats, and dog.
I'm also an avid photographer and I hope to get back to New England to shoot a number of places. I'm sending a picture of bare trees that always put me in mind of The Color Out of Space. Mark says: "I first discovered Lovecraft through Stephen King.
After I read that story, I discovered that it was inspired by a Lovecraft story. So, I sought out this story, "Rats in the Walls", and I was hooked. From there, I read every Lovecraft story I could get my hands on until I eventually read them all. I was absolutely delighted to find that someone was making quality audio dramas based on Lovecraft stories. Last summer I attended my first NecronomiCon.
I met so many great people, including Andrew, Sean and Kevin, and even participated in the live version of "Mad Science".
It has been an absolutely amazing experience. I am looking forward to seeing what the Society will do next. We often watched movies together, and The Evil Dead and Re-Animator quickly became some of my favorites. Responsible choices for a boy that age or not, he helped me grow a love and fascination for horror and the unknown. I've also always been an avid reader, but my first real encounter with Lovecraft's tales was when I was 18 years old, after discovering a collection of his works in the local book store.
While visiting a convention a couple of years later, a friend and I discovered something we never expected. A book titled Masks of Nyarlathotep. Ever since, the tabletop RPG has been my prime hobby. The mysteries and investigation, submitting your players to horrible, unspeakable evils and powerful cults But most of all I enjoy making props for my players to discover.
From somewhat realistic invitations to start the adventure, to custom character sheets for every adventure, to a handmade set of A3-sized Sedefkar Scrolls that took many, many hours to plan and make. There is little that pleases me more than seeing the look on my investigators' faces when they are handed such an item.
Enclosed you will find a couple of photos. I'm usually the one taking the pictures, so I don't quite have many of myself. For your entertainment, I have also included scans of my Sedefkar Scrolls. They are completely legible once you can decipher the script.
I must mention that one paragraph is a children's song in Dutch I added on a dare. It really confused the couple of players trying to translate it. To stay away from the bullies, I spent a lot of time in libraries. My older brother Jack was my literary guide, and he adored and adores all things Gothic. I was really, really taken by many of HPL's tales while ignoring the unsavory things that appeared from time to time.
I was never a gamer, and was always a bit of a loner, but HPL was always with me, and took me to Bierce, Machen, and Blackwood. My wife Dr. Jennifer Quinn is quite a 3D printing fan and a fine mathematician , so she made me a bust of HPL, and even painted HPL using the bioluminescent bacteria that I study in my laboratory. Johannes says: "Lovecraft came into my life in my early teens after being recommended by some older friends who, like me, were heavily into roleplaying games at the time.
It sounded just great for me and I ran to the library and borrowed every Swedish translation of our favorite writer I could get my hands on. I was now, like I think many of you, hooked on ghostly tales of forgotten monolithic ruins and ancient black magick.
The stories steered me towards the roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu by Chaosium and through that game I have taken many of my friends on horrific and fantastic journeys and the game remains my favorite one until this day.
Gina says: "Gina L. Stephens is a botched creation of the Mi-Go, sent to Earth in with instructions to "take care of things. Taking care of things.
Gina discovered the writings of H. Lovecraft in her early 20s and felt a strange kinship with his love of the otherworldly and ancient. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre.
I have always enjoyed the classic horror stories and dark tales, however, when I stepped into the cosmic horrors of the Lovecraft universe there was no turning back. The repugnance of such stories as, "The Dunwich Horror" or the consternation of "At The Mountains of Madness" set my redoubtable desire for the outlandish cosmophobia. Reading the designs of his mind in books, however, was not enough, I wanted to be a part of his stories, investigating the paranormal, face the folk of Insmouth and attend classes at Miskatonic University.
The game Call of Cthulhu was introduced to me in the late '80s as well, and I have been immersed in the caliginous world ever since. Will says: "My love for Lovecraft started without knowing that it was Lovecraft.
One of those instances of knowing about something without really knowing anything about that something. Ya Know? I knew of Cthulhu as a monster creature and had heard the term "lovecraftian" for a loooong time before I realized that it was in reference to an actual person, I just thought it was a term for a style of horror. Thats when I discovered that it wasn't just a style of horror, but it came from one person So once I discovered that these movies and stories were written or inspired by one person I had to indulge.
Which eventually brought me here and opened a gate to so much more! The collection of props and anthologies and radio shows, etc.. I especially love the DART series, working my way towards the full collection. Just knowing there are others out there that LOVE and appreciate all things Lovecraft is really great. I was at a game shop, saw the rule book for Call of Cthulhu , and started leafing through it. The concepts of investigation and survival where so different from the games I had been playing.
Investigating strange occurrences, and cults devoted to interdimensional terrors while trying to maintain your sanity had me hooked. After that I started to read his stories and books from authors that expanded the universe along with the people who wrote the game modules. That magic is just their science or natural ability. The psychological aspect of the stories and games modules are very interesting to me as well. Regular people coming face to face with these creatures, or some other bizarre event and forever being changed by the encounter.
All in all it just has everything I enjoy sci-fi, horror, suspense, and strange cults. One of me, some of my stuff, and a portrait of me that my mother had painted. She was a fantastic painter, and the one who got me started on suspense and weird tales I have a sweet spot for horror stories and movies since very young. Given this interest it was only a matter of time before I became familiar with the works of H.
Lovecraft book a collection of short stories! Joan says: "I live in Mallorca, Spain, an island in the middle of the Mediterranean. The fascination for that book follows today, and I even use of Arthur's good name as my alter ego on the web. My mother was a professor of Spanish literature, and she has an extensive library where I have always been nurtured, so I asked her about related books I still remember as if it was yesterday the first time I read "Tekeli li" in the pages of "At the Mountains of Madness" Patrick says: "Long long ago, back in high school, I was taking two courses at the same time: geometry and religion.
Correlating their contents led me to flee the placid island of the religion with which I was raised. I would even say that my favorite anime Evangelion has some very Lovecraftian elements. The idea that simply knowing or seeing something could drive you mad is incredibly fascinating to me. It instantly became one of my favorite pieces of music and remains so more than 60 years later. What does this have to do with Lovecraft? Even before I began elementary school I was a prodigious reader, and fantasy was my preferred genre.
I eagerly absorbed the works of Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and other popular writers of the ss. This happened long before S. Fast-forwarding past my school years and into my career, I worked for many years in the IT field for various US government and international agencies.
While my focus was highly technical, my interest in literature never faded, and I never missed a chance to leaven dense manuals and memos with quotes from and references to my favorite books. Much of my employment was pre-internet, so my office bookshelf was my primary resource; it was filled not only with books on systems analysis, information security, and related topics but also volumes of Lovecraft and other fantasy authors.
In the days of constant and turbulent technological change, a red-leather-bound gilt-edged At The Mountains of Madness sometimes seemed more relevant to my work than any soon-to-be-obsolete technical manual. David also runs some interesting contests that are free and open to the public.
You can even win prizes! Check them out! Lovecraft Literary Podcast. Colin says: "I think my first experience with Lovecraft was when my big brother got the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying book from Chaosium.
After that I "borrowed" and am still borrowing to this day a couple books of collected stories from my brother, and then I bought all the Del Rey paperbacks I could find at the used book store.
I ended up putting Miskatonic Library stickers on everything. Since then I've been collecting all manner of Lovecraftian props and artifacts, but my favorite ones are usually the Historical Society ones. They have a very realistic feel to them and always look beautiful on a bookshelf or display. Just the pervasive creepiness of the town and the people gives you that sense of dread before anything even happens. It's also an awesome setting for games or other stories. Shane says: "Hello fellow Cultist.
As a young boy growing up in various small towns in the Pacific North West I grew up with somewhat of a fascination with the Occult and all things related. From Books, to Movies and Music. My mind was eager to the point of being over anxious for the next thing to spark my interest in the genre. Lovecraft Historical Society, and be given the opportunity to meet others with like interests. Nate says: "I have been reading Lovecraft and associated authors for years, and have always been a bibliophile.
There always seem to be like minded folks around, and this group is a fantastic way to get to see how widespread HPL's influence is, I feel like less of a misfit. Thank you again for this singularly peculiar, and spectacular, award. I would like to thank the academy for all their votes I have been a fan of Lovecraft for many years since I was intrigued by the lore from Jingo by the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett.
He mentioned Cthulhu in a kind of behind the making of the story while I was at a book signing I was lucky to see him at. Since then I have seen the connections HP has had in a whole slew of modern day writers. I am lucky enough to live in Massachusetts and have been down to Providence to walk the same streets that HP had and have even visited his gravesite.
I have almost the complete collection of the DART series which I listen to almost daily as I drive and have plastered my back window with many stickers! My job keeps me on the road and down in the Cape Cod and Providence area and reading and listening to the stories has opened up a whole new understanding of the area for me. Thank you so much for what you have done for HP's stories and bringing it to life in a whole new way.
Charleen says: "I am super excited to have been randomly chosen for the honor of December member of the month! I never win things like this! The Others have gibbered in my general direction, and I am cautiously thrilled!
My Innsmouth look is beginning to show Stuart says: "I first came across the name Lovecraft as a teenager in the s when I watched Stuart Gordon's From Beyond followed closely by Re-animator the order I watched them in, not release. As a film fan, I then always looked out for more Lovecraft releases, but only actually read a few of his tales back then. I must have read half of his fictional works during this time, but am pleased to say there are still delights for me yet to discover.
For my final film I shot a modern-day adaptation of "The Terrible Old Man" based on a screenplay penned by a local writer; which has literally just been accepted for a pretty big Horror Film Festival in the UK. Would seem the Elder Ones bestowed upon me two great birthday gifts, as I share the same birthday as Winfield S. Lovecraft which might explain a thing or two ; but what will be the price?! Congratulations to Stuart on its festiva success! Eric says: "I was born and raised in West Lafayette, Indiana, the home of Purdue University in retrospect, a Midwestern version of Misktatonic University, especially when one considers one of their noteworthy achievements is having graduated nearly two-dozen astronauts, who surely have seen some strange things out there in the inky darkness In fact, if I recall correctly, some cheeky librarian had created fake records for books like The Necronomicon , the play script of "The King in Yellow," the original 1st edition of the Principia Discordia , etc.
I even ventured into the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game, but rarely found investigators brave enough to venture too deeply. But the key Lovecraftian works remain a personal favorite, ones I am happy to reread and celebrate often! Jack says: "One fateful day when I was a child and avid reader, I was at my local library looking for a new book to read. I couldn't find a single thing I was interested in. P Lovecraft. I grabbed the book and scampered away, looking for a private spot to read.
As I sat down, the librarian asked "Do you think you should be reading that? That day I learned the horrifying wonders of Lovecraft, and I could not get enough.
So, naturally, here I am today! Recently, I've tried my hand at writing some weird fiction, and am currently working on a few short stories centered around Australian history and tropes. All in all, without Lovecraft's amazing fiction, I would not be the person I am today. So to him I simply say, thank you. It is an honor to have my name placed here with you all, and look forward to meeting some of my fellow Lovecraft fans one day!
Keep sharing Lovecraft with the world! Before long I had read everything he had published, but often go back to enjoy them again. Fiacre says: "I was born in a town containing what was once the largest telescope in the world, the Leviathan of Parsonstown. I played in the the ruins of Leap Castle, the most haunted in Ireland.
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