H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror and ‘Getting’ Lovecraft

(Originally posted on August 17, 2016) H.P. Lovecraft has achieved a modern cult status among horror fans through several sources.  I find a great deal of the people who talk about him, haven’t actually read his original material.  They’ve been exposed to the whole Cthulhu Mythos from other media.  Pop culture has created an entire […]

The Lords of Dus by Lawrence Watt-Evans

(Originally posted on August 9, 2016) The Lords of Dus were the first fantasy novels I ever read by Lawrence Watt-Evans–way, way back in the early 80s.  I’d seen the four novels sitting on the rack at Waldenbooks for a while and finally decided to give the first one, The Lure of the Basilisk, a […]