Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
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Pulp scholar specializing in H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Author of SEX AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and WEIRD TALERS. Reader of dead people's letters. He/him. Blue checks happen to other people. https://deepcuts.blog
The last of the werewolf books from the 1930s to be reprinted, LYCANTHIA by Frances Layland-Barratt, will be available to order on Amazon from next week. Introduced by James Doig - this is one of the *rarest* horror titles out there and one not to be missed.
Meditation of the day: What works are too extreme for Lovecraftian reviews?
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein@deepcuts.blog · 2d agoA part of me wants to ease back into normal reviews in October by reviewing four things I swore I wouldn't review.
Giving this a re-share. Five tales of monsters, orcs, goblins, and the indomitable Grimnir! soden.substack.com/p/brothers-o...
Brothers of the Serpent
Five Monstrous Tales
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⚔️Please enjoy this article on the dawn of Conan scholarship - including the first ever map of Hyboria! 🗺 👉 www.blackgate.com/2026/09/14/b...
By Crom, It’s Cimmerian September: The Birth of Conan Scholarship – Black Gate
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Are you in the mood for some creepy folk horror? 😈 ONLY DARKNESS is my self-pubbed book about a cursed family, set in a small town, with a good dose of urban myth & a mysterious entity. Told in two parts: Suffer. Surrender. Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
Book catalogue project, entry 773: The Emperor of Dreams (1976, n.p.) by Lawson W. Hill. Fanzine. Clean pages, minimal wear. 71/77.
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein@deepcuts.blog · 2d agoBook catalogue project, entry 772: Reader's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos (2nd. Rev. Ed.) (1973, Silver Scarab Press) by Robert Weinberg, E. P. Berglund. Softcover. Some spotting on pages, some wear.
You Are Not Beautiful by Clark Ashton Smith You are not beautiful; but, ah, too long I sought, and found a slowly growing grace; Till fairer now than beauty is your face, And all your silence dearer than a song.
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · yesterdayname a love story that changed your view of what love could be.
The Limniad by Clark Ashton Smith The pool's green lymph Whitens with the floating nymph Who rises algae-fleeced.
It's the Satanic Sabbath! Tonight's film is DR. WONG'S VIRTUAL HELL (1999), another film from Jesús Franco.
I wrote a thread the other day about eels' life cycle, 'cause it's a wild story. Fun stuff! But did you know that I also did a map? And that you can own it? It's true! I drew a map of the eels' life cycle, from their perspective, and you can order one for your wall! #eels #maps etsy.me/3Nvk5jK
Eel Life Cycle Map - Etsy
This Wall Decor item by SurprisedEelMaps has 15 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Hialeah, FL. Listed on Jun 15, 2026
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Phrase of the day: "sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow"
Re-skeeting for the Sunday crowd.
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein@deepcuts.blog · 3d agoRobert W. Chambers didn't stop writing weird fiction with THE KING IN YELLOW (1895)—dare you follow him into "The Silent Land" (1896)? Another Lost Tale, rarely reprinted and oft-forgotten. deepcuts.blog/2026/09/12/l...
Book catalogue project, entry 772: Reader's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos (2nd. Rev. Ed.) (1973, Silver Scarab Press) by Robert Weinberg, E. P. Berglund. Softcover. Some spotting on pages, some wear.
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein@deepcuts.blog · 3d agoBook catalogue project, entry 771: H. P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West (1990, Wildside Press) by S. T. Joshi. Softcover. Clean pages, minimal wear. Later printing.
"Vivisection" by Nora May French We saw unpitying skill In curious hands put living flesh apart, Till, bare and terrible, the tiny heart Pulsed, and was still. We saw Grief's sudden knife Strip through the pleasant flesh of soul-disguise— Lay for a second's space before our eyes A naked life.
To qualify for free shipping on my order of obscure horror movies, I needed to spend $10 and ended up getting this DVD of old "nudey cutey" films. Which is why I'm watching grainy black-and-white videos of naked women playing ping pong, and it's like... ...maybe this IS the future liberals want?
A part of me wants to ease back into normal reviews in October by reviewing four things I swore I wouldn't review.
Spam filter is working, but that's just fucking disconcerting.
O traveller, what wonders doth Merynthia, gateway to the dreaming west, hold? What blood magic is wielded in its dark alleys and vaulted sewers? Fans of sword and sorcery, step right up! My first novella in ebook form is available right here! luana420.itch.io/merynthias-m...
Robert W. Chambers didn't stop writing weird fiction with THE KING IN YELLOW (1895)—dare you follow him into "The Silent Land" (1896)? Another Lost Tale, rarely reprinted and oft-forgotten. deepcuts.blog/2026/09/12/l...
Lost Tale: “The Silent Land” (1896) by Robert W. Chambers
Detroit Free Press, 20 Jul 1913 (99) Robert W. Chambers is best remembered today for his collection The King in Yellow (1895), the first half of which features the weird stories that originated Yel…
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Book catalogue project, entry 771: H. P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West (1990, Wildside Press) by S. T. Joshi. Softcover. Clean pages, minimal wear. Later printing.
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein@deepcuts.blog · 5d agoBook catalogue project, entry 770: Facsimile reproduction of letter from H. P. Lovecraft to Frank Belknap Long, Jr, 1 May 2026 (n.d. (2021), H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society) by H. P. Lovecraft. Unbound sheets. With certificate.
A reminder to everyone watching RE-ANIMATOR that there's a Japanese manga adaptation! It's fantastic. Sadly, we have never gotten an official English translation. deepcuts.blog/2025/03/12/z...
“ZOMBIO/死霊のしたたり” (1987) by Abe Yutaka (阿部 ゆたか)
Only a fraction of the comics that Japan produces are ever translated for English-language markets. As a consequence, Anglophones miss out on a lot of great—and sometimes terrible—manga, and someti…
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Tonight's film is A WICKED GHOST II: THE FEAR (2000, 山村老屍II色之惡鬼), a Hong Kong horror movie that continues on from a RINGU clone.
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
Marvin Hitchhiker
Alt: Marvin Hitchhiker
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Cinema Yūgen@cinemayugen.bsky.social · 3d agoName a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
Things I was frightened of as a child: 1. Yelling 2. Nursing homes 3. Tall slides 4. Teachers 5. Rabies 6. Wicked Witch of the West
Emma Thane of Cawdor@redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 4d agoThings I was frightened of as a child: 1. People 2. Talking to people 3. P.E. 4. Maths 5. Sharks 6. Scratchy clothes
There are legitimate gripes about every edition of Shadowrun but the idea that it is too crunchy is bizarre to me. I really think MMOs have damaged people's expectations of how TTRPGs work. But maybe this is a good time to discuss rules and "rules lite."
CanRay@canray.bsky.social · 4d agoShadowrun Anarchy is a rules lite version of Shadowrun. Note: Not a rules lite TTRPG, but rules lite for Shadowrun.
We are none of us unbepissed. www.openhorizons.org/unbepissed-a...
Unbepissed and other Forgotten Words in the Oxford English Dictionary
As the election season approaches I've been studying the Oxford English Dictionary to help improve my vocabulary. constult (v.): to act stupidly together elozable (adj.): readily influenced by...
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