Cheap Truth was a 1980’s free newsletter published by the group of authors known as The Movement, which later became the Cyberpunk movement.
And wow. Just wow.
Because back in 1983, Cheap Truth editorial staff was succesful in getting ahold of H. P. Lovecraft and squeeze an exclusive and post-mortem interview out of the Master of Untold Horrors. Totally scrumptious:
A mysterious parchment of unkown origin depicting an eyeless H. P. Lovecraft surrounded by what looks like a long-nailed Cthulhu and some indecipherable spells:
> DURR.
An Under Vhoorl’s Shadow exclusivity: Cthulhu caught strolling nonchalantly by an unlucky photographer.
Yet another proof that even the deadliest unearthly monsters aren’t as far from us, insignificant human dust, as we would like to think:
Mr. & Mrs. Cthulhu and their scared Little Spawn
> m[c]s
A sublime portrait of H. P. Lovecraft by Eric Orchard, a huge fan of the Master (see the quote below).
It’s certainly one of the best portraits of HPL I’ve had the chance to come across. Everything in it is an ode to Lovecraft and his works. A very atmospheric piece of art!
I read his stuff pretty young and it really, really scared me. He taught me the pleasure in being scared, which is a useful tool in life. The Wikipedia entry is good but you really need to read his work to get it. It’s totally unique, though you’ll likely recognize something of his work in contemporary horror movies and books. His work is incredibly relevant and fresh seventy years after they were written.
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I should warn you, this author changed my outlook on life. He expanded the shadows deeper and made sure I understood my mind would totally break if I could actually see what’s there. He certainly makes things more interesting.
A wonderfully eerie adaption in the animated/machinima form of H. P. Lovecraft’s 1917 short story Dagon:
Dagon by Lainy Voom
Read the original story here [Wikisource] or listen to the original story [Librivox]:
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Jerom, the amazing French papertoy artist and creator of the delightful papertoy version of My Little Cthulhu, imagined a cthulheian mockup version of The Legend of Zelda: The Legend of Cthulhu, where the player controls a sorcerer stranded on fishermen island whose purpose it is to wake Cthulhu.
He has to collect souls (instead of gold coins) and fight off pink Shoggoth-like gooey creatures!
This is one of the most amazing Cthulhu-themed T-Shirt I’ve ever seen, not to mention that it mashes up two of my favourite memes, Lovecraft and steampunk. Wow. Perfection is near.
> The Traveler’s Steampunk Blog
After what seemed a point- and endless quest in the aeon-old vacuity of the tubes, I finally found the best way to introduce my little one to the marvels of the Mythos and help her find her way into the Cult’s warm embracing hug. This video is the optimal educational tool to start early in paving your little ones’ path into the terror of their meaningless lives.
And as it says in the video’s commentary:
This series has won multiple awards and has been enthusiastically approved by the department of child-developmental psychology at Miskatonic University.
Sounds reassuring, don’t you think?
