Ross E. Lockhart's Blog, page 64

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Tue, 15:08 : RT @jdiddyesquire: Read Thomas World by Richard Cox @nightshadebooks over the weekend. Philip Dick meets the Truman Show. Review to come ... Tue, 18:30 : RT @AdamIsrael: East coast earthquake -- Proof that even Cthulhu is unhappy with the news about Weird Tales Tue, 18:31 : RT @kaolinfire: That wasn't an earthquake. Cthulhu rises towards his reclamation of Weird Tales.... Tue, 18:39 : RT @TheAuthorGuy: East Coast, relax, it's like, hours, before the giant city destroying monsters the quake released will get to you.

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Sun, 16:44 : RT @YSDC: Today in Lovecraft: HPL begins 'The Thing on the Doorstep', 1933. http://t.co/spyMgIp Mon, 00:40 : RT @JRVogt: Love #books? You've got #free entertainment, for life - http://t.co/6gP4LKO #writers #authors

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Sat, 14:39 : RT @cthulhuchick: Today's Lovecraft's 121st birthday! On reflection, though, I think he'd be glad he didn't live to see things like the 60s. Sat, 14:40 : RT @YSDC: Today in Lovecraft... was Lovecraft! Happy birthday HPL, 121 today. (b. 20th August, 1890) Sat, 16:00 : RT @JMMcDermott: Only a few hours left to enter this contest: http://t.co/wAmaIZ5 One comment could win two books! (please retweet...) Sat, 16:34 : Congrats go out to John Joseph Adams and George R.R. Martin, who both got married at Worldcon in Reno. I didn't even know they were dating. Sat, 16:56 : RT @martyhalpern: Book received: anthology THE BOOK OF CTHULHU edited by Ross E. Lockhart (@lossrockhart) from @nightshadebooks: http:// ... Sat, 16:56 : RT @gavreads: @martyhalpern @lossrockhart @nightshadebooks I have mine pre-ordered with Amazon - really looking forward to that one! Sat, 17:45 : Countdown to Cthulhu: Happy Birthday HPL! http://j.mp/rjl7c4 Sat, 18:53 : RT @reverendelvis: Just got my signed copy of The Book of Cthulhu from my old friend, @lossrockhart And it came on HPL's 121st birthday ... Sat, 19:26 : RT @HPLHS: Happy birthday HPL! Wish we could share some coffee and doughnuts in person! Sat, 19:27 : RT @JoePulver: Happy Birthday, HLP! !! http://t.co/JlPq7zi Sat, 23:00 : Just in time for H. P. Lovecraft's birthday celebration, THE BOOK OF CTHULHU is now IN STOCK at Amazon.com: http://t.co/skXDEeI Sat, 23:36 : RT @CorinnaBechko: Happy birthday to H.P. Lovecraft!. I think I will eat some ice cream and get angry at a publisher to celebrate. Sat, 23:49 : THE BOOK OF CTHULHU "usually ships within 24 hours" at Barnes and Noble, so I'd assume we're in stock there as well: http://t.co/tHN04ey Sat, 23:55 : RT @Richard_Kadrey: Born too late to be Poe and too early to be a tentacle Furry, happy birthday, H.P. Sun, 03:04 : RT @MatterMoves: Which are the essential Clark Ashton Smith stories? What are his greatest hits? What's his "Call of Cthulhu?" Sun, 03:04 : RT @ebertchicago: Birthday of H. P. Lovecraft, who is more widely read today than ever before. http://t.co/rpCCDe9

Countdown to Cthulhu: Happy Birthday HPL!

Happy birthday wishes to Cthulhu's creator, the guy who started it all, Howard Philips Lovecraft. H.P.L. would have been one hundred twenty-one years old today. And unlike the protagonist of his short story "The Outsider," Lovecraft doesn't look a day over ninety-nine…



To celebrate, we're officially launching an official website for The Book of Cthulhu: www.TheBookofCthulhu.com

Come on by and check it out!

My tweets

Fri, 13:50 : RT @MadHatterReview: #fridayreads: NO HERO by @thexmedic. British secret agency + Lovecraft's monsters = an action romp in the vein of K ... Fri, 17:56 : RT @vegansaurus: Is it impossible to abstain from all animal products!? And if so, WHY EVEN TRY!? We answer the TOUGH(ish) QUESTIONS: ht ... Fri, 17:58 : RT @mythos_cthulhu: The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown... Fri, 19:00 : "@APMonkey: #FF @johnhornor and be sure to pick up SOUTHERN GODS (http://t.co/scw6obK)." Or make it a 3-pack w/ No Hero & Book of Cthulhu? Fri, 19:51 : Sneaking out to see Conan 3D. Trying not to get my hopes up, after all, Rose McGowan is no James Earl Jones. Sat, 05:20 : RT @JeremyCShipp: Could you please RT this link to our ATTIC CLOWNS Kickstarter page? http://t.co/d4hSOPK

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Thu, 13:45 : RT @johnhornor: I'm talking about research over at The Night Bazaar today. And giving away a signed copy of SOUTHERN GODS. http://t.co/3 ... Thu, 14:39 : RT @cthulhuHQ: RT @mo_holkar: Excellent Sandy Pietersen piece about the genesis of Call of Cthulhu, must-read: http://t.co/cBCVb0g Thu, 14:45 : RT @CashLaramie: @tommysalami on SOUTHERN GODS by @johnhornor: http://t.co/83lIYpB Thu, 18:09 : RT @LOLGOP: Bill Clinton has announced that he's a veagan. Prompting Michele Bachmann to immediately come out against his right to be ma ... Fri, 00:30 : Countdown to Cthulhu: Door to Door Service http://j.mp/rbNiL0 Fri, 02:55 : RT @ebertchicago: West Memphis Three win a surprise court hearing. http://t.co/TzAHd6c Fri, 02:58 : RT @katrchrdsn: Somedays you wonder why you bothered to claw your way out of the grave....

Countdown to Cthulhu: Door to Door Service

Just a couple more weeks to go until The Book of Cthulhu rises from the sea. Time to clip on a tie, hop on my bicycle, and go door-to-door to spread the good word. I imagine it will go a little something like this...


(From Disappointing Monsters, by Daniel Bradford and Owen Mackinder)

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Speaking of the swirling neon madness, there's something about this picture, from Aeron Alfrey's Monster Brains feature on the artwork of Hannes Bok that reminds me of something. Oh, yeah... I need to take Maddie for a walk...



And seriously, if you haven't read Frank Belknap Long's short story, "The Hounds of Tindalos," you should.

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We've only got 146 people signed up so far to win one of the seven copies of The Book of Cthulhu we're giving away on Goodreads. Can we break a thousand in the next fifteen days? Only if you help spread the word:






Goodreads Book Giveaway













The Book of Cthulhu




by Ross E. Lockhart

Giveaway ends September 03, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win





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As always, this post was brought to you by The Book of Cthulhu, now available for pre-order from better independent booksellers everywhere, and online through Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble. Want your bookstore mentioned here? Drop me a line!

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Thu, 01:09 : A handwritten letter from an old, dear friend, makes my day. Then I feel bad because I know I'm going to type my response. Thu, 03:51 : RT @k_wade_a: Found @johnhornor Southern Gods at B&N in Little Rock http://t.co/l4AF4Nu Thu, 03:52 : RT @johnhornor: This was taken in Myrtle Beach, SC, Barnes and Noble. My first sighting in the wild. http://t.co/jpw7Q8S Thu, 03:52 : RT @johnhornor: "Southern Gods beautifully probes the eerie, horror-infested underbelly of the South." -Onion AV Club on SOUTHERN GODS b ... Thu, 03:54 : RT @johnhornor: This is some great shit. http://t.co/l1ad6ja Recorded Live By Alan Lomax - file under the songs from SOUTHERN GODS. Thu, 03:55 : Can someone out there throw me a Spotify invite so I can listen to the Alan Lomax playlist @johnhornor just linked? http://t.co/NnfEGFr Thu, 04:08 : RT @JRVogt: Good ol' tentacled #horror - My review: The Book of Cthulhu, edited by Ross E. Lockhart-http://goo.gl/qxOAc @nightshadebooks ... Thu, 04:12 : The first review I've seen of The Book of Cthulhu, and it's a solid four stars: http://t.co/HeDHWTT Thanks, @JRVogt !

Adult Beverage: Newcastle Werewolf

"I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's, his hair was perfect!" --Warren Zevon

It's not often I find myself accosted by a werewolf while doing my grocery shopping. But I love a good gimmick, and this "blood red ale" from Newcastle had it all: clawmarks on the case, a lycanthropic logo, and "Escaped from Britain" on the label. So I went contrary to the advice I'd been given--"stay off the moors"--and picked up a twelve pack. Will it make me want to howl at the moon? Or am I going to want to put a silver bullet in it?

Werewolf pours a deep, rust red with a thick, foamy head that sticks to the glass forming fearsome faces in the lacing. A delicate nose: rye and malt and berry brambles. Bright and active on the tongue. Lots of carbonation. Understated flavor, but one that emerges as the beer warms to room temperature. A little biscuity. Malt sugar and sour raspberries, with a bitter rye wash. Dry, bitter, and hoppy finish. A little too watery, and the sour raspberry aftertaste may be a deal-breaker for some imbibers, but Newcastle Werewolf is not unpleasant, though it didn't exactly put hair on my chest either. A solid B, well worth bringing to a Halloween party.

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Tue, 13:52 : Countdown to Cthulhu: The Big Giveaway Has Begun http://j.mp/nPMORN Tue, 14:00 : RT @cischafer: A lovely review of THE WHITEFIRE CROSSING from @thinkbanned: http://t.co/jNYfc73 "Wow. Simply wow." Tue, 14:12 : RT @thexmedic: Really interesting article up at Library Journal about the current trends in the SF/Fantasy marketplace. http://t.co/07HiBCE Tue, 15:32 : RT @cthulhuHQ: RT @pickover: The truth about author H. P. Lovecraft: http://t.co/Hkh8hU6 Tue, 15:32 : RT @interventioncon: Best. Cthulhu. Cosply. Evar. http://t.co/16p4j3r Tue, 20:20 : RT @jdiddyesquire: Going to SF this week. Suggestions? Should I drop by Night Shade Books and stand outside with a boombox playing "In Y ... Tue, 20:20 : RT @molly_the_tanz: There's really no reason not to enter the giveaway for The Book of Cthulhu! It's chock-full of elder-goodness. http: ... Tue, 20:21 : RT @JoePulver: THE BOOK of CTHULHU -- want to WIN a copy? ?? http://t.co/6V0GOoE Tue, 20:21 : RT @JoePulver: We are giving away 3 copies of my new novel THE ORPHAN PALACE http://t.co/cKEfGye Tue, 20:21 : RT @Necronomiconer: The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially... http:/ ... Wed, 02:05 : RT @wyrmis: I'm four or so years late to this party, but I review @lairdbarron's The Imago Sequence http://t.co/HaCPvIq Wed, 02:08 : RT @cthulhuchick: If H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shunned House" were a Call of Cthulhu campaign... http://t.co/OS1IISd #AttentionDMsAndGMs #si ...