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Fri, 14:08 : RT @thexmedic: Huzzah! A Five star review for No Hero on Barnes & Noble. http://t.co/JFd48wH Fri, 14:54 : RT @cthulhuHQ: RT @Citibrat: Cthulhu plushies?! Sweeeeeeet! #snugglecthulhuatyourownrisk http://t.co/O1t9Z6o Fri, 16:09 : RT @JMMcDermott: "NEVER KNEW ANOTHER, by J.M. McDermott, is a fascinating story that centers on the themes of identity and prejudice." h ... Fri, 16:10 : RT @FanLit: The Whitefire Crossing: The complete package: The Whitefire Crossing by Courtney Schafer … The Whitefire Crossin... http://b ... Fri, 16:10 : RT @BarackObama: The time for putting party first is over. If you want to see a bipartisan #compromise, let Congress know. Call. Email. ... Fri, 16:10 : RT @LibraryAmerica: Somehow I missed this earlier in the week: Literary Greats In Their Bathing Suits http://t.co/3f3Ibp1 And is William ... Fri, 16:26 : Heading out to see the latest Harry Potter flick later tonight. Haven't seen the last three. Catch me up, Internets. What do I need to know? Fri, 18:10 : RT @charliejane: "The GOP is playing chicken with the American economy" is an accurate description of the current "crisis." Why can't an ... Fri, 21:33 : RT @formerlychaotic: Dear religious nutjobs: Jesus saves, Buddha forgives, and Cthulhu thinks you'd make a tasty sandwich <--- Youtub ... Fri, 22:35 : RT @innsmouthpress: July 31 is the last day for the Historical Lovecraft sale! http://t.co/6ktar09 Sat, 02:49 : RT @borderlands_sf: Overheard in the store: "But that's silly - if a Frankenstein monster bites you, you don't turn into a Frankenstein ...

Adult Beverage: Deschutes/Boulevard Conflux No. 2

So I put on my robe and wizard hat tonight and ventured out to see the latest Harry Potter flick. I'm not much of a bildungsroman kind of guy. I haven't seen the last four. No worries. HP8 was pure angst and action. Characters I was supposed to care about dropped like flies. People exploded. Banks defaulted. Monsters monsted. A good time was had by all. 'Cept the guys that died, of course. Plus, Batman trailer. Made me want to cap the day with something fun, a white IPA: Deschutes/Boulevard Conflux No. 2.

Conflux No. 2 pours an opaque yellow with a light, bright, white head about a finger thick. An enigmatic, solitary question mark of lacing. Citrus hops, wheat, and coriander, with an underlying hint of black pepper on the nose. Sweet on the tongue, bitter orange, coriander, and pepper. Light carbonation against medium body. Refreshing, dry finish. A spicy orange wit done right.

My tweets

Thu, 15:40 : Countdown to Cthulhu: The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be… (alas, LJ is borked right now) http://t.co/iXl4rAG Thu, 15:40 : RT @bibliotropic: 5 pages into Courtney Schafer's "Whitefire Crossing" and I'm wondering why I hadn't start this book sooner! Really enj ... Fri, 00:18 : Countdown to Cthulhu: The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be... http://j.mp/q171uY

Countdown to Cthulhu: The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be...

This week, The Book of Cthulhu contributor W. H. Pugmire takes on H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror" in a pair of vlogs, proving that there's more to YouTube than cats and teenage girls...

Part One:

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Part Two:

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Wilum Pugmire's story in The Book of Cthulhu is "Some Buried Memory," a ghoulish tale that first appeared in his Centipede Press collection, The Tangled Muse, a beautiful, lavishly illustrated volume with a terribly limited print run (~125 signed, numbered copies, as I recall. I own #10.).



Distinctly Lovecrafitan in style, but with a rare understanding of the Decadents' and Aesthetes' influence on H.P.L., Pugmire's fiction tends to be set in a fitional Pacific Northwest locale called Sesqua Valley, and is often intrinsically linked. "Some Buried Memory," however, is a bit different. When I first contacted Wilum about reprinting the story, he described it as "the first story that [he] set in Gershom, [his] city of exiles." Hopefully, by bringing "Some Buried Memory" to a larger audience, we will soon get to see more of Gershom.

The Dunwich Horror is no stranger to adaptation. For my personal recommendations, look no further than the 1970 film adaptation with Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ed Begley...



Or the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre adaptation...



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Available everywhere September 1, The Book of Cthulhu is now available for preorder at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and better booksellers everywhere.

My tweets

Wed, 14:25 : RT @WiredGeekDad: New: The Nyarlathotep Event by Jonathan Wood: Case File #3, Countdown: We're serializing author Jonathan Wood's ... ht ... Wed, 14:25 : RT @thexmedic: "If it's not one thing, it's bloody cultists." The Nyarlathotep Event continues at GeekDad http://t.co/rvmiz8b Wed, 16:56 : A manuscript, a comfy chair, and Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain on vinyl. Wed, 18:20 : RT @SenatorSanders: If households making >$1 million a year were taxed at the same rate as in 1961, it would create $716 billion in r ...

My tweets

Tue, 14:19 : RT @WiredGeekDad: New: The Nyarlathotep Event by Jonathan Wood, Case File #2: Rescue: We're serializing author Jonathan Wood's sh... ht ... Tue, 15:18 : RT @mergerecords: Brand new video for @mountain_goats "Estate Sale Sign" up now! http://t.co/tBxv4HI Tue, 17:40 : Take a peek inside The Book of Cthulhu @amazon: http://t.co/Wdgcap1 Tue, 19:09 : RT @JMMcDermott: Pushing through page 2243 of 393. WHEN WE WERE EXECUTIONERS coming your way soon. Watch for Dogsland 2 in February 2011 ... Tue, 19:57 : RT @QQwill: For the afternoon crowd: Interview with Will McIntosh and giveaway of his debut SOFT APOCALYPSE (2 ebooks). http://bit.ly/qQ ... Tue, 19:57 : RT @WritersDigest: Novelist @TeresaFrohock explains how she got her agent (and gives away a free copy of her new book!) http://tinyurl.c ... Tue, 20:54 : RT @LOLGOP: Was every line in Boehner's response last night incorrect or a lie? Apparently so. http://j.mp/ogrHB9 Tue, 21:09 : RT @LOLGOP: If you can't get through to the Capitol, you can RT this to tell @SpeakerBoehner to cut the bullshit, raise the ceiling & cr ... Wed, 06:07 : Countdown to Cthulhu: Someday Something's Coming http://j.mp/pcyYrl

Countdown to Cthulhu: Someday Something's Coming

Weird... I lost a week.

I can't seem to remember much of what's gone on in the week since my last Countdown to Cthulhu post. I do feel well-rested. And I recall accomplishing quite a bit of reading. Writing, even. And there were ferns, lots of ferns. Was I on vacation or something?

Whatever it was, I'm back now. According to my wife, a lean, dark, curiously foreign-looking man called in an automobile. He hauled in an curious device--she thought it was some sort of antique record player--looking like a queer mixture of rods, wheels, and mirrors.... And then, I was back!

Whoops, no... that wasn't me, that was Peaslee.



I actually spent far too much of the week agonizing over the grim state of the book business, and lamenting the fact that The Book of Cthulhu will never be stocked by Borders (because Borders has been eaten by a dhole), which is why I spent the week feeling like Lovecraft in Brooklyn (c'mon, sing along)...


(Can't see the video? Click here.)

I'm feeling much better today.

Why?

Because you can now take a peek inside The Book of Cthulhu at Amazon.com. Presumably, you will then feel inspired to track down a copy of the book at your local, independent bookseller once it hits the streets.



What's more, The Book of Cthulhu ARCs are now officially in the wild. And digitally available to reviewers, librarians, and literary tastemakers through Netgalley.



And soon... September 1, 2011, the stars will be right...

My tweets

Mon, 15:36 : RT @bbeaulieu: Holy cow. *Wonderful* review of Courtney Schafer's The Whitefire Crossing. "One of the year's best fantasy novels..." htt ... Mon, 15:37 : RT @nightshadebooks: Win a copy of Miserere: An Autumn Tale http://conta.cc/rreKyD Mon, 15:37 : RT @WiredGeekDad: New: The Nyarlathotep Event by Jonathan Wood, Case File #1: Performance: We've got a special treat for GeekDad r... ht ... Mon, 19:52 : RT @cischafer: Read the first six chapters of The Whitefire Crossing for free, courtesy of @nightshadebooks: http://t.co/i7LwhQR Tue, 00:42 : RT @TeresaFrohock: Why Bull Spec Magazine is cool http://nblo.gs/kQKH2 Tue, 04:35 : RT @NoHoNoir: Love Jonathan Wood? Geek Dad over at Wired is serializing his new story The Nyarlathotep Event http://t.co/cVx5684

My tweets

Mon, 15:36 : RT @bbeaulieu: Holy cow. *Wonderful* review of Courtney Schafer's The Whitefire Crossing. "One of the year's best fantasy novels..." htt ... Mon, 15:37 : RT @nightshadebooks: Win a copy of Miserere: An Autumn Tale http://conta.cc/rreKyD Mon, 15:37 : RT @WiredGeekDad: New: The Nyarlathotep Event by Jonathan Wood, Case File #1: Performance: We've got a special treat for GeekDad r... ht ... Mon, 19:52 : RT @cischafer: Read the first six chapters of The Whitefire Crossing for free, courtesy of @nightshadebooks: http://t.co/i7LwhQR Tue, 00:42 : RT @TeresaFrohock: Why Bull Spec Magazine is cool http://nblo.gs/kQKH2

Adult Beverage: Rogue Somer Orange Honey Ale

Trying to prolong Sunday night by watching the old Thriller episode "Pigeons from Hell" and drinking a Rogue Somer Orange Honey Ale.

Rogue Somer Orange Honey Ale pours cloudy golden-orange, thick, but quick-headed with notable carbonation and no lacing. Honey and orange on the nose, sweet and spicy up front, with clove and orange peel. Malt and honey are prominent, with a creamy wit-like medium-bodied mouthfeel. Herbal tea-like hints of chamomile and coriander. A touch of citrus bitter on the finish, smoothed out by the honey. Refreshing. A pleasant summer beer for a hot and windy day.