More scary stuff?

All images © Todd Klein.

Not many people remember this obscure pulp mixing the genres of horror and western stories, perhaps because the publishers were too cheap to commission color paintings for their covers. Inside, a rare collaboration between H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.

First and only performance of the Lovecraft tribute band, "Fun Guys from Yuggoth," on stage in Red Hook, NY, Halloween of 1979. Unfortunately their moist attire caused massive electrical short-circuits resulting in several deaths.

Rarely seen is this rejected first version of the Shakespeare portrait engraving in that author's First Folio. Artist Martin Droeshout was known to have a troubled maritime past, having been shipwrecked on an unknown mid-Atlantic island shore for several months.

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Chef Robespierre Pickman of the Old Courte Hotel in Providence, RI would never reveal the secret ingredients in his tantalizing goulash and gourmet gumbo, and after his unexpected disappearance on Oct. 31st of 1932 the hotel's restaurant was never the same.

It was Lovecraft's acolyte Herbert Warfield Hedge who discovered the true horror of the enormous appetites of his elder gods, and their throngs of beady-eyed minions that have infiltrated our human landscape, plotting even to invade our very homes!

Deep in the sub-basements of Miskatonic University a project is underway that will rock the very foundation of the internet: scanning the Necromonicon! When these images hit the web and begin to invade the minds and machines of humanity, only one thing can save you, Facebook users…quick clicking on the "Hide Story" option! Wait but a moment too long, and you're lost…

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Here's a secret about what truly scares those of us in the sooty world of periodical production, as we labor incessantly, hunched over our drawing boards or keyboards. No ghost, goblin or gremlin, no unnamed thing from the outer darkness can ever be as frightening or menacing or relentless as…DEADLINES!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Don't bother me with your tricky-entreating, I'm on a deadline…

Oh, and to read the real story behind these pictures, have a look at THIS page on my website.