Lost Carcosa

Chaosium is now accepting submissions for the fourth Halloween Horrors Monograph.

Each entry must be an original BRP adventure between 6,000 - 10,000 words. Text files or word documents only. Don’t submit PDF’s, quark files, etc. Don’t worry, 6,000 words is much shorter than it sounds!

Entries must be turned in before October 1st, 2008.

If you think you’re a good writer, or a good artist, then why don’t you head over to Chaosium and take a look.

Happy Halloween, my little Droogies.

And what do I have for you today, on this All Hallows Eve? I have pretty links for the pretty eyes to take in and enjoy, oh happy little ones. So turn on the ol’ Ludwig Van, and enjoy this day, for it is one of celebrating, and enjoyment.

First off is the animated adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Terrible Old Man” over at Grim Reviews.

Then we have a list of the top ten horror comedies, as listed by University of Alabama’s “The Crimson White”

Annd of course, those fine fellows and ladies of Ectomo have linked the amazing macabre artwork of Kris Kuksi.

And of course, we can’t forget, the final installment of the LostCarcosa.net WebComic Horror Movie Poster lineup, Night of the Living Undead!

Happy Halloween!

Chaosium has released their Halloween Adventure Monograph for 2007!  Included are the following 6 adventures:

• HOPE
• THE RETURN OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
• HALLOWEEN AT ST. ODILIO’S
• MASKS OF HALLOWEEN
• SHADOWS OF WAR PAST
• THE MASK OF NEIL MARLOW’S PET

It can be yours for only $19 at Chaosium!

For being “older films” The Shining and A Clockwork Orange stand up very well against todays movies with all their fancy digital special effects magics. Both are still excellent movies, and I’m surprised its taken me till now to see The Shining.

I think The Shining is actually one of the few movies that have given me “the chills”
while watching it! Many a time I realized I was sitting there with my mouth opened up, head cocked to one side, watching the screen like a fish out of water.

And A Clockwork Orange…. Wow! Still awesome! The film was slightly dulled in color, and filled with scratches, but I think it only helped add to the experience. On a funny note, seeing it on the big screen, I noticed something I never saw before! When he’s at the record stand, you’ll see the soundtrack to 2001, another Kubrick film, prominently displayed right up front!

This fine set of films was shown as an awesome double feature for the opening night of Salem Fright Festival at the Cinema Salem theater in downtown Salem. They’ve got a whole slew of films lined up, including one of my favorite all time movies, The Call of Cthulhu! That will be happening tomorrow night, so if you’re near Salem, and want to see it in the theaters, you’d better act quick!

Go to Cinema Salem’s site for more details on films and times.

Warehouse23 is hosting the Great Cthulhu Giveaway!  Go buy yourself at least $10 in awesome games, and you could be the next owner of a Cthulhu plushie!

Go to Warehouse23 and win!

Its October! Yeay!

To celebrate the month, my favorite month of the year, I’ve done some classic horror movie inspired comics for all 5 Mondays of the month!

Check out The Pharaoh Mummy!

Chaosium is hosting a contest for Halloween this year! If you think you can put together a good Halloween adventure for BRP or Call of Cthulhu 6ed, then get to work with those 10,000-15,000 words, and send it in!

Read more details at Chaosium.

Halloween night in Salem, MA is nuts. Seriously. Its one gigantic block party taking up most of downtown Salem. Theres tons of people, music, food, and costumes. To make things better, it was a warm 64 degrees Fahrenheit.

Theres also a whole lot of touristy garbage that you can buy which does get kind of annoying after a bit. Theres only so many inflatable Spiderman toys you can see before it starts to cut into the spirit of Halloween. But ignoring that, the costumes are always great. True, some people make half-assed excuses of costumes, but theres a heck of a lot of nice ones. And by the way… a ski mask and a hoodie does not make a costume.

I got some comments on my sign, and some good responses on my mini-Cthulhu. This year I was Josef Hawksmoore, Librarian Extraordinaire, and scholar of the Occult. With my box, containing the clay idol of Cthulhu, which I had liberated from the Congo, I roamed the streets of Salem, holding my sign up in warning of the coming apocalypse!

“Ph-nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’Lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”

“Cthulhu Loves You (medium-rare)”

Theres a few photos for your enjoyment over in the photo gallery!