Rather appropriately, I've just returned from a family vacation in New England, much of it spent in Danvers and Salem*. I couldn't help but smile upon reading some of the street names as we passed by: Orne, Warren, etc.
Happy birthday, Mr. Lovecraft!!!
*Unfortunately, there are no longer so many witch-haunted small towns remaining in that part of the country as there are Dunkin Donuts-haunted strip malls. More's the pity. :(
Happy birthday, Mr. Lovecraft!!!
*Unfortunately, there are no longer so many witch-haunted small towns remaining in that part of the country as there are Dunkin Donuts-haunted strip malls. More's the pity. :(
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Alan Moore still took a pretty swing at a Lovecraft story in the modern setting. Neonomicon is worth a look, but he didn't quite get the horror of the unexplained that makes the Mythos stories so scary.
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