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Our Daily Lovecraft – Day 28


“Man rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now. After summer is winter, and after winter summer. They wait patient and potent, for here shall They reign again.” (The Dunwich Horror, pg.645) Welcome back to Our Daily Lovecraft. The end of all things is nigh… If you’re just joining us, you can start your…

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Our Daily Lovecraft – Day 27


“It was from the tethered horses—they had screamed, not neighed, but screamed… and there was no light down there, nor the sound of any human thing, to shew why they had done so.” (The Very Old Folk, pg.627) Welcome back to Our Daily Lovecraft. Take a breath before the final deep dive. If you’re just joining us, you can start your Lovecraftian…

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Our Daily Lovecraft – Day 26


“No sane wholesome colours were anywhere to be seen except in the green grass and leafage; but everywhere those hectic and prismatic variants of some diseased, underlying primary tone without a place among the known tints of earth.” (The Colour Out of Space, pg.602) Welcome back to Our Daily Lovecraft. Is your mind slipping, as mine is? If you’re just…

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Our Daily Lovecraft – Day 25


“ As the ship drew into the harbour at evening the twin beacons Thon and Thal gleamed a welcome, and in all the million windows of Baharna’s terraces mellow lights peeped out quietly and gradually as the stars peep out overhead in the dusk, till that steep and climbing seaport became a glittering constellation hung between the stars of heaven and…

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Sound Off! Halloween


Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, celebrate the ultimate final girl and discuss Halloween, which premiered in the United States on Friday, October 19, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while we…

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Our Daily Lovecraft – Day 23


“There is nothing more absurd, as I view it, than that conventional association of the homely and the wholesome which seems to pervade the psychology of the multitude.” (In the Vault, pg. 341) Welcome back to Our Daily Lovecraft. Once more into the breach, friends. If you’re just joining us, you can start your Lovecraftian journey here!

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