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Column: Writing the Mythos: Funny Mythos: Comedy & Tentacles

August 12, 2014 IFP

By G.W. Thomas A new comic book called Arcane Secrets by Angel A. Svoboda (Amigo Comics) got me thinking that…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: The Lovecraftian Alphabet: Adjectives in Mythos Fiction

July 8, 2014 IFP

By G.W. Thomas I think there can be little doubt anymore that Lovecraft’s reputation as the greatest horror writer of…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: The Two-(Or More)-Headed Mythos Monster: Collaboration

June 4, 2014 IFP

In 1934, H.P. Lovecraft and his friend Robert H. Barlow poked fun at all their friends and acquaintances in a…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: The Trail of Lovecraft, Part Four: With Trembling Pen in Hand ….

December 19, 2013 IFP

[hr] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he trail has been long, beginning in the 1863 with J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s The House By the Churchyard,…

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Posted in: Articles, Featured, Print Filed under: book review, G. W. Thomas, Gene Wolfe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Lovecraft, mythos, Writing the Mythos

Writing the Mythos: The Trail of Lovecraft, Part Three: Clark Ashton Smith, The Great Thing …

November 21, 2013 IFP

[hr] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] saw something that bothered me the other day. A professional writer whom I admire said something to the effect…

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Posted in: Articles, Featured, Print Filed under: clark ashton smith, G. W. Thomas, gw thomas, Lovecraft, mythos, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: The Trail of Lovecraft, Part Two: Recycling the Mythos

October 24, 2013 IFP

[hr] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n my last column, I talked about how J. Sheridan Le Fanu influenced H.P. Lovecraft, even though he never…

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Posted in: Articles, Featured Filed under: cthulhu, G. W. Thomas, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, mythos, pastiche, Writing the Mythos

Writing the Mythos: The Trail of Lovecraft, Part One: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

September 24, 2013 IFP

[hr] H.P. Lovecraft was pretty thorough in his survey The Supernatural Horror in Literature, but he did not possess a…

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Posted in: Articles, Featured, Print Filed under: gw thomas, HP Lovecraft, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: August Derleth: Hack or Hero?

June 27, 2013 IFP

  August Derleth has been the whipping boy for HPL fans since 1939, when he created Arkham House with Donald…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: The Great White Space – Adventure Mythos

May 16, 2013 IFP

  Re-reading Cthulhu Mythos fiction is not something I am apt to do. After reading literally hundreds of stories, ranging…

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Posted in: Print, Reviews Filed under: G. W. Thomas, gw thomas, Lovecraft, mythos, The Great White Space, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: Fear Factor: Using Childhood Fears in Mythos Fiction

April 25, 2013 IFP

  Sometimes, the day job gives you pearls. I was sitting in a seminar on Childhood Anxiety when I realized…

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Posted in: Articles, Featured Filed under: fear, Fear Factor using Childhood Fears in Mythos Fiction, gw thomas, Lovecraft, mythos, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: Fun in the Fourth Dimension or Using Science to Prop your Mythos

March 28, 2013 IFP

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1895, H.G. Wells began his classic first masterpiece The Time Machine with a short lecture on the fourth dimension:…

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Posted in: Articles, Featured Filed under: Frank Belknap Long, G. W. Thomas, h.p.lovecraft, Lovecraft, The Hounds of Tindalos, The Space Eaters, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: Cover Art – Branding Your Mythos

November 29, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas H.P. Lovecraft is often touted as one of the Big Three of Weird Tales, along with Robert…

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