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Column: Writing the Mythos: Writing Mythos Flash Fiction

November 6, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas It’s funny what you get remembered for. My most famous piece in terms of reader response, links…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: EAP-HPL-PKD – Shades of the Gothic

October 10, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas The word ‘Gothic’ has many definitions, all conflicting. First, it means the Germanic people who, amongst other…

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Posted in: Articles Filed under: dracula, frankenstein, gothic, h.p.lovecraft, poe, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: The Unnameable or The Monster as Euphemism

June 14, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas H. P. Lovecraft pokes fun at a Monster Writer’s Dilemma in his short horror tale, “The Unnameable”.…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: To Kiss or Kill? The War on Sentiment

May 16, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas Unless you’ve read L. Sprague de Camp’s biography of H.P. Lovecraft or Sam Moskowitz’s Under the Moons…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: Creepy Cryptids

April 19, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas H. P. Lovecraft died before the age of flying saucers and Bigfoot. But I think he would…

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Posted in: Articles Filed under: bigfoot, cryptid, flying saucer, G. W. Thomas, mi-go, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: The Diary of a Madman – Insanity and Horror Writers

March 14, 2012 IFP

By G.W. Thomas “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: Sword of Cthulhu

November 17, 2011 IFP

By G.W. Thomas Robert E. Howard wrote some Cthulhu Mythos stories, though most are admittedly minor ones. His Serpent Men…

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Posted in: Articles Filed under: conan, sword and sorcery, Writing the Mythos

Column: Writing the Mythos: Do You Believe in Ghosts?

October 13, 2011 IFP

By G.W. Thomas “Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I’m afraid of them.” Thus is the modern attitude toward…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: E-Mythos, Or, Is That An Elder Sign on Your Kindle?

September 15, 2011 IFP

By G.W. Thomas Mythos stories have existed largely in the small press. In the beginning, tales of Deep Ones and…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: The Handy-Dandy Mythos Plot Structure

June 15, 2011 IFP

By G.W. Thomas It would be ridiculous to suggest that all Mythos stories have the same plot. As more and…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: Portrait of the Author as a Young Madman

May 18, 2011 IFP

By G. W. Thomas The Lovecraft Circle played a kind of game, one in which they shared manuscripts before publication,…

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Column: Writing the Mythos: A Lesson In Squidgy History

March 8, 2011 IFP

By G. W. Thomas We are creeped out by cold, slimy limbs, flesh that lacks bones. I recently experienced this…

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