Hopfrog on MRP's anthology HORROR FOR THE HOLIDAYS

a certain dear brother of mine has some very nice things to say about Miskantonic River Press' tome. He also has some very kind words of praise for me. What a sweetie he is! !!

You can find MRP at these links --

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=197144847075728&id=1576223866#!/pages/Miskatonic-River-Press/25871246621

http://www.miskatonicriverpress.com/products/hh.shtml

Lovecraftian fans will want this tome! !!

And here is the ToC:

TALES OF ROSH CHODESH
The Tomb of Oscar Wilde by W.H. Pugmire

TALES OF VALENTINE'S DAY
Love and Darkness by Oscar Rios
Be Mine by Brian Sammons

TALES OF PASSOVER
Cthulhu Mhy'os by Lois H. Gresh

TALES OF EASTER
And the Angels Sing by Cody Goodfellow
The Last Communion of Allyn Hill by Pete Rawlik
Mrs. Spriggs' Easter Attire by Joseph S. Pulver Sr. and Tara VanFlower
Seasons of Sacrifice and Resurrection by Adrian Tchaikovsky

TALES OF MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's Night by Ann K. Schwader

TALES OF THE FOURTH OF JULY
Free Fireworks by T.E. Grau
Doc Corman's Haunted Palace One Fourth of July by Don Webb

TALES OF VJ DAY
Translator by James Robert Smith

TALES OF HALLOWEEN
Hallowe'en in a Suburb by H.P. Lovecraft
Moonday by Will Murray
The Trick by Ramsey Campbell

TALES OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD
El Dia De Los Muertos by Kevin Ross

TALES OF GUY FAWKES NIGHT
Treason and Plot by William

TALES OF REMEMBERANCE DAY
The Dreaming Dead by Joshua Reynolds
TALES OF THANKSGIVING
Entrée by Donald R. Burleson

TALES OF YULE
Keeping Festival by Mollie Burleson
Wassail by Tom Lynch

TALES OF CHRISTMAS
Krampusnacht by Joshua Reynolds
The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise by Thomas Ligotti
Letters to Santa by Scott David Aniolowski
Keeping Christmas by Michael G. Szymanski
The Nativity of the Avatar by Robert M. Price

A preview of "Lovecraft eZine" #15

Coming in mid June, the next issue of "Lovecraft eZine"...


Starry. . . yet . . ., by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. No one writes like Pulver… he’s one of a kind, and I’m honored to publish another one of his tales in the June issue.


Invitation, by Siobhan Gallagher. It’s the waiting game that haunts me. Half-past midnight under a lone street lamp and, nothing. Empty streets and sleeping buildings. So unlike the roaring noise of day, with cars honking and engines starting, people yakking in voices louder than they need be on their phones. All headache inducing. It’s why I’ve escaped into the night, a personally pain reliever, and in my hand an invitation…


In Memoriam, by W.H. Pugmire. Written for Robert Nelson, one of H.P. Lovecraft’s correspondents. W.H. Pugmire says, I have been quite moved, the more I learn about this young suicidal poet, Robert Nelson. I like to pay homage to young doom’d souls, & thus I have writ this wee prose-poem, enclos’d, which I hope you will be able to use in ye Lovecraft eZine.


Station Waiting Room, by Simon Kurt Unsworth. Gaskin turned to go and caught movement from the corner of his eye. He glanced around expecting to see a mouse of rat or even bird, but there was nothing. The sounds of the train were louder now, its rattle an insistent message for Gaskin telling him to move, to go now, but he ignored it. In the far corner, what he had taken to be the remains of a fire was opening, tendril arms fluttering apart like some night-blooming flower…


Pickman’s Marble, by Peter and Mandy Rawlik. An enjoyable flash fiction story by Peter, writing with his wife. It was the work of another artist, both a sculptor and painter that drew me into a strange little shop off the main thoroughfare on a dark little side street, almost an alley. Unlike the other galleries, which took to displaying pieces in front windows to entice potential patrons to enter, the Gallery Giallo seemed to be trying to hide its displays, for the curtains were heavy, moth-eaten and an utterly distasteful shade of pale yellow…


Bus Stop, by Jerod Brennen. Michael’s dread deepened on the ride to school. Each time he dared to peek outside the window, he saw the same thing: more nothingness. Every street was empty, every business closed…


A Stranger at the Door, by Bradly Shelby. A very enjoyable read by a promising new writer. Sometimes I honestly don’t know which is worse- the tense silence during the days or listening to the door creak and moan as whatever the hell that thing is pushes on it all night long while endlessly, wordlessly screaming at me…

In his strange and dark dreams

Artist, Luis Alberto Cayo has a lovely dream-quest...

He wants to create a lurking fear, a Cthulhu pendant, that you can bring into your shuttered room and wear while you dream of balesome rites in monstrous acropolis' like R'lyeh, or to work, or to dinner parties swarming w/ cannibal gods and ancient exhumations.

Here is his evil plan to put some strange in your aeons . . .


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/867463650/call-of-cthulhu-pendant-limited-200-piece-producti

My love letter to the HPLFF

I can't be at the HPLFF, (Portland, OR - May 11-13, 2012), so I've penned a 6,000 word tale/love letter to the fest I adore. The utterly fab weirdos at the ever-wonderful "STRANGE AEONS MAGAZINE" will be there with a "very limited" run of this chapbook. My brand new tale, "…LIES……Thunder……   ashes………….. .", is ABOUT the fest, the films, and the fine folks who go ever year, the weirdos I love! I think friends of "Nyarly" will enjoy this tale.

Here's the cover by my brilliant pal, Nick Gucker!!!

http://www.nickthehat.com/

Nasty Nicky has also done 3 interior illos for this wee slice of darkness.

The wonderful "STRANGE AEONS" magazine can be found here:

http://strange-aeons.com/


The HPLFF can be found here:

http://hplfilmfestival.com/

http://www.facebook.com/events/319963744716911/?ref=ts

Coming this summer

The Robert W. Chambers/King in Yellow tribute anthology of all new tales, A Season in Carcosa, has been sent to the publisher, Miskatonic River Press.

Here is the final ToC:

Joel Lane
Simon Strantzas
Don Webb
Daniel Mills
Gary McMahon
Ann K. SchwaderCate Gardner
Edward Morris
Richard Gavin
Gemma Files
Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
Kristin Prevallet
Richard A. Lupoff
Anna Tambour
Michael Kelly
Cody Goodfellow
John Langan
Pearce Hansen
Laird Barron
Robin Spriggs
Allyson Bird

http://miskatonicriverpress.com/