I realized on Thanksgiving morning that I’d missed a great opportunity for an article. I mean, what’s more Lovecraftian than a band of religious pilgrims landing on a foreign and savage shore in what would eventually become Massachusetts, and have to turn to the natives for assistance. As Lovecraft demonstrated, Native Americans and Mythos go together like two peas in a pod. Who knows what zany adventures they must have had?
So, in order to make up for it, I’ve created “The Twelve Days of Cthulhu”, twelve mini-scenarios revolving around the theme of Christmas. The first starts tomorrow, and I’ll be adding a new one every day. Yes, this doesn’t exactly lead up to Christmas, but I figure for those true gamers who will be playing games on Christmas day (hrm… I’ll need to see if I can swing that…) this will give them the opportunity to prepare a special Christmas adventure for their group.
See you tomorrow!
- Twelve Investigators
- Eleven Changeling Children
- Ten Evil Toys
- Nine Killer Snowmen
- Eight Tainted Eggnogs
- Seven Grinches Grinching
- Six Cults a-Culting
- FIVE FORBIDDEN TOMES!
- Four Visiting Ghosts
- Three Great Old Ones
- Two Christmas Goats
- And a ghoul hiding under the tree!
Jeremy Zimmerman is a teller of tales who dislikes cute euphemisms for writing like “teller of tales.” His fiction has most recently appeared in 10Flash Quarterly, Arcane and anthologies from Timid Pirate Publishing. His young adult superhero book, Kensei, is available as part of Cobalt City Rookies. He is also the editor for Mad Scientist Journal. He lives in Seattle with five cats and his lovely wife (and fellow author) Dawn Vogel.
