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Lovecraft’s A-Team

In 1927 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Rhode Island underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as antiquarians and dilettantes who seek out mysteries of the beyond. If you have an otherworldly problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2332

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The Hyperborean Curse

This text was found in the early twentieth century during an estate sale in England. It appears to be an excerpt from “The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents”, dated 1653. Due to its late discovery, it does not appear in Goldthwaite’s nineteenth century reprinted edition of Relations. The first chapter of Relations, written by the Paris editor, recounts the capture by an English vessel of the ship which conveyed Father du Peron and the Canadian mail to France. The Father’s papers were seized and carelessly flung about by the soldiers; he rescued what he could, but some pages were lost, and the Relation for the year 1653 was not, in consequence, complete. Apparently the missing pages containing the excerpt were later gathered by the crew and given to the captain who filed it away until it eventually found its way to the estate sale.

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Pickled dragon mystery

Pickled dragon mystery

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/28/1075088090949.html

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Cthulhu Chick

Do you know Jack Chick? He’s very determined that we can all be saved. However, there is no hope – we will all be eaten. If someone in YOUR life can’t see past their little problems to the really big ones, they might appreciate http://www.howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick/

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Dredged from the Deeps

The latest specimens from the NORFANZ expedition once again we have plenty of alien species already here on Earth. Struggling to add new horror to your campaign? Check out those Serpent Stars!

Creature Feature

(Originally flagged on Slashdot Science.)

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Which Great Old One Are You?

Which Great Old One are you?

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REVIEW: The Yellow Sign

“Have you seen the yellow sign”

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I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Aaron Vanek’s The Yellow Sign, much to my delight. The film was wonderfully done and I can’t wait for it on DVD.

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REVIEW: The Ring

“You don’t really want to hurt people”

“Oh but I do. I am sorry”

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The other night, whilst harassing K*Mart employees about wiffle ball bat theft, I purchased “The Ring” (widescreen with DTS) on DVD. I have to say, I’ve seen my share of horror in my day, but this is, by far, the most disturbing piece of film I’ve ever watched, blowing the former titleholder Requiem for a Dream out of the water. Continue reading »

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The Eldritch Quintuplets

Just a shameless commercial announcement that my collection of Lovecraftian Limericks is now available for sale from the Elegantly Amused Press:

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Jedi of a Lesser God: The Other Star Wars/Cthulhu Crossover

So, as promised, this is the flip side of my Star Wars crossover. This is bringing in a bit of the Star Wars universe into Call of Cthulhu. In order to curb a tendency of mine to use the d20 Cthulhu rules as much as possible, I’ll try to propose options for both d20 and BRP systems. Continue reading »

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