Sometime in the late summer or early fall of 1926, H. P. Lovecraft wrote his most famous work of horror fiction, The Call of Cthulhu. Cthulhu was an ugly crouching clay idol that the narrator, in the first chapter (“The… Continue reading

Old Spice deodorant has repackaged itself to reflect a cool new generation. Sure, you can buy Old Spice “Classic.” But. . but. . . that’s your father’s deodorant, right? This is not your father’s Old Spice-mobile. Now you can buy… Continue reading

FantasticFest is the Austin, Texas film festival Variety calls “the geek Telluride.” The festival screens the latest fantasy, horror, scifi, and just plain weird movies. This year’s standout moment was a secret screening of Cloud Atlas, the film version of … Continue reading

Try this! (But if you do. . . make sure you book an appointment with your opthalmologist for later.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYRUVDBOTk   Continue reading

The Paperhand Puppet Intervention, http://paperhand.org/, an environmental organization in the form of an amazing puppet show, has just finished its 2012 performances at Chapel Hill, NC’s charming outdoor Forest Theater. Now it’s moving its operations to the North Carolina Museum… Continue reading

I hope you’ve all noticed the mini-Trek episode that Google has created for its newest interactive logo. If you are yearning for just one more classic Star Trek episode, go to www.google.com and: Mouse around the logo, clicking on anything… Continue reading

Sidney Sime was born into poverty in 1867 and died in 1941, but he became one of the most beloved fantasy illustrators of the early 20th century. His illustrations were mostly for fantasy pioneer Lord Dunsany’s books, including Time and… Continue reading

For a six-day period beginning Aug. 25, 1835, the New York Sun (probably via one of its reporters, Richard A. Locke) made most of America believe such a thing. The Sun claimed the series of articles about moon people was based on… Continue reading

A new book about all things Zelda is coming in January: The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, by Shigeru Miyomoto, published jointly by Dark Horse Books and Nintendo. Based on pre-orders alone, it has already reached #8 on Amazon.com’s top… Continue reading

Who’s your favorite Japanese monster? Mine is Mothra, hands down. What a wonderful idea–a monster who is a moth. For those of us in the Western tradition, it may seem an odd concept, but Mothra is apparently a great example… Continue reading