![]() Social mores evolve over time, and while Lovecraft is still an inspiring figure central to Weird and fantastic fiction, many of his personal views on race, not uncommon in a time before the Civil Rights movement, mass communication, and the end of Jim Crow laws, feel repugnant when viewed through a twenty-first-century lens. Over the last forty years, the World Fantasy Award has come to be considered one of the most prestigious awards in the genre field. Lynn, Gene Wolfe, John Crowley, Michael Shea, and John M. McKillip, Richard Matheson, William Kotzwinkle, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, Elizabeth A. The first few World Fantasy Award winners for best novel were Patricia A. Others had connections to the Lovecraft-centric publisher, Arkham House (Ray Bradbury, Lee Brown Coye, Donald M. This wasn’t an arbitrary choice, but a nod to an inspirational figure central to their fandom, and a personal correspondent to some of the first recipients of the award, including Robert Bloch and Fritz Leiber. Lovecraft, sculpted by cartoonist and author Gahan Wilson to resemble a grotesque, primitive, pagan idol: The Howard. For the award itself, they chose a bust of pulp fantasist H. In 1975, a group of horror and fantasy fans and authors, frustrated that the Hugo Awards focused on the whizz-bang of rockets and rayguns rather than the subtle chill and grotesque strangeness of their preferred end of the genre swimming pool, founded their own convention and award: the World Fantasy Convention and the World Fantasy Award. It’s our way of saying “Thank you!” for a great year, and encouraging you to give Word Horde books to your cool friends this holiday season. Place an order with Word Horde between now and the end of November, use the coupon code THANKS, and take 20% off your purchase. Howard (7 November 1932)Īnd for dessert, I’d also like to say thanks to you by making you a special offer. Like to take vanilla ice cream with apple and blueberry pie.” –H. “Pie is my favourite dessert, and blueberry (for summer) and mince (for winter) are my preferred kinds-with apple as a good all-year-round third. ![]() I’ll be checking social media for the hashtag, and on December 1, I’ll be selecting three random posters, who will receive a personalized autographed copy of Cthulhu Fhtagn! Just let me know if you’d prefer ePub, mobi, or PDF format. Also, if you send a link to your post via email to publicitywordhordecom, in return for your generosity, I’ll send you the ebook of my latest anthology, Cthulhu Fhtagn!. I fed Cthulhu to #FeedCthulhu forget to include the hashtag (#FeedCthulhu) and my Twitter handle so that I can see–and share–your post. Once you do that, post the following on social media: The organization doesn’t matter, so long as they’re feeding people. This can be a local food bank, church, temple, mosque, coven, bin outside your grocery store, or national (or international) hunger relief organization. So once again I’d like to challenge you to make a difference, by making a donation–no matter how small–to a food charity. Thanksgiving may be the time to celebrate our prosperity and providence, but people still go hungry. In 2012, to accompany the publication of The Book of Cthulhu 2, we repeated the challenge, raising over a thousand dollars worth of pledges. That year, we raised several hundred dollars in pledges across the country to local food banks and homeless shelters. In 2011, when my first anthology, The Book of Cthulhu, was published, I challenged readers to make a donation to a local food charity, and to share news of that donation on Twitter, using the hashtag #FeedCthulhu. Suicide Orrin Grey’s captivating collection, Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts, and the anthologies Giallo Fantastique and Cthulhu Fhtagn! So, to celebrate this success, and to give back, I’ve decided it’s time for The Return of #FeedCthulhu. We published five books this year: Molly Tanzer’s weird western, Vermilion Nicole Cushing’s ultra-dark delve, Mr. ![]() This year, I’ve got a lot to be thankful for, because you’ve helped Word Horde succeed in its most ambitious year yet. ![]() One week from today is Thanksgiving in the United States, a holiday which we celebrate by gathering together, sharing food, and saying thanks. Lovecraft’s birth.Īnd just to mention, the ebook of my latest Lovecraft-inspired anthology, Cthulhu Fhtagn!, is currently just $2.99 for Kindle, Kobo, and Nook.
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