Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
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Pulp scholar specializing in H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Author of SEX AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and WEIRD TALERS. Reader of dead people's letters. He/him. Blue checks happen to other people.
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It wasn't clean. Gunner Din's heavy round tore through the open sack and set off a half-dozen smaller charges, the shrapnel of which in turn set off more, hot fragments exploding entire drums. The Queen's armored plates could take a .50 cal round from the outside. From the inside?
Chunky bug salsa.
Chunky bug salsa.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It wasn't clean. Gunner Din's heavy round tore through the open sack and set off a half-dozen smaller charges, the shrapnel of which in turn set off more, hot fragments exploding entire drums. The Queen's armored plates could take a .50 cal round from the outside. From the inside?
Chunky bug salsa.
Chunky bug salsa.
The ammo-girl let go of her knives, which dangled from chains manacled to her wrists, and clicked the quick-release catches on the straps of her ammo-pouch. Fifty kilos of assorted explosive ordinance fell straight into the Queen's maw.
Gid was already ducking and rolling as Gunner took the shot.
Gid was already ducking and rolling as Gunner took the shot.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The ammo-girl let go of her knives, which dangled from chains manacled to her wrists, and clicked the quick-release catches on the straps of her ammo-pouch. Fifty kilos of assorted explosive ordinance fell straight into the Queen's maw.
Gid was already ducking and rolling as Gunner took the shot.
Gid was already ducking and rolling as Gunner took the shot.
BOOM
The first shot caused one of the Queen's eyes to explode. Unfortunately, she had a lot more. Gunner stomped on a drone that was crawling too near her, carapace cracked wetly beneath her weight. Gid was carried toward the maw...
...including the ammo satchel on her back.
"Gid! Extra pickles!"
The first shot caused one of the Queen's eyes to explode. Unfortunately, she had a lot more. Gunner stomped on a drone that was crawling too near her, carapace cracked wetly beneath her weight. Gid was carried toward the maw...
...including the ammo satchel on her back.
"Gid! Extra pickles!"
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
BOOM
The first shot caused one of the Queen's eyes to explode. Unfortunately, she had a lot more. Gunner stomped on a drone that was crawling too near her, carapace cracked wetly beneath her weight. Gid was carried toward the maw...
...including the ammo satchel on her back.
"Gid! Extra pickles!"
The first shot caused one of the Queen's eyes to explode. Unfortunately, she had a lot more. Gunner stomped on a drone that was crawling too near her, carapace cracked wetly beneath her weight. Gid was carried toward the maw...
...including the ammo satchel on her back.
"Gid! Extra pickles!"
No, I haven't seen that one yet.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
No, I haven't seen that one yet.
It's a damn pretty film.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's a damn pretty film.
That was fun. Naschy's werewolf films are unique and kind of fascinating, since they're basically riffing off the original Wolfman films and the one Hammer werewolf film ("The Curse of the Werewolf," 1961), but since it was the 60s and 70s they're in color and with a LOT more nudity.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
That was fun. Naschy's werewolf films are unique and kind of fascinating, since they're basically riffing off the original Wolfman films and the one Hammer werewolf film ("The Curse of the Werewolf," 1961), but since it was the 60s and 70s they're in color and with a LOT more nudity.
Gid's knives, curved weapons as long as her forearm. The ammo-goblin was covered in gore, surrounded by ropy piles of servitor drones, each one like a giant centipede. Outnumbered, born back on a tide toward the pulsing maw of the great armored Queen.
Gid screamed her war-cry:
"Fuck your mother!"
Gid screamed her war-cry:
"Fuck your mother!"
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Gid's knives, curved weapons as long as her forearm. The ammo-goblin was covered in gore, surrounded by ropy piles of servitor drones, each one like a giant centipede. Outnumbered, born back on a tide toward the pulsing maw of the great armored Queen.
Gid screamed her war-cry:
"Fuck your mother!"
Gid screamed her war-cry:
"Fuck your mother!"
The hole was not big enough for Orc and the gun. She tossed the Bugkiller aside and tore the snub-nosed .50 caliber Wristbreaker from its holster and dove into the hole. Ahead, in the dark, she could hear Gid's curses.
They led Gunner Din deep into the nest. To emerge in the Black Queen's chamber.
They led Gunner Din deep into the nest. To emerge in the Black Queen's chamber.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The hole was not big enough for Orc and the gun. She tossed the Bugkiller aside and tore the snub-nosed .50 caliber Wristbreaker from its holster and dove into the hole. Ahead, in the dark, she could hear Gid's curses.
They led Gunner Din deep into the nest. To emerge in the Black Queen's chamber.
They led Gunner Din deep into the nest. To emerge in the Black Queen's chamber.
Garlic ice cream?
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Garlic ice cream?
To put this comment into context, a Jewish revision client was trying to get Lovecraft to collaborate on a book about the true parentage of Jesus, which HPL declined to participate in. But the larger point of HPL's admited ignorance of Jewish theology stands.
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Deeper Cut: Lovecraft, the Rabbi, & the Historical Jesus
Charlie Brown: Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? Linus Van Pelt: Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about.—A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) The …
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November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
To put this comment into context, a Jewish revision client was trying to get Lovecraft to collaborate on a book about the true parentage of Jesus, which HPL declined to participate in. But the larger point of HPL's admited ignorance of Jewish theology stands.
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"I can’t criticize his “Semitic sources” (the Jewish Talmud &c.) because I don’t know anything about them."
- H. P. Lovecraft to F. Lee Baldwin, 23 Dec 1934, LFB 117
While there are a lot of factors to HPL's antisemitism, familiarity with Jewish theology was definitely not one of them.
- H. P. Lovecraft to F. Lee Baldwin, 23 Dec 1934, LFB 117
While there are a lot of factors to HPL's antisemitism, familiarity with Jewish theology was definitely not one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"I can’t criticize his “Semitic sources” (the Jewish Talmud &c.) because I don’t know anything about them."
- H. P. Lovecraft to F. Lee Baldwin, 23 Dec 1934, LFB 117
While there are a lot of factors to HPL's antisemitism, familiarity with Jewish theology was definitely not one of them.
- H. P. Lovecraft to F. Lee Baldwin, 23 Dec 1934, LFB 117
While there are a lot of factors to HPL's antisemitism, familiarity with Jewish theology was definitely not one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
At least he isn't riding a skeleton horse.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
At least he isn't riding a skeleton horse.
...BDUHBDUHBDUHBDUH...
The Bugkiller roared. Swarming ranks melted away like snow beneath a flamethrower. Gunner focused on the mass of chitin in front of her.
Until she reached for a fresh drum. Gid wasn't there.
The Ork swiveled, caught a flash of her ammo-carrier being dragged down a hole.
The Bugkiller roared. Swarming ranks melted away like snow beneath a flamethrower. Gunner focused on the mass of chitin in front of her.
Until she reached for a fresh drum. Gid wasn't there.
The Ork swiveled, caught a flash of her ammo-carrier being dragged down a hole.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
...BDUHBDUHBDUHBDUH...
The Bugkiller roared. Swarming ranks melted away like snow beneath a flamethrower. Gunner focused on the mass of chitin in front of her.
Until she reached for a fresh drum. Gid wasn't there.
The Ork swiveled, caught a flash of her ammo-carrier being dragged down a hole.
The Bugkiller roared. Swarming ranks melted away like snow beneath a flamethrower. Gunner focused on the mass of chitin in front of her.
Until she reached for a fresh drum. Gid wasn't there.
The Ork swiveled, caught a flash of her ammo-carrier being dragged down a hole.
Don't have the original source right at hand - it was a magazine interview - and Jodorowsky confuses Plastic Man with Mr. Fantastic. But you get the gist.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Don't have the original source right at hand - it was a magazine interview - and Jodorowsky confuses Plastic Man with Mr. Fantastic. But you get the gist.
Oh, this is reminding me of my lead-favorite Alejandro Jodorowsky quote.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Oh, this is reminding me of my lead-favorite Alejandro Jodorowsky quote.
(No, there isn't enough information to determine whethere this is pulp writer C. L. Moore. Too many "Catherine Moores" in 1940.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
(No, there isn't enough information to determine whethere this is pulp writer C. L. Moore. Too many "Catherine Moores" in 1940.)