The Silver Screen Drips Blood and Madness!

Trail Of Cthulhu goes to the movies! Pelgrane Press pays homage to the classic horror films of the 1930s with this 192-page compendium of celluloid thrills and chills! The Backlot Teems with Lovecraftian Menace!

Trail Of Cthulhu creators Kenneth Hite and Robin D. Laws team up, marshalling their deep mastery of cinematic lore to bring you a landmark collection of Cthulhoid scenarios and source material.

GASP at the startling parallels between Hollywood and HPL horror in Nitrate Gothic. Critical exploration this blood-curdling could only issue from one pen-that of Kenneth Hite!

SHUDDER at the strange setting that is Backlot Gothic. Wolves howl across blackened hillsides. Hunchbacked madmen stalk through forests of dead, naked trees. The impossible machinery of mad science hisses and sparks in basement laboratories deep beneath ancestral manors. Is this gloomy black and white world Eastern Europe? Germany? England? None of these places-yet all of them at once!

TREMBLE at the hours of mysterious play found within its dozen pulse-quickening scenarios.

• Cheat death with Dr. Grave Dust.
• Face the dread count himself in Dreams Of Dracula.
• Track a bestial killer Under A Werewolf Moon.
• Dare to cross the threshold of The Black Chateau.
• Learn the murderous secret of The Non-Euclidean Man.
• Hear the whispers of Nyarlathotep on The Night I Died.
• Walk in zombie footsteps to encounter the White Bokor.
• Unearth a mummy’s curse, bringing Death Across the Nile.
• Explore the prehistoric jungle isle of The Green Ape.
• Penetrate the dark heart of Africa to meet the Lord of the Jungle.
• Flee from enemies old and new in The Preserve.
• Finally, complete your tour of filmic menace by venturing into the darkest pit of insanity yet-Hollywood itself, in The Final Reel!

Shadows over Filmland contains a dozen ToC adventures written by Kenneth Hite and Robin D. Laws (and featuring artwork from ToC regular Jerome Huguenin). It also includes a new “Backlot Gothic” setting.

If you weren’t fortunate enough to pick up a copy of the limited pre-release edition at Dragonmeet 2008 then your patience has finally paid off and after the recent printer’s hiccup it is now available from the likes of Indie Press Revolution and Pelgrane’s own web store for $34.95 (US) / £23.95 (UK) for the 192 page hardback.

IPR is also offering a print/PDF bundle for $49.95 (US)

Für alle Kultisten mit Nachwuchs erscheint in diesem Jahr eine schöne, literarische Überraschung: Where the Deep Ones are wird von Ulisses Spiele übersetzt. Im Forum heißt es dazu:

ULISSES SPIELE bringt im 2. Quartal 2009 die Übersetzung dieser Parodie auf einen Klassiker der Kinderliteratur heraus. “WO DIE TIEFEN WESEN WOHNEN” ist eine Geschichte des bekannten Mythos Experten Kenneth Hite. In dieser erzählt er HP Lovecrafts “Der Schatten über Innsmouth” in höchst ungewöhnlicher Art und Weise.
Nach dem der kleine Bobby gierig nach mehr Fisch schreit, wird er ganz ohne Abendessen auf sein Zimmer geschickt. Aber Bobby entkommt, als der Manuxet Fluß direkt durch sein Zimmer verläuft und ein altes Boot mit sich bringt, das Bobby zu einem magischen Ort voll von Fisch und noch schleimigeren Sachen bringt … nach Innsmouth. Wird Bobby sich den wilden Tänzen unter dem Meer anschließen und zum Tiefsten Wesen von allen gekrönt werden?

Mit Illustrationen von Andy Hopp.
ISBN 978-3-940424-78-5
14,95€

Wenn es erscheint werde ich sicher mal einen Blick riskieren, auch wenn bei mir bisher kein Nachwuchs in Sicht ist.

A while ago, we picked up on the Tour de Lovecraft postings on Kenneth Hite’s blog. Well, now Ken’s literary criticism on H.P. Lovecraft’s writings have been collected into print and PDF form with Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales, published by Atomic Overmind Press.

Kenneth Hite’s Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales, to Debut at Gen Con Indy

August 11, 2008 – ALEXANDRIA, VA: Atomic Overmind Press proudly announces the publication of Kenneth Hite’s Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales. A wide-ranging and friendly journey through H.P. Lovecraft’s tales of cosmic terror and wonder, the Tour de Lovecraft is the ideal companion to the work of the twentieth century’s greatest American horrorist. The book alternately ambles and careens through all fifty-one of the Master’s horror tales in chronological order from The Tomb to The Haunter of the Dark, offering cheerful opinion, incisive literary criticism, playful speculation, and the occasional unhinged rant.

“Getting to publish Kenneth Hite’s unique take on the works of a horror-literature icon like H.P. Lovecraft is a real treat”, said Atomic Overmind Press’ El Jefe Hal Mangold. “His knowledge of the world of H.P. Lovecraft is deep, and his wit is razor sharp. It’s a thoroughly entertaining and informative read.”

“I’m thrilled that Atomic Overmind chose my first foray into literary criticism to be their first print release”, said author Kenneth Hite. “I’m even more thrilled at how good they made it look, and I hope it’s the first of many from both of us.”

For the company’s first foray into print publishing, Atomic Overmind Press has teamed with noted electronic publisher Ronin Arts. “Kenneth and I have a history of that dates back to the first Suppressed Transmission collection,” said Ronin Arts president Phil Reed. “When he and Atomic Overmind Press approached me about working on the new book I didn’t even give them a chance to finish talking before I said yes.”

Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales will be available at two locations in the Gen Con Exhibitor’s Hall: at the Cthuliana Corner (Booth #1621), and at Green Ronin Publishing (Booth #1921), who are graciously granting Atomic Overmind Press booth space.

After GenCon, the book will be available by mail order thought Atomic Overmind Press and Warehouse 23, and in PDF form through both Atomic Overmind Press and Ronin Arts. The book will be available in the hobby and comic trade this Autumn, and in bookstores nationwide this Winter. Plans for e-book and audio versions are also in the works.

Stunning Eldritch Tales

Four Heart-Pounding Pulp Adventures for
Trail of Cthulhu

Strolling Arkham’s fog-veiled streets, you stumble across a humble
antiquarian bookshop you’ve never before noticed. Driven by the
febrile compulsions of the committed bibliophile, you slip inside.
Soon you find yourself in its ill-lit basement, the stench of rotting
paper assailing your nostrils. Ducking down, your fingers lunge for a
cardboard box filled with curled, yellow-edged old magazines.
The lurid covers assault your senses! Can it be? Though you consider
yourself an expert on the pulp magazines of the thirties, these
titles are oddly unfamiliar to you. You scan the cover stories—each
is an exemplar of its time, yet infused by a distinctly Lovecraftian
sensibility.

Devourers In the Mist

A rugged adventure tale in which the survival
of island castaways is tested not only by the elements — but by the
twisted shapes of half-seen, sadistic entities who haunt the atoll’s
jungled interior!

Shanghai Bullets

Guns-blazing danger portends and international
intrigue unfurls in the city of conspiracy, the licentious, opium-
infused Berlin of the East. In the shadow struggle between nations,
no weapon is more fiercely coveted than the star mirror. It brings
blood-draining death from beyond the stars!

Death Laughs Last

When philanthropist and gadabout Addison Bright is
found bizarrely murdered in his own New York mansion, only a team of
doughty investigators can protect his reputation—and the sanity of
mankind—from the awful truths lurking in his tragically colourful
past.

Dimension Y

A scientific experiment yields the promise of a glimpse
into an adjoining reality, a repository of man’s dreams and memories.
But when the heroes peer through this window… they find cosmic
horror peering back at them!

A bang resounds above your head — the basement door slamming shut.
You’re trapped in the crypt of impossible pulps! But before you meet
your deserved fate, you can take your final pleasures in this
collection of exciting pulp-style scenarios for Trail Of Cthulhu, the
GUMSHOE game of Lovecraftian investigative horror.

Es wird auch ein GM’s Resource Book and Screen erscheinen, dessen Cover man hier sehen kann. Zudem scheint Trail of Cthulhu so gut zu laufen, dass ein weiteres Supplement geplant ist, namens Shadows over Filmland, wozu es auf Simon J. Rogers Blog heißt:

Think Gothic films and monster movies meet HPL.

Sie suchen auch noch Spieltester:

We got seven short scenarios to test, as well as an intro and roleplaying guide for the setting. If you are interested, please send an email to simon@dyingearth.com, subject “Shadows Over Filmland.”