Böcker av Justin H Guess

Howard Phillips Lovecraft's short stories and weird tales still attract readers and inspire authors and filmmakers. He's considered the father of cosmic horror and characters are public domain. Inside, you'll find a guide to the gods, intelligences, races, and monsters that Lovecraft created, as well as an exploration of the witches and warlocks, dreamers, professors, and other characters, as well as cults. You'll also find a guide to Earth's history and the planets according to the mythos, explore the towns he created with maps of towns that inspired him and a guide to the Dreamlands described in many of his short stories, as about mystical artifacts. You'll also find a guide to writing Lovecraftian characters of your own, as well as an exploration of a darker version of the hero's journey. Finally, you'll learn how to write a magick system and how you can include ghosts and spirits grounded in reality.

In 1977, H. P. Lovecraft's fictional works were connected to the occult with Kenneth Grant's 1977 book, Nightside of Eden, and the publication of the Simon Necronomicon. Since Yog-Sothoth is often depicted as "a conglomeration of glowing spheres" or orbs of light, this eldritch entity became the basis for the inverted tree of life. The outer gods of Lovecraft's writings have been connected to the spheres, and many of his monsters can be connected to the paths between them.

After the Deep Ones initiate an attack on the beaches during the summer of 1965, military forces recruit witches and warlocks Martha, Florence, Jesse, Nimaijita, and Isambard to try to heal those who were seemingly turned into living mannequins. However, General Flint and Dr. Buren have other plans for the mystics, utilizing Dr. Tillinghast's resonator, and they have to stand against them to prevent their towns from falling to a much more horrific fate.

After Victor gets abandoned behind enemy lines in Dives Valley, France, during World War II, he discovers the silver key and is transported to a mysterious realm. With the help of one of the denizens, Hodam, and Leo, a cowboy outlaw from Texas, he must travel through the 13 spheres of Yog-sothoth to find his way back to their world before falling prey to the horrors inside the many cyclopean tunnels.

In 1931, David Waite's moonshiner uncle releases an eldritch entity that threatens to take over the minds of all of the residents in the rural Kentucky community. With the help of his familiar spirit and contact from an Elder Thing with the Great Race of Yith, as well as his neighbors, he learns to break free from the shocking practices of his family and confront the unspeakable entity.

Before Asenath Waite attended Miskatonic University and married Edward Pickman Derby, she faced Barnabas Marsh and the followers of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Set in Innsmouth around New Year's, 1922, Asenath has to stop Barnabas' devious plan to sacrifice tourists to Dagon, while discovering her gifts.

In Arkham, in 1908, Emrys Thalas continues the cult of Cthulhu at his hedonistic nightclub, Follia Hall. However, a group of misfits that call the hall home have to try to overcome oppression from Sheriff Curwen and Deputy Legrasse, as well as the combined efforts of Doctors Francis Morgan, professor of anthropology, and Henry Armitage, librarian of Miskatonic University and keeper of the dreaded Necronomicon.

In Dunwich, in 1815, Emmanuel Waite was rejected by his father because of his sexuality, leading him to get involved in Pierre Petit's Cult of Cthulhu who sought to live forever using the Necronomicon. Emmanuel's sister, Martha, must try to save him before he becomes the abomination their father believes he is.

Set during World War I, Celeste receives an invitation to a Halloween party at the ominous Hull Manor. The guests soon realize that the invitation was a trick by wealthy industrialist Kenneth Hull to release a demon that preys on their fears.

The folktales and urban legends of the southern Appalachian Mountains are unique, changing with the cultures that carried the tales to the foothills. This book examines the most popular and obscure of these stories, including often overlooked stories from the black community. Thanks to TikTok, message boards, podcasts, and YouTube videos, there's been renewed interest in certain indigenous Cherokee tales, which are included here, as well as some of the newer Appalachian folklore that have gained popularity due to these communities, including feral people, dogman, the Appalachian wendigo, and the Appalachian skinwalker. The gruesomely delightful images were created to intrigue younger readers and get them more involved in folklore, history, and Appalachian lore. It doesn't, however, include infamous area-specific localized folklore such as the Grafton monster, the Flatwoods monster, the Loveland frogman, the Kelly-Hopkinsville goblins, the lizardman of Scape Ore Swamp, Mothman, etc. that didn't spread throughout the Smokey Mountains like many others.

Folklore and ghost stories are important. They connect us to our past, and keep memories alive in one form or another. Unfortunately, many stories and tales appeared in books and periodicals that are hard to find, out of print, or have vanished completely. Inside you'll read about the ghosts, urban legends, superstitions about witches, mysterious creatures, strange unidentified flying objects, and other tall tales from Avery, Madison, Watauga, and Yancey Counties, North Carolina. Some books are good at "spinning a yarn", especially out of Southern Appalachian urban legends. Other books have presented the folklore as presented. Word of mouth can completely change a story, as well. Whenever possible, this book dives deep into a story to uncover the persons and true stories behind the legends.