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The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

Famous Last Words (from an issue title): I've Got 99 Problems but The Cleansing Fire of Azathoth Ain't One.

The Crawling Chaos of A Cat

Nyarlathoggua Triumphant wrote:My nation is in the top 10% of the World for Public Transport. How can that be? ...unless...

Maybe being absorbed by a traveling shoggoth counts as a trip on public transportation. Yes, that would explain it... and you can meet all sorts of interesting people inside a shoggoth, though the screaming does get in the way of a good conversation.

Even traditional public transport can verge on horror trip. Check out for example Kontroll (2003) taking place inside the Budapest metro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/

Ancient Panther wrote:It's all a lie. I confess. We present as ancient, but are mere children playing dress up with their parents' evening wear.

That doesn't matter, can still be terrifying. The mind of a curious playful kitten inside the body of the shadow panther, who could lurk behind any corner, leap out of any shadow, something dark moving in the corner of your eye...

Sharing some articles because why not.

A nice little article about current developments in the literary horror genre, English language.
Horror fiction is finally moving away from the fear of the other and is focusing more on an examination of our societal anxieties in more nuanced ways.
https://thewalrus.ca/new-horror-books/

A look into Vladimir Sorokin's work.
I've read some Sorokin - The Blizzard - and his way with words and imagination are impressive. His works can be difficult to stomach though, extremely violent, definitely not for everyone.
In Ice Trilogy, Sorokin (...) told the story of a violent mystical cult that blends in seamlessly with the secret police. (…) undoes the Soviet mythos of man triumphing over nature, particularly in the Arctic, (...) it is the Brothers and Sisters of the Light, ethereal beings made of ice, who impose their will over man.
https://harpers.org/archive/2022/06/vladimir-sorokin-the-shock-jock-of-russian-letters/

A contemporary opera composer, Gerald Cohen, is working on an opera about one of the genre's pioneers, Mary Shelley.
The enduring horror story, Frankenstein, has captivated audiences for over 200 years. Less well known is the story of the novel's creator, Mary Shelley. The opera Mary Shelley gives context to the internal and external forces that lead this 18-year old woman to bring this dark tale to life.
https://www.geraldcohenmusic.com/mary-shelley/

And finally, classic horror as comfort reading in a contemporary book club.
'Dracula Daily' will deliver the classic book to your inbox in bite-sized chunks
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/15/1099004731/dracula-daily-will-deliver-the-classic-book-to-your-inbox-in-bite-sized-chunks?t=1653207619294
Tens of thousands of people are on tenterhooks for the next email update from their friend Jonathan Harker, a naive English lawyer who is ignoring a lot of warning signs while visiting a client in Eastern Europe. In a characteristically unpredictable move of site-wide obsession, May 2022 welcomed an era of sh*tposting about a novel from 1897.
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/dracula-daily-tumblr-memes
Want to join the virtual Dracula book club? Here it is.
https://draculadaily.substack.com

The Slouch of Ancient Panther

A Cat wrote:Even traditional public transport can verge on horror trip. Check out for example Kontroll (2003) taking place inside the Budapest metro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/

Loved that flick. Good mood. Funny, enthralling, and strangely made me want to visit Budapest.

A Cat wrote:A nice little article about current developments in the literary horror genre, English language.
Horror fiction is finally moving away from the fear of the other and is focusing more on an examination of our societal anxieties in more nuanced ways.
https://thewalrus.ca/new-horror-books/

That's interesting, thanks for sharing. I haven't read much recent horror. An exception, this year I read "NOS4A2" by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son). Definitely felt like something that would be written by a child of Stephen King, though distinct enough. It was pretty bonkers. Worth reading, but quite uneven. Another was "Hex" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Quite terrifying. Also absolutely bonkers. And I'd say both fell in line with the observations of that article.

I really want to read "Annihilation" by Jeff VanderMeer (mentioned in the article). The whole Southern Reach Trilogy looks simply fascinating.

Also, this has been on my radar for some time now:

"Twig" by John C. McCrae (known by their online handle 'Wildbow')
https://twigserial.wordpress.com/

They call it a "web serial," in reference to it all being online, and how it was released serially to fans, updated by the author as he completed the next section. Seems to have developed a real cult following. It tells the story of a group of kids who were granted exceptional abilities through the horrific world of advanced bioengineering, and follows them as they move through this dystopian hellscape of roving unnatural monsters and an insane ruling class. My understanding of the subject matter leads me view it as being squarely within that article's purview.

A Cat wrote:And finally, classic horror as comfort reading in a contemporary book club.

I will not be joining that book club, but it makes me happy that it exists :) Very fun idea. And the site has quite an appealing interface, I must say.

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

The cats have more Crime than I do. I suppose that's only natural.

A Cat and Black kitten

The Slouch of Ancient Panther

Be Cat. Do Crimes.

Black kitten and Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

Black kitten

Ancient Panther wrote:Be Cat. Do Crimes.

ᵐᵒᵗᵗᵒ ᵃᶜᵠᵘᶦʳᵉᵈ

The Slouch of Ancient Panther

*leaves an offering of fish bones for the cats*

A Cat, Black kitten, and Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

The Crawling Chaos of A Cat

Ancient Panther wrote:*leaves an offering of fish bones for the cats*

purrrrrrrrr Thank you, ancient cousin!

The Perplexing Meanderings of Howard P Lovecraft

Black kitten

ᶜᵃⁿ ʷᵉ ᶜᵃˡˡ
The Voice of ARB
ᵃ ᴳʳᵉᵃᵗ ᴼˡᵈ ᴼⁿᵉ ⁿᵒʷˀ

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

Black kitten wrote:ᶜᵃⁿ ʷᵉ ᶜᵃˡˡ
The Voice of ARB
ᵃ ᴳʳᵉᵃᵗ ᴼˡᵈ ᴼⁿᵉ ⁿᵒʷˀ

I think he would appreciate that.

SherpDaWerp, Black kitten, and Ancient Panther

The Slouch of Ancient Panther

*leaves a small votive candle for the great old one*

I pray that you stop letting your shoggoths eat us

Black kitten

The Perplexing Meanderings of Howard P Lovecraft

Wonder whether that's going to work...

Black kitten

Ancient Panther wrote:*leaves a small votive candle for the great old one*

I pray that you stop letting your shoggoths eat us

ᵃ ᵗᵒʸᵎ

*ᵇᵃᵗˢ ᶜᵃⁿᵈˡᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵃˡᵗᵃʳ*

The Crawling Chaos of A Cat

Watch out for those bowls of sacrificial truffle oil.

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

Ancient Panther wrote:*leaves a small votive candle for the great old one*

I pray that you stop letting your shoggoths eat us

Though I'm sure you would be very tasty to a shoggoth, I have ordered them not to devour any citizens of this region. If Ulthar is ever raided, the raiders will, however, definitely be on the menu.

The Slouch of Ancient Panther

Nyarlathoggua Triumphant wrote:I have ordered them not to devour any citizens of this region.

It appears my prayers have been answered. Our lord is truly a merciful one. That is why one of their cultic epithets is "Nyarlathoggua Magnanimous."

Black kitten wrote:ᵃ ᵗᵒʸᵎ

*ᵇᵃᵗˢ ᶜᵃⁿᵈˡᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵃˡᵗᵃʳ*

I should have known.

*goes to find the occult spritzer bottle*

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

Ancient Panther wrote:It appears my prayers have been answered. Our lord is truly a merciful one. That is why one of their cultic epithets is "Nyarlathoggua Magnanimous."

I believe you misunderstood. The correct title is "Nyarlathoggua Magmaniac", for my tendency, when there is no shoggoth handy, to drown my enemies in lava. (Tolkien stole that idea after I sent him a personalized nightmare for writing some fiction concerning inhumane treatment of a balrog.)

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

Nyarlathoggua Triumphant was determined to be in the top 10% of the World for Largest Government today. When you recall that "L'état c'est moi", it gives you some idea what an imposing figure Lord Nyarlathoggua (c'est moi aussi) truly am.

The Slouch of Ancient Panther

Nyarlathoggua Triumphant wrote:"Magmaniac"

Now this is a good word. I'm a magmaniac, for sure...

Sorry to hear about your intellectual property theft issues with the Tolkien estate.

Black kitten and Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

From my most recent issue: "Sixty-nine Nyarlathogguan missionaries representing The Cleansing Fire of Azathoth were kidnapped and burned at the stake in a small nation bordering Lilliputia. The infamous radical Violetist sect Ultra-Violet has claimed responsibility for this heinous act." Somehow, I don't think that's exactly the right way to express differences with that particular sect...

The Two-Stack Pushdown Automata of SherpDaWerp

My sincere condolences for your decision to agree to my embassy proposal :p. Always nice to connect with new regions.

While I'm here, I suppose I'd better pet A Cat, and probably leave a small sacrifice in a vain attempt to stave off the eternal horrors. I think I saw something wriggling, off in the corner of my eye...

The Hideous Stench of Nyarlathoggua Triumphant

SherpDaWerp wrote:My sincere condolences for your decision to agree to my embassy proposal :p. Always nice to connect with new regions.

While I'm here, I suppose I'd better pet A Cat, and probably leave a small sacrifice in a vain attempt to stave off the eternal horrors. I think I saw something wriggling, off in the corner of my eye...

And the Black kitten likes treats, also toys. I don't suppose you happen to have an eyeball on you? That's good either way.

Black kitten

The Two-Stack Pushdown Automata of SherpDaWerp

Nyarlathoggua Triumphant wrote:And the Black kitten likes treats, also toys. I don't suppose you happen to have an eyeball on you? That's good either way.

Oh, it seems I've left my spare at home. Silly me, always forgetting the essentials! I can probably spare a finger, although they don't have quite the same bounce.

The Undignified Melodrama of The Bone of Contention

Memories of attempting to battle Kindly Professor Hell's bots in Ulthar and getting zapped. Good times!

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