H. P. Lovecraft, fiction, horror, science-fiction, alternate history, the Other Gods, Cthulhu, Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, Fungi from Yuggoth, Elder Things, Great Race of Yith, the Necromicon, Al-Azif, Abdul Alhazred, apocalypse
Music
Dark ambient
Movies
Cloverfield, In the Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter's The Thing
Television
The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The X-Files, The 4400, Lost
About me: Footnotes to the Human Species is a series of stories and vignettes which continue to elaborate the world that H. P. Lovecraft created in such landmark stories as “The Call of Cthulhu,” At the Mountains of Madness, “The Shadow Out of Time,” and “The Whisperer in Darkness.” Readers are advised that it’s best to be familiar with those stories in order to fully understand the present ones, but by no means is it absolutely necessary.
In writing these tales, I have also limited myself to extending only H. P. Lovecraft’s own “Mythos.” Many, many other writers have, over the decades, added to, altered, and reinterpreted Lovecraft’s ideas with their own—in some cases (ahem, August Derleth) perverting Lovecraft’s materialistic ideals. You’ll find none of their influences here. My fiction is based solely in extrapolation from HPL’s own source materials, and none other.
Following Lovecraft’s own “truthiness” in fiction, you will find many names, places, and events here that will be familiar to you from “real life.” You may find yourself reading about persons you, indeed, know (myself included)—but do remember, at all times, that we are playing a game here, and even though our imaginings are based in truth, they are not always true! (In other words, don’t freakin’ sue me if I base a character on you.)
So welcome to this dark, and oftimes dismal, archive of glimpses from the latter days of Humanity’s existence on Earth. I warn you, though, that just as in “real life” there is very, very little light to be found in these tales; so cherish every last photon when you can. The Human Era is fleeting, but remember: even footnotes can contain great observations upon the titanic texts they cower beneath.
Who I'd like to meet: Readers, weirdos, shoggoths, Other Gods, and hot babes with tentacles.
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