posted on 17 February 2007 20:16
by
DavidR
Saturday Horror Vibe
¦ dialling in from Jesus Mound ¦
So i'm back in Newcastle. Back in Jesmond. In the house I grew up in from the age of 9. In my old bedroom, with a desk facing the wide window overlooking a dense forest of trees and the steep descent of the Dene. This is where I discovered H P Lovecraft as a teenager. This is where I first felt the macabre thrill of the Cthulhu Mythos touching my imagination. Here I am now, 22 years later... and I've just recaptured that incredible mood and atmosphere. Have a bunch of audio stories on my laptop. Took a break from Yellow Dawn 2nd edition to lie down with headphones plugged in... and I was transported into HP Lovecrafts "Haunter of the Dark." It's just finished. I padded downstairs to make a cup of coffee and now the grey light coming through the windows, the overwhelming presence of the trees outside the house...pressing in...close, all of it is laced with a Mythos vibe. I love it.