13 October 2008 - Posts

The Cthulhu Mythos within my work

For the uninitiated I'm referring to the collective body of cosmic horror begun by the American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 – 1937).  In particular, I'm referring to his Cthulhu Mythos, which contains within its black heart a pantheon of monstrous, god-like entities, and often describes the "sanity-shattering" consequences for those protagonists who foolishly attempt to learn more about them, or worse, interact with them.

This is a brief statement the role Mythos plays in my writing to capture the interest of Mythos fans.  None of the PR around my writing screams out "Cthulhu Mythos" bad guys.  However, two of my novels, God Seed, and EDGE, have significant Mythos elements. 

GOD SEED: see what an aspect of Nyarlathotep has in store for humanity.  Can documentary film-maker, Adam Kyle, stop it?  Or will Kyle merely capture a record of humanities demise. Preview or buy a copy here.


EDGE: after several millennia roaming the outer cosmos a potent Mythos entity - a Great Old One - has crawled back within our reality through a weak-spot in the Quantispheric boundary.  The remote mountain is now a snowboarding resort in New Zealand.  See the shocking consequences as its emergence corrupts the susceptible minds within the resort. Preview or buy a copy here.

Wishing you the best of dark dreams.

Djr