Tag: NecronomiCON 2017
The Future of Weird Fiction
THE FUTURE OF WEIRD FICTION and NECRONOMICON PVD – Join our panel of experts as they discuss the most vital Weird Fiction of today and the direction they see it moving towards in the future. The panel concludes with some thoughts on this year’s convention and future plans… Panelists: s.j. bagley (moderator), Sam Cowan, Ellen […]
Writing Non-Stale Mythos Tales
WRITING NON-STALE MYTHOS TALES – Cthulhu is a plush toy, a bobble-head, slippers and action figures. How can today’s writers escape this ‘normalization’ of a creature whose very existence is supposed to be mind-shattering? Is it even possible to write a new Mythos story that would have the same impact today that “The Call of […]
The Mythos Panel
THE MYTHOS: Lovecraft’s Greatest Creation or Suffocating Trope? – For many, the Cthulhu Mythos is their first exposure to Lovecraft and his greatest literary creation. But, today, is it still effective or has it become stale and cliche after being used by so many writers? Is Cthulhu still frightening or about as scary as a […]