Monthly Archives: October 2014
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October-ganza 31: Wrap-up and News
8October 31, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Hallowe’en produced an underground rumbling queerly synchronized with bursts of flame—’them witch Whateleys’ doin’s’—from the summit of Sentinel Hill. Today …
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October-ganza 30: The Mystery of Lucy Keyes
Leave a commentOctober 30, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
I thought I might use the penultimate entry in the October-ganza series to talk about a often told New England …
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October-ganza 29: St. John’s Cemetery, Providence
Leave a commentOctober 29, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today we have a long-delayed entry in my catalog of New England graveyards – St. John’s Cemetery in Providence. I …
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October-ganza 28: In (Qualified) Praise of August Derleth
1October 28, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
August Derleth loved Lovecraft’s writing. Unfortunately while he understood the form of the fiction but never quite grasped the mechanism …
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October-ganza 27: “Witches and Other Night Fears”
Leave a commentOctober 27, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today’s October-ganza entry is a little different. Instead of looking at New England folklore or overtly occult topics, I thought …
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October-ganza 26: All about Sefton
Leave a commentOctober 26, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Lovecraft Country has plenty of places – some well described like Innsmouth or Dunwich – others more vaguely sketched, like …
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October-ganza 25: New England Disasters part 2 – the Sea
Leave a commentOctober 25, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Turning from land-based catastrophe, nautically focused New England has no shortage of oceanic disasters. The examples provided below are a …
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October-ganza 24: New England Disasters part 1 – the Land
Leave a commentOctober 24, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Disasters, human made an otherwise, are great fodder for Call of Cthulhu roleplaying. Presented here are some events of possible …
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October-ganza 23: The Ghost of the Swift River
Leave a commentOctober 23, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Traces of the old one can still be found amidst the weeds of a returning wilderness, and some of them …
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October-ganza 22: Ghouls, Fairies, Murray and Lovecraft
1October 22, 2014 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
I suppose — you know the old myth about how the weird people leave their spawn in cradles in exchange …
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