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October-ganza Day 6: The ‘Hieroglyphic’ Gravestone Carver of Londonderry, NH
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October 6, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

We cannot have October-ganza at Sentinel Hill Press without at least one piece about gravestones, can we? 😉 Today our …
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Category: October-ganza | Tags: David H. Watters, Gravestones, John Wight, Londonderry, New Hampshire, Peter Benes
October-ganza Day 5: Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphremagog
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October 5, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Lake Memphremagog, located on the Vermont/Canadian border, is a 31 mile long glacial lake. The name comes from the Abenaki …
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Category: October-ganza | Tags: Casco Bay Serpent, Champ, George Merrill, Gloucester Sea Serpent, Lake Memphremagog, Memphre, New England Cryptids, Sea Serpent, Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphremagog, Vermont
October-ganza Day 4: The Real Old Gods of New England
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October 4, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

(A note on spelling – the Native names I am discussing below come to us from the attempted transliteration by …
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Category: October-ganza | Tags: Chekesuwand, Glooscap, Hobbamock, Hockomock Swamp, Kautantowwit, Keesukquand, Minot's Ledge, Moshup, Muckquachukquand, Nanepaushat, Native American religion, Native Americans, Paumpagussit, Roger Williams, Sowwanand, Squauanit, Wampanand, Wetuomanit, Wunnanameanit
October-ganza Day 3: Beyond HPPodcraft
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October 3, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Last year we unreservedly recommended the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast (and if you’ve not yet checked it out, take a …
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Category: October-ganza | Tags: A Podcast to the Curious, Averoigne, Clark Ashton Smith, Cromcast, Eibon, H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast, Hyperborea, M.R. James, Mike Taylor, Phil Gelatt, Poseidonis, R.E. Howard, Ruth Tillman, The Double Shadow, Tim Mucci, Tsathoggua, Ubbo-Sathla, Will Ross
October-ganza Day 2: William Mumler, Boston’s “Ghost” photographer
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October 2, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

We have encountered photographs of the dead all our lives, relatives beaming from the mantle, strangers in the obituary pages …
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Category: October-ganza | Tags: Fanny Conant, Louis Kaplan, P.T. Barnum, Spirit Photography, Spiritualism, The Strange Case of William Mumler, William Mumler
October-ganza Day 1: News from Sentinel Hill Press
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October 1, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

October is here again, and while for some that means pumpkin flavored beverages, for us here at the Sentinel Hill …
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Category: Arkham Gazette News, October-ganza | Tags: All Saints' Eve, Arkham Gazette #3, October-ganza, Vincent Price
Dunwich: Sources and Ideas for Writers
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July 23, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Having covered Kingsport previously, we now head along the Aylesbury Pike a rather long way, turning at Dean’s Corners, to …
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Category: Arkham Gazette News, Research, Useful Links | Tags: Arkham Gazette #2, Arkham Gazette #4, Athol, Bear's Den, Clark Ashton Smith, Clay Perry, David Haden, Devil's Hop Yard, Dunwich, Edith Miniter, Foum Wine, HPPodcraft, Hyperborea, Keith Herber, Laurence J. Cornford, Moodus Noises, Purgatory Chasm, Rattlesnake Gutter, Sentinel Elm, The Ancient Track, The Double Shadow, The Dunwich Horror, The Ruins of Great Ireland in New England, Underground New England, Whippoorwills, Wilbraham, WIlliam Goodwin
Kingsport: Sources and Ideas for Writers
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July 20, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Since we’ve put out a call for submissions for an issue about Kingsport, I thought I might offer some links …
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Category: Arkham Gazette News, Research, Submissions, Useful Links | Tags: A Guide to Marblehead, Arkham Gazette #4, Donovan K. Loucks, History and Traditions of Marblehead, Kevin Ross, Kingsport, Kingsport: City in the Mists, Marblehead, The Festival, The Folk-lore of Marblehead, The Strange High House in the Mist, The Terrible Old Man
Printing and Printers in Colonial America (especially Massachusetts)
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July 14, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Books are a central feature in the writings of Lovecraft and his circle, so it is unsurprising that Lovecraftian RPGs …
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Category: Useful Links | Tags: Colonial History, Early Boston Booksellers, G.E. Littlefield, Lawrence Wroth, Printing, The Club of Odd Volumes, The Colonial Printer, The Early Massachusetts Press
Call for Submissions: the Arkham Gazette #4 (and beyond)
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July 10, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)

Now that our Kickstarter backers have received at least a rough version of issue #3 (with great appreciation for their …
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Category: Arkham Gazette News, Submissions | Tags: Arkham Gazette #4, Kickstarter, Miskatonic University Podcast, Sentinel Hill Press

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October-ganza Day 6: The ‘Hieroglyphic’ Gravestone Carver of Londonderry, NH

October-ganza Day 5: Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphremagog

October-ganza Day 4: The Real Old Gods of New England

October-ganza Day 3: Beyond HPPodcraft

October-ganza Day 2: William Mumler, Boston’s “Ghost” photographer

October-ganza Day 1: News from Sentinel Hill Press

Dunwich: Sources and Ideas for Writers

Kingsport: Sources and Ideas for Writers

Printing and Printers in Colonial America (especially Massachusetts)

Call for Submissions: the Arkham Gazette #4 (and beyond)

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