Tag Archives: October-ganza
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October-ganza Day 8: ‘Vikings’ in New England, part 2
Leave a commentOctober 8, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Recap: Yesterday we surveyed the historical and (mostly) pseudohistorical evidence for the presence of Vikings in New England. Today we …
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October-ganza Day 7: ‘Vikings’ in New England, part 1
Leave a commentOctober 7, 2015 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Professor Webb had been engaged, forty-eight years before, in a tour of Greenland and Iceland in search of some Runic …
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October-ganza Day 1: News from Sentinel Hill Press
Leave a commentOctober 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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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 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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