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Invocation 2016
The Archbishop Cody Goodfellow of the Esoteric Order of Dagon will herald the cosmic change and desecrate your mind. Then a few words from Lovecraft himself, an incarnation not wholey to be believed. Goodfellow's rise to prominence in the San Pedro Order has long been suspected. No doubt due to his meticulous study of The Yellow bEast Joseph S. Pulver's dread tomes, pouring over the grotesque and fantastic art of Paul Komoda, whispered spectral modifications to the Warner Grand's Digital Projector, and numerous unnamed sacrifices.ia!! ia!!
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Cody Goodfellow has written nine novels and five collections of short stories, and edits the hyperpulp zine Forbidden Futures, and has won three Wonderland Book Awards. His comics work has been featured in Mystery Meat, Creepy, Slow Death Zero and Skin Crawl. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous short films, TV shows, music videos by Anthrax and Beck, and a Days Inn commercial. He wrote, co-produced and scored the Lovecraftian hygiene films Baby Got Bass and Stay At Home Dad, which can be viewed on YouTube.
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Leeman Kessler is a Nigerian-born actor living in Gambier, OH with his wife Rachel and daughter Amanda. Since 2010, he has been performing as HP Lovecraft on stage as well as online with his web-series Ask Lovecraft. He has performed at NecronomiCon-Providence and at Cthulhucon. You can hear him and his wife on their podcast Geekually Yoked.