The Pulp Stage theatre company will be performing a world premiere adaptation of Alex Shvartsman's short story "Explaining Cthulhu To Grandma": When Sylvia gets Cthulhu on pawn, she thinks she's made a great score for her grandmother's shop. Grandma disagrees. Now Sylvia must find a way to sell the volatile god while making sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Evan J. Peterson will perform a poetic diatribe of cyclopean proportion!
If you purchased your 3-day pass, either through Kickstarter or the Hollywood Theater's box office, you may come to Sam's Hollywood Billiards (1845 NE 41st Ave) and pick up your 3-day wristband or 3-day *Kickstarter Badge early! This is a great way to avoid the lineup at the theater on Friday evening.
Kickstarter Backers with 3-day passes will have early entry to the Theater on Friday from 6:00-6:15 pm. Doors will open for general entry at 6:15 pm.
*VIPs can pick up their badges at the VIP Party on Thursday evening.
Have you enjoyed reading recent Word Horde novels such as J. M. McDermott’s We Leave Together, Molly Tanzer’s Vermilion, and Nicole Cushing’s Mr. Suicide? Are you looking forward to collections like Orrin Grey’s Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and Livia Llewellyn’s Furnace: Stories? Have you written a novel (or long novella) that you think might be a fit for Word Horde? Or would you just like the chance to ask a professional editor a few questions? Are you attending next weekend’s H. P.
We are joined this year by Special Guest Jeffrey Combs! Most Lovecraft fans know his as Herbert West, Star Trek fans know him as Weyoun, but he's also a classically trained actor, and very well suited to giving dramatic readings. During his college years, he was in two Shakespeare productions at Reed College, and Mr. Combs shared that he is excited to be coming back to Portland! On Friday at 9 pm, he will give a reading of "The Outsider".
Jeffrey Combs was a guest at the very first H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and we are extremely excited to have him here again for the 20th Anniversary! Having worked in numerous films, movies, and even video games, he is no stranger to voice work. We're lucky enough to be having him do a reading of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" on Sunday afternoon.
A discussion of adventure epics, lost worlds, Edgar Rice Burroughs and his influence on Lovecraft.
In the last few years, there has been an explosion in Lovecraftian games. How did we get to a whole generation of board and card games that revolve around the Mythos? How does the Mythos fit various game mechanics? What are the differences between games based on Lovecraft’s Mythos and other similarly constructed games?
Lovecraft turned modern science into horror by imbuing it with mythological meaning. What aspects of 21st century science, and modern horror myth does Lovecraft prefigure or retroactively explain? Hite, Stross, Tanzer, Lockhart, Hoade
How do musicians incorporate the Mythos into their music? This is an advanced discussion, focused on techniques musicians use to bring the Weird to their soundscapes. What is it that makes some music sound Lovecraftian? Griffin, Mars, Atkinson, Gulbranson, Morris, Clark
Lovecraft’s appeal is global, but what makes Lovecraft so popular in some countries, and not so much in others? Stross, Dubisch, Lupoff, Branney