Short Films Block 8

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The counteract all the cosmic dread we've been feeding you this weekend, we've packed the last short film block of the festival with some of the most unhinged, funny, and gross short films we could find! 

Tedd Walley

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Tedd Walley is the Creator of the graphic novel series Mathilda: The Forces of Evil vs. The 3rd Grade. Movie artist for Netflix’s Point Blank and CBS’ NCI: New Orleans. Artist for Misfits, Blowfly, Genitorturers, and Endless Night Vampire’s Ball. 2x NISOD award winner for college art education. Horror fiction writer of The Sound of the Ending Night and horror screenplay writer of The Lake of Shadows.

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The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® takes place November 3-5, 2023 in Mobile, AL. Get the full 3-day festival pass to see over 30 50! short and feature films from around the world including special presentations of classic RE-ANIMATOR and the new SUITABLE FLESH, both followed by Q&As with Guest of Honor Dennis Paoli (screenwriter of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Suitable Flesh), plus vendors, panels, and author readings.

Art Goblin Jess Halley

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The Art Goblin (Jess Halley) offers a variety of stickers, buttons, bookmarks, novelty permits, and more! Their goods cater to anime and gaming fans, monster lovers, and especially the LGBT+ community with their large selection of pride-themed goodies.

Lovecraft eZine

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The Lovecraft eZine, led by Mike Davis, hosts a weekly podcast where regular panelists like Peter Rawlik, Bridgette Brenmark, Matthew Carpenter, John, Langan, and others, interview authors, filmmakers, and creators in the Weird Fiction and Cosmic Horror genres, and chat about Lovecraftian and Cosmic Horror film, fiction, comics, games, and events. In addition to the podcast, the Lovecraft eZine Press publishes anthologies, chap books, and novels.

Delta Green RPG - Last Things Last (beginner friendly!)

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GM James Kiley will be running Delta Green RPG sessions on Saturday and Sunday! Spots in these games are free to pass holders, but limited to 6 per session. You can sign up in advance HERE (for free) to secure your spot!

Scenario: LAST THINGS LAST, by Shane Ivey

Delta Green RPG - Music From a Darkened Room

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GM James Kiley will be running Delta Green RPG sessions on Saturday and Sunday! Spots in these games are free to pass holders, but limited to 6 per session. You can sign up in advance HERE (for free) to secure your spot!

Scenario: Music From a Darkened Room, by Dennis Detwiller

Delta Green RPG - PX Poker Night

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GM James Kiley will be running Delta Green RPG sessions on Saturday and Sunday! Spots in these games are free to pass holders, but limited to 6 per session. You can sign up in advance HERE (for free) to secure your spot

Scenario: PX POKER NIGHT, by Dennis Detwiller and A. Scott Glancy

Panel: XENOPHILIA - Embracing Otherness in Cosmic Horror

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What happens when dread of the unknown gives way to ecstatic acceptance, love ahd enthusiasm for monsters, elder gods and secrets man was not meant to know? How does embracing otherness and monstrosity change horror and fantasy and change ourselves? This panel explores work that paves the way for the future by embracing both the human and monstrous other and finding the horror and excitement in these tensions.

Panel: Poe's Influence on Lovecraft

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Lovecraft famously referred to Edgar Allan Poe as both his “model” and his “God of Fiction” and the connection between Poe and Lovecraft's work is widely recognized. Panelists discuss how Poe's style and subject matter related to Lovecraft's more Gothic stories.

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