Portrait of an Artist at the Mountains of Madness

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Artist and production designer, William Stout will give a presentation on how Antarctica, his career, and H.P. Lovecraft all fit together in a fascinating package.

Music of the Abyss

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Panelists with musical backgrounds discuss what goes into music for people like us- whether it be accompaniment for a radio play or film, or for just plain rocking out to! Shirley (M), Clark, Louve, Jordan, Nies

 

"Deep Ones" illustration by Mike Dubisch © all rights reserved.

Weird Tales: Beyond H.P. Lovecraft

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Lovecraft was published in Weird Tales magazine a multitude of times. What about the other numerous authors who contributed to Weird fiction - like William Hope Hodgson, Ambrose Bearce, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, and Arthur Machen? Panelists discuss influences on contemporary Weird. Lockhart (M), Griffin, Martin, Morris, Nicolay, Wagner

 

Cover of Weird Tales, October 1937, by Margaret Brundage

Life in the 20s and 30s

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Panelists discuss what an average Jane’s or Joe’s life would be like in Lovecraft’s time? What did a loaf of bread cost? What was the political climate. Women had just gained the legal right to vote, how did that influence social roles? etc. Hite (M), Connors, Glancy, Leman, Hudson, Joshi

Lovecraft in Black and White Film

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Join the panelists as they discuss a number of classic black and white horror and science fiction films and the Lovecraftian elements and/or influence that can be found in them. If you like movies like It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Magnetic Monster, this is the panel for you!? Koch (M), Branney, Hite,  McMillan, Rawlik

Costuming Lovecraft

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One of the things that can make or break a film is good (or bad) costuming. We’ll hear from people who do various styles of cosplay and costuming, from monsters to period dress pieces, talk about why they choose to make certain pieces and share some techniques behind it. This discussion can extend out to how to research and find period appropriate clothes for making your own films. LaRock (M), Bolivar, Lima-Steele, Hudson

Flori Lima-Steele shows off her Cthulhu Bustle. Photo courtesy of Todd Gardiner.

Teaching History with Games

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How can we use role playing and table top games to create a better learning environment? What are some games that already do this? Glancy (M), Leman, Goodfellow, Wagner, Louve

Cultist Psychology

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What is a cult, and why do they happen? What is the relationship between real cults and HPL cultists? How would a worshipper of a world-destroying entity really think and behave?. Connors (M), Goodfellow, Rex, Burk, Rawlik, Louve

 

May Otis Blackburn and Ruth Angeline Wieland started the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven in Los Angeles in the 1920s

Kraig Jordan

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Kraig Jordan is a recording engineer, sound designer, composer, songwriter, and record producer. In 1977 (at 7 years old), he bought a reel to reel recorder at a yard sale, and learned on the 1st night that if he flipped the tape over he could listen to himself talking backwards. Since that seminal moment he has released over 10 LPs of his own material and recorded and produced dozens of others at his Plan of a Boy studio in Providence, RI.

John Shirley - Reading

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Author Guest of Honor John Shirley will do a reading of his work on the Main Stage of the EOD Center.

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