The Tree

This short early tale is notable for its classical Greek setting (unique in Lovecraft) and its stylistic use of archaic inversions—the kind Yoda of Star Wars is fond of—in order to summon an antique mood. It tells the story of the esteemed sculptors Kalos and Musides, very close friends who live toge......more

"A un extremo de la tumba, con sus peculiares raíces desplazando los bloques de mármol del Pentélico, mancillados por el tiempo, crece un olivo antinaturalmente grande y de figura curiosamente repulsiva; tanto se asemeja a la figura de un hombre deforme, o a un cadáver contorsionado por la muerte, q......more

Two famous sculptors get a contract to make the most beautiful statue for the tyrant of syracuse. One of them days while making this statue. The other survives. When delegates of the tyrant appear in that classic Greek surrounding they stand in wonder. What happened to the statue of Tyche? This stor......more

This story is like if Cain and Abel were a pair of sculptors striving to win the approval of a Greek Tyrant by competing to build the better statue of their master. The competition gets a little bloody. Very unlike Lovecraft’s usual style. It’s written like a short tragic play authored by one of the......more

Neo-Classical Lovecraft 25 August 2022 – Lyons Well, I’m now sitting in the Lyons Part-Dieu railway station waiting for a train to take me to Paris, and then to transfer on to a train to London, where I will then catch a train through to Manchester. It will be interesting to see how long that will ta......more