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News Roundup W/E 2021-09-05

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HP Lovecast Podcast News

We concluded our King in Yellow month on the HP Lovecast Podcast. This past Tuesday our monthly transmissions episode went up which contained interviews with James Chambers, Carol Gyzander, and Meghan Arcuri about Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign. This episode can be streamed at our Buzzsprout website or via your podcast app of preference.

Candyman Essay

Taking advantage of the renewed interest on Candyman ’92 because of the new Candyman ’21, I’ve written an article about bands and music projects that sample the original Candyman. This was a fun article to do and it continues one of my interests to explore the world of sampling.

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Essay on Antiquity and Far-Right in French Heavy Metal

Antiquipop has published Dr. Swist’s essay titled “Les légions du soleil noir: Classical Antiquity & Far-Right Politics in French Heavy Metal.” An English version can be read at their website.

Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in Metal Music Presentation

Dr. Swist will also be giving a presentation called “Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in Metal Music” at Brandeis University on October 19, 5pm via Zoom.

Registration is at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcOCoqzwrEtOvAUhbE_8mgfo2Ftq6BCTd

Forgotten City Physical Releases

Physical releases of The Forgotten City for xbox and PS5 has just been released!

Skies of Venus

In sword and planet news, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. is publishing a new Carson of Venus novel, Skies of Venus: A Novel of Actor.

The new novel is written by Neal Romanek with cover art by Richard Hescox. The book is available for pre-order at the ERB website and is expected to be released in the upcoming Winter.

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News Roundup W/E 2021-08-29

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Podcast News

Hercules Invictus started a new program of sorts on his Voice of Olympus show called Hercules and the Planetary Powers, which has a focus on space stuff. Because of this, for the next few episodes, Scholars from the Edge of Time will be doing more sword and planet oriented programming. Our first episode kicked off with a talk about the cult film The Ice Pirates. Check it out on the Voice of Olympus BlogTalkRadio website.

HP Lovecast News

We’ve finished recording and editing the August episode of Transmissions. This episode will feature interviews with James Chambers, Carol Gyzander, and Meghan Arcuri and will conclude our King in Yellow month for August. This episode will post Tuesday the 31st.

The Podcast Appearance page has been updated with dates and programming until the end of the year. These are subject to change, of course, but should give you a general idea of what we are covering and when for the remainder of the year.

Horror Writers Association Cook Book

The Horror Writers Association did a cover reveal of their upcoming cook book.

Cover by Robert Payne Cabeen

The book is edited by Marge Simon, Robert Payne Cabeen, and Kate Jonez, with Cabeen also doing the spooky cover art. Currently unknown publish date. Also, I am not sure, but I may be in this book? Long ago the editors were collecting recipes and I did some sort of vegetarian dish. But that was way back in 2016. So, maybe 50-50 chance I got a recipe in this book or not. We will find out together!

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Bible Films Blog and Cover Reveal

Matt Page has added a new review to his Bible Films Blog: the silent film Absalon (1912).

Also, Page’s upcoming debut, 100 Bible Films, has a cover reveal!

More info and pre-ordering options can be found at the Bloomsbury product page for the book.

Ancient World in Media

Helicon Storytelling has a new article up called “Classical Reception Studies: The Ancient World in Media.” They cover movies Gladiator and Troy, the Hades video game, the 2000s Battlestar Galactica iteration, and the books Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and the Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris.

Sons of Chaos at UCLA

Sons of Chaos author Chris Jaymes will be speaking at the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center about his graphic novel. Zoom registration details are here. The event is September 18th.

Ancient Greeks on the Human Condition

My publisher, McFarland Books, has just published a new book by Matthew Sims called Ancient Greeks on the Human Condition.

Ordering details can be found at the McFarland product page.

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News Roundup W/E 2021-08-22

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Dark Libations

Starting another series of articles at this website called “Dark Libations” where I look at the usage of cocktails in horror and dark fiction. My first article is online and it is on the Jungle Bird in Nisi Shawl’s short story “Street Worm.”

King in Yellow Month Continues on H. P. Lovecast Podcast

New episode of the H. P. Lovecast Podcast is now online!

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In this episode Michele and I discuss the graphic novel adaptation of The King in Yellow done by I. N. J. Culbard. The episode can be streamed at our Buzzsprout website or via your podcast app of preference.

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This episode, along with all of our other programming this month, is all themed on Robert W. Chambers’ influential collection, the King in Yellow. The first episode that dropped this month was on the Hippocampus Press release of Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign, in which we talked about “The Yellow Crown” by Carol Gyzander and “Found and Lost” by Meghan Arcuri. This episode can be listened to at our Buzzsprout website.

The final day of the month on our Transmissions episode we will be publishing interviews with James Chambers, Gyzander, and Arcuri about their work with Under Twin Suns.

In addition, I’d like to highlight that the Horror Writers Association released their own version the The King in the Yellow via their Haunted Library of Horror Classics series. Consider plucking up a copy (Amazon link), being supportive of the organization, and following along our podcast this month.