This article explores the history of the Sematic Deity “Dagon” and compares it to the Lovecraftian entity of the same name. By examining the cultic practices associated with the Sematic god, this article makes connections to Dagon worship in Lovecraft’s stories which may better explain the nature of the god and its worship in Lovecraft.

The Black Knight Satellite is an object in orbit around the Earth. Depending on the source, this object is either a mysterious alien device or a standard piece of space junk. This article looks at both arguments and applies theories of pattern-recognition and how the human ability to recognize patterns may lead to motivated reasoning wherein the conclusion precedes the evidence.

By Robert Chambers

A tale of a jilted love, remorse, and horror.

A brief Biology lesson on the structure and function of cells with a short quiz at the end.

In this short pulp tale, the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini meets his match in the tombs of ancient Egypt.

ABSTRACT – H. P. Lovecraft, like many other authors of fiction, mentioned in his vast repertoire of subjects ancient and modern Egypt, dwelling on the mysteries of a land he never visited but that he exploited as a source of horror and unspeakable rites as well as a deep wisdom that if tapped could warn us of dangers lurking in its tombs, monuments and in the human remains of its former inhabitants. The different skill of all the writers of fiction that over the years have dealt with ancient Egypt is revealed by such perceptions and can be compared with profit to illustrate us about how much trouble they took to use the available information at the time to at least provide believable accounts of ancient people. This paper summarizes Lovecraft’s many mentions of Egypt and what all that can tell us about him as a writer.

Illustrations and analyses of early works from the school of Pataphysics

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft’s most famous essay in which he lays out the history of horror literature which influenced him as an author, and assesses the books and stories as to their qualities and themes.

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An important aspect of human development within the context of society is obtaining the necessary skills to integrate with society. This is known as “socialization.” This graphic presentation runs down the primary points of the socialization process.

Abstract: Egyptian mythology is a prop in a number of Lovecraft stories. This article explores the mythical Egypt of Lovecraft in comparison to the history and mythology known to scholars of Egyptology

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Do humans create math, or do they discover it? This paper makes the case that math is a universal constant which exists with or without human knowledge of those constants. This concept of math as a universal truth has potentially unsettling philosophical consequences depending on one’s metaphysical inclinations.

This science fiction/horror story was a writing challenge which included a collaboration between some of the greatest weird fiction authors of all time. In the challenge, each author wrote a section of the story and then the following author picked up where the previous author left off, and this story is the result of this patchwork of writing styles.

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            This is a survey of the literature exploring prominent theories on how individuals come to conclusions about personal identity (self) and conclusions about the thoughts, feelings, and intentions of others. These are concepts which had previously lain exclusively in the field of philosophy (Fiske & Taylor, 2017) but became an inevitable field of inquiry upon the rise of cognitive science.

This article gives a rundown of the core tenants of Existentialism, related philosophies, and influential philosophers who contributed to the development of this philosophy.