You might not think that these two setting would mix terribly well, but if you do, my friend, you’re just not boldly going quite boldly enough! Lemme show you:
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Pagan Publishing’s Call of Cthulhu: Delta Green setting paints a modern world of conspiratorial horror and political madness, a blend of Tom Clancy and H.P. Lovecraft. GURPS Cthulhupunk, meanwhile, imagines the future of Bruce Sterling and William Gibson with Lovecraft’s creations gnawing at its already rotting roots. Each is a compelling and horrific setting in its own right. But in combining the two, the opportunities for horror are only multiplied. View this one as a collision between two very different strains of North American Horror fiction: the Southern Gothic and the New England Gothic. The former is ghosts, vampires and intoxication; the latter is ghosts, things the human mind cannot comprehend and madness. But you know, pretty much any ingredients work in a gumbo… There’s plenty of mundane horror in the world of Miles Vorkosigan – so much so that it might seem redundant to add to it – but that’s just what I’m going to do. It’s about time we saw what happens when humanity goes out among the stars to meet the beings of the Mythos on their home territories. So after last week’s meditation on the Cthulhu Mythos, I tried to think of the most unlikely crossover I could for it. Having done that (“I Love Lucy”), I decided that I would instead look for a crossover I would enjoy writing. And here we are. Be warned, spoilers abound for pretty much the entire Kevin Smith oeuvre. Taking a brief break this week while I’ve landed at the Cthulhu Mythos to speculate about the enduring and highly adaptable nature of the Mythos. Again with the obvious ones this week, sorry folks. There is some weirder stuff coming, I promise Tracks not on Soundtrack:
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