Providence NecronomiCon 2022

[GRWelsh]

I did not, Allan, and I was keeping an eye out for his name on the name tags. I did not see him listed on game schedule, either. I did stop by the booth for Hippocampus books and checked out a few of the books you mentioned, but I haven't bought any yet. The Faig book looked to be a rather in-depth study of Lovecraft's ancestry. Another book I was checking out was HIS OWN MOST FANTASTIC CREATION: STORIES ABOUT H. P. LOVECRAFT (2022) edited by S. T. Joshi, which is evidently an anthology of stories with HPL appearing as a character. I have mixed feelings about this device, but if done well can be somewhat entertaining, such as in PROVIDENCE by Alan Moore or "The Space-Eaters" by Frank Belknap Long.

[GRWelsh]

Aug 24, 2022 16:52:37 GMT -5 geneweigel said:

I don't mean the spooky side, the stuffy side of town was olde New England.

Oh yeah, he was all about the colonial architecture. When I walk around Providence, I think "HPL walked all of these streets and intensely studied all of these houses." Anytime I see gables, dormers, monitor roofs, gambrel roofs, etc. I know it was a house that HPL stared at. Around where 454 Angell Street was, I snapped a few photos of houses that would have existed during his lifetime and earlier. I'll try to get my photos up here in the next few days.

[geneweigel]

I was doing my usual rounds of watching crime videos and this Providence, Rhode Island video reminded me of this thread:

theync.com/brawl-breaks-out-in-rhode-island-bar.htm