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A Lovecraftian and Folklorist uses scholarship and theory to build better TTRPG experiences and explores what makes horror and the supernatural feel authentic at the gaming table.
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Necrophiliac Pixie Dream Girls & Other Feminist Horrors in Brian McNaughton's "The Throne of Bones" (opens the original)
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In this episode, the Delapore Media Podcast takes a lonely walk through a ghoul-haunted necropolis in Brian McNaughton's "The Throne of Bones," the titular story of an award-winning weird fantasy collection full of necrophagy, amoral lust, uncertain identities, and imperial decay. I'll explore how McNaughton negotiated the worlds of pornography and horror to pay his bills and how this is reflected in his writing, which often highlights masculine anxieties about women's sexuality. Additionally, I
Sex, Lies, and the Unspeakable: the Continuing Journey of a Contemporary Lovecraftian (opens the original)
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To leave comments and opinions about this episode or ask questions, join the Delapore Media Patreon for free. In this episode, The Delapore Media Podcast comes full circle as I return to the topic of what it takes to be a contemporary Lovecraftian. I also begin my exploration of a book I have been wanting to read since I started this podcast: Bobby Derie's Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos . What results is a discussion of Lovecraft's masculinity, his social life in New York, the heartbreak of a poet,
Three Perspectives on Witchcraft for Creating Cosmic Horror (opens the original)
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To leave comments and opinions about this episode or ask questions, join the Delapore Media Patreon for free. In this episode, Delapore Media treads forbidden paths in the deep woods, searching for ways to understand witchcraft and how to use its folklore as inspiration for cosmic horror ttrpgs and fiction. We will watch as Margaret Murray attempts to "reconstruct" a religion from puritanical witchfinder lore, see what horrors assault Newfoundlanders in their beds and who might be responsible, a
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