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Happy belated birthdays to rosamundeb and kalquessa! May you enjoy many happy returns of the day.

Apologies for being quiet of late. I'm quite busy with work at the moment. I plan to catch up with everyone and post more very soon.

Until then, here's a video of Neil Gaiman's Blueberry Girl. I first heard him read this at MythCon, where he explained that he wrote it ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to the one, the only, the fabulous dodger_winslow, a true artist in every sense of the word. Have an excellent one, my friend, and many more to come!

Also, congratulations to my friend Rebecca Kirkland, who has been honored with a commendation from the county of Los Angeles in recognition of her dedicated service to its citizens, and in ( Read more... )

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Happy October to everyone! I am looking forward to enjoying this month with you. Every day I will have some spooky literature to share, and I also have links, videos, and other goodies planned. Coming up on Friday I have an extra special surprise in the spirit of Halloween that I'm looking forward to posting, and I hope you will find it fun ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to alii_s. May you have a wonderful day today and many more to come!

A few notes...

* For a limited time, HarperCollins is making Neil Gaiman's fantastic novel Neverwhere available online for free. I can't recommend this book highly enough. If you haven't read it, here's a perfect opportunity ( Read more... )

Today is the birthday of H.P. Lovecraft!

I've posted several things about Lovecraft in the past. Here are a couple of posts that may still be of interest:
* Pictures of My Tour of Lovecraftian Providence
* Neil Gaiman's Writings Inspired by Lovecraft's work

Some of my favorite Lovecraft sites include the following:
* The H.P. Lovecraft Archive
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Happy birthday to two terrific people, goodnightlady and clara_swift! May both of you enjoy a wonderful day today and many more to come!

A couple of notes...

* Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is due out in the United States on September 30, 2008. Can I wait that long? It will be difficult. Dave McKean has already said it's much stronger than Coraline, and I adore that ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to the wonderful maidoforange! May you have a terrific day today and many more to come, my friend!

A few notes...

* This past week, The Telegraph ran an interesting article on one of my favorite authors, Daphne du Maurier. Read "The Real Ghost of Manderley" here. An excerpt from the new novel about her, Daphne by Justine Picardie, is here* In ( Read more... )

I am trying to be certain I have found all of Neil Gaiman's works directly related to H.P. Lovecraft.

My list at present includes the following:

1. "I Cthulhu: or What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47 ° 9’ S, Longitude 126 ° 43’ W)?"* originally published in 1986, now online ( Read more... )