Greetings of the Season from Our Great and Benevolent Founder

[jonathanlhoward]

 Hello.

I should really hold off writing my address to a grateful planet until after Christmas, but I should be too stupidly busy to do it then so I shall impose upon your holiday cheer earlier rather than later. Specifically, a brief report on my year for your elucidation and delight. 

Comments

[singingrain5]

I love the title for Cabal #3. Just saying. :)

Congratulations on cranking out three novels! I hope you enjoy the holidays and that the upcoming year brings you more happiness and success.

[mlknchz]

As a fan, I truly appreciate all the hard work you've done. Happy Holidays!

[vegan_vulcan]

Congrats on your recent successes! I especially love the new title--sounds like an old Avengers episode in all the best ways.

[jonathanlhoward]

Oh, I always loved "The Avengers," especially the last black and white series, which contained some of the best episodes. I'm also very fond of the Dr Phibes films -- is that Vulnavia you have for your avi? Just off to assist the good doctor in delivering the "Plague of Frost," if memory serves.

[vegan_vulcan]

OMG, I was raised on The Avengers--my dad bought the whole collection on VHS when I was young enough that it overwrote parts of my psyche. For good, I think. My husband is just as fond of the series; he and I still watch "Too Many Christmas Trees" every Christmas. The last season with Diana Rigg, when it went to color, is a wee bit campy for my taste (though "The Correct Way to Kill" will always be one of my favorite episodes, as well as the one where two sinister con-artists switch bodies with them? Using a sinister machine? Or something?) but I love them all. Hellfire

[jonathanlhoward]

There's a strong connection between "The Avengers" and Phibes in that Robert Fuest directed some episodes of the former ("Game" for certain, the story in which people are murdered by forcing them to play giant and lethal board games), which probably got him the director's chair for both Phibes films. I think my favourite Avenger's episodes are "Too Many Christmas Trees," "The Day That Never Was," "The Cybernauts," and especially the nightmarish and deeply cunning "The House That Jack Built." That one made a huge impression on me as a child

[hayet]

Hi! I just finished my second re-hearings of Cabal #1 and #2 yesterday (they are absolutely amazing in audiobook format!) and came by to see if there was a #3 in the works. AWESOME! I especially loved the brief adventure at the end of #2, his solution to the problem in particular.

Any idea where I might find the two short stories mentioned on your website?

Thanks for your wonderful stories! I was so happy to see you have a blog, too.

[jonathanlhoward]

Messrs Cazenove and Sachs did wonderful jobs with the recordings; it's interesting hearing their differences in interpretation. Having written for games, you'd think I'd be used to hearing my writing spoken, but it never ceases to be exciting hearing how the dialogue sounds when brought to life outside your own imagination.

I think you may have written to me at my contact address about the magazine stories and I answered you there, but in case I'm mistaken about that, the first two shorts are available in issues #1 and #3 of "H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror," which I believe is still available from the publisher: http://www.wildsidepress.com/BACK-ISSUES-Lovecrafts-Horror-more-dark-fantasy-magazines_c_36.html

[jonathanlhoward]

Hey, John. Long time. Drop me a mail through the website, tell me what you're up to these days.