Miskatonic Missives: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft
Created by Helios House Press
A series of companion guides exploring some of the fascinating letters written by H.P. Lovecraft
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Audio Reward #2
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 02:37:49 AM
Hello backers,
As we mentioned before, the stretch goal in the campaign promised access to a reading of one story from each issue of Miskatonic Missives Vol. I, but we expanded that to include readings of all four letters from the three books in addition to 1-2 stories from each.
The last update we sent directed you to an audio recording of the text of the letter for the first issue, a fascinating letter Lovecraft wrote to Duane Rimel on 19 November, 1934. For this update, we have added a reading of Duane Rimel's story The Tree on the Hill, which also appears in the first issue.
Audio Reward #1
almost 2 years ago
– Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 09:47:55 PM
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See you at NecronomiCon?
almost 2 years ago
– Sat, Jul 09, 2022 at 01:37:38 AM
Hello everyone,
I'm sure I don't need to tell you that NecronomiCon, that four-day festival of weird fiction, art, and scholarship, will be back this year, August 18-21 in Lovecraft's own Providence, RI. Sean and Andrew will of course be right in the center of things with the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, but Helios House will be there this year too, and we wanted to bring some special treats for our Miskatonic Missives backers, so if you come by our table, you will find:
The opportunity to pick up some of your add-on items from the campaign! The books will take a little longer, but if you ordered a bookmark or an art print of Ivan Eleazar's Black Temple piece (and possibly one or two of the other items, depending on when they get delivered to us), you will be able to pick those up from us directly if you so choose under the name and email address you used to back the campaign;
Art prints: If you did not order a Black Temple print, you can buy one from us! We still have some of the limited run of 90 available. We are also offering an art print of the Bells of Oceana piece by Zohn Dyer. This will be for sale at NecronomiCon before it is available anywhere else, and will only go on sale through our website after the event.
The Black Temple (left), and Bells of Oceana (right)
A free gift to show our gratitude to you, our backers. Just come by and tell us you're thirsting for an Innsmouth Lager and we'll give you a small token of our appreciation.
A bonus gift for those HPLHS members who supported the Miskatonic Missives campaign in the first 48 hours. Show us the stamp HPLHS sent you for being part of that cohort, and we'll give you a little something extra.
You can also buy onsite and pre-order other books and merchandise from the Helios House catalog, plus we'll be sharing some info on some upcoming titles, including a couple we think might be of special interest to aficionados of weird fiction—so come on over and say hi!
Best,
Helios House
If you'd like to take a look at what we're up to now, check out Covert Cards: Weapons of the Cold War! Helios House designer Justin Baird has launched this project which brings together his interests in Cold War history, the prototype guns and other odd gadgets made by the Warsaw Pact and NATO nations in that era, and—of course—playing cards. We are thrilled to be helping Justin bring this project to life with professional grade playing cards and extras such as Space Race art cards, postcards depicting the fall of Communism in the seven nations that broke away from the Soviet Union, and handbooks styled after authentic East and West German diplomatic passports that are packed with diagrams and details of all of the weapons highlighted on the playing cards. Any Delta Green players among you might find inspiration in the weird and wonderful weapons of Covert Cards....
We are finally here with the update we—and we hope you—have all been waiting for: the books have gone to the printers! It took us a bit longer than expected to finish them, but taking more time also has also brought more to the books: they are bigger, better, and packed with even more fascinating ephemera than originally planned. We are sure you'll find the books worth the wait, and we thank you so much for your patience—we really wanted to make them perfect for you.
Due to widespread paper shortages and ongoing global shipping delays, we are unable to give a precise revised delivery estimate right now, but as soon as we have one, we will share it with all of you. In the meantime, keep an eye out for updates from us with your audio rewards, some bonus audio content, and some exciting news about NecronomiCon. HPLHS will, of course, be right in the thick of everything in Providence this August, but Helios will be there too, and we're working on some fun treats for those of you who might be attending. Below are a few more mock-ups of some of the extra content we've included, including a whole new section title 'Elucidations, containing more of Sean & Andrew's fascinating insights into references in HPL's letters.
We can't wait to share more with you in the coming months!
Warmest regards,
HPLHS & Helios House
We're getting close!
about 2 years ago
– Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 02:25:32 AM
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