H.P. Lovecraft
publication date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 (part of Winter 2019)
category: 
Literature
clue: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
explanation: Lovecraft's most enduring creation is the Eldritch god Cthulhu. The clue is a cultist's prayer in The Call of Cthulhu, translated as, "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." more…
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
Gothic Goodbye: The RPG Gothic Earth has been set in a world of literary creations roughly contemporary to its 1899 setting, with characters like Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula driving much of the storyline. After a decade of play, the game is now in its final weeks. Here's sending it off with a two-week retrospective of authors of that era whose works captured the popular imagination, in the order in which they shaped the world of Gothic Earth.Similar Goos
Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes, Watson, Moriarty, Lestrade, Adler, Moran -- and even Mycroft -- will live on forever, thanks to the imagination of this British doctor. Go »
Edgar Allan Poe
A raven, a cask of Amontillado, a black cat, a tale-telling heart, a purloined letter, and a fallen house of Usher are the legacy of this master of the macabre, whose obscurity is nevermore. Go »
H.G. Wells
This author, who wrote classic novels about time travel, genetic horrors, an invisible person, and alien attacks, created a deep well of science-fiction concepts to inspire later authors. Go »
Nathaniel Hawthorne
This early American master gave us Hester Prynne, Hepzibah Pyncheon, Dr. Heidegger, and Giacomo Rappaccini. Go »
W. Somerset Maugham
This mostly gay would-be doctor wrote about human bondage, a razor's edge, and a magician not unlike Aleister Crowley. Go »
