dreams in the witch-house

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:44 am

ok, i just read this one because it was brought up in the chaparral heights thread.. first thing: the 2 stories bear no resemblance to each other, which jp would have known if he had bothered to read my first draft.

personal projects aside, i have to say that i wasn't really blown away by this story. i mean the concepts are pretty interesting, but i never really had a knee-slapping moment of 'never saw that coming.' the narration has a couple of moments of recapping clues from earlier, but i pretty much got the point of all those clues the first time around. so there wasn't a hell of a lot of mystery, as i saw it.

anyway, it's still a decent story, and i wouldn't tell anyone to avoid it.

also, i might get the hankering to draw brown jenkin. i found some pictures in a google image search, and none of them are really how he looks in my head. also, i just like the name 'brown jenkin.' it sounds like it could be a lot of things.. a little ratty sidekick; a type of hat; an inadvisable mixed drink; something the hooker charges extra for..... such a versatile name

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:17 pm

JJ Burke wrote:ok, i just read this one because it was brought up in the chaparral heights thread.. first thing: the 2 stories bear no resemblance to each other, which jp would have known if he had bothered to read my first draft.

I explained my logic in your thread.

About the rest, I liked it from an isnpiration standpoint, but reading it for the sake of just reading it, not a good idea.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:27 am

I thought it was a brilliant story. I mean, come on, bending dimensions through math and the occult? Can you ask for more? Nay! Espicially once you watch through this http://www.tenthdimension.com.nyud.net:8080/flash.php

Besides, Brown Jenkins is the only Lovecraft created 'thing' thats ever really scared me.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:36 am

Am I the only one that found "The Colour Out Of Space" distubring?

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:09 am

i know some places that could use a good heath blasting

Pinonomicon · Post by **Pinonomicon** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:22 pm

The Colour Out Of Space is one of my favourite stories, I always found it particularly disturbing because the colour has distinct parallels with nuclear fallout, which Lovecraft wouldn't have been aware of at the time.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:17 pm

Plus the crazy woman living in the attic. That was fucking creepy.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:59 pm

aie! i haven't read it all the through yet JP! You burn my eyes with your minor spoilers!

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:57 pm

Bah, it's incredibly minor. How far through it are you? Has Cthulhu come down and had a naked mud-wrestling match with Shub-Niggurath yet?

Pinonomicon · Post by **Pinonomicon** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:56 pm

That's the best bit, really lets HPL show his flair for the erotic.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:52 pm

Enkil wrote:http://www.tenthdimension.com.nyud.net:8080/flash.php

that's a nice presentation.. except the url didn't work for me. just go to tenthdimension.com

jwoliver · Post by **jwoliver** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:15 pm

Pinonomicon wrote:The Colour Out Of Space is one of my favourite stories....

A fun take on this story is "A Little Color in Your Cheeks" by Mike Minnis. It appears in William Jones' Horrors Beyond.

~John

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:06 am

Pinonomicon wrote:That's the best bit, really lets HPL show his flair for the erotic.

Yep, that black goat really knows how to mud-wrassle.

Pinonomicon · Post by **Pinonomicon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:18 pm

And we all know what 'black goat' is a euphemism for...

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:30 am

"Purple head".

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