Calls for Cthulhu

The McSweeney’s blog recently listed samples of H.P. Lovecraft’s brief stint as a Whitman Sampler’s copywriter. Here’s a sampler sample:

White Chocolate Truffle

What black arts could have stripped this chocolate of its natural hue? The horror of the unearthly, corpselike pallor of this truffle’s complexion is only offset by its fiendish deliciousness.

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via J.C. Hutchins and MINE

I’m not a lawyer, but this is either illegal (in which case, it’ll be taken down soon), or just wonderful. Either way, it is full of dark and sultry joy.

This Scribd group is collecting as much of Lovecraft’s work as possible, and making that work available online. Of course, leafing through their selections, I see a rather glaring ommission. . .

Update: A shuggoth writes in (in the comments) to say that there is a more complete selection at this webpage.

Another Update: Dev Flamerock tells us of another collection at Temple of Dagon

Cheyenne Wright, the colorist of the always remarkable “Girl Genius” just posted his horoscope for the Lovecraftian signs. Not only is it funny, but it’s really well produced. Check it out here.

Douglas Glenn sends us this link to a website for fat-burning pills. You may ask, what have fat-burning pills got to do with Cthulhu? Just check out the video.

Lipozine.com

That’s right, their commercial takes place in the depths of the ocean, at R’lyeh. Call it the “squeeze your soul thin” diet.

Now, I see two possibilities here. Either they saw my set and liked it enough to copy it, or Dark Cthulhu came to both of us in a dream, and showed us the shape of evil. Myself, I prefer the latter.

Danny Fortune sends us this blog of Cthulhu pix that I’d never seen before. It’s a great collection, but be warned. In with the horror, there’s also nudity. I mean, it’s good Cthulhu stuff, but there’s also some stuff that’s practically tentacle porn.

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