In 1986, legendary Full Moon Productions impresario Charles Band executive produced a movie adaptation of the short story that played fast and loose with the source material as directed by Stuart Gordon, a loudly vocal, life-long proponent of Lovecraftian cinema (see his 1985 horror-comedy splatter romp Re-Animator and 2001’s demonstration of squirming silver screen superiority, Dagon, for further reference), From Beyond expanded upon the original narrative’s thin plot with the addition of state-of-the-art (for the mid-’80’s, anyway) effects and an explicitly erotic underpinning. Lovecraft opened his 1934 mini-masterwork, ‘From Beyond’, a brief tale that features a scientist-the aforementioned Crawford Tillinghast-striving to invent a machine that stimulates a person's pineal gland, allowing them to perceive alternate planes of existence, which, unsurprisingly for the founding author of cosmic horror, invokes a menagerie of creepy-crawly, squiggling creatures into our own dimension with dire and deadly consequences. With that decidedly lurid line, visionary horror icon H.P. I have two more yet-to-be announced books coming out from them, and I can’t think of a better home for them.‘Horrible beyond conception was the change which had taken place in my best friend, Crawford Tillinghast.’ And AfterShock has just been a joy to work with, from editorial to sales and marketing I’ve felt nothing but support and appreciation.
And AfterShock editor, Christina Harrington, giving the perfect mix of critique and creative freedom, pushing me to do what I think is my best work in years. Letterer Dave Sharpe had a tough act to follow coming after Thomas Mauer but his work is the unsung hero of this book. Having Jeremy Haun on covers for this and WAR ON TERROR: GODKILLERS has spoiled me. Giorgio and colorist Pippa Bowland create magic together, and each time I get a page it’s a real treat.
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That said, I do think reading the series will enhance your experience.” – Mark Sable “I try to make every book I write as stand-alone as possible, in the same way I tried to make MISKATONIC accessible and enjoyable to those who’ve never read Lovecraft’s work. Is it essential to have read the previous series to enjoy this one-off special? All of this is set against the backdrop of America’s first red scare…and a strange supernatural call people are hearing across the globe – the Call of Cthulhu.” Her partner Tom Keller, a retired NYPD officer from Lovecraft’s The Horror of Red Hook, is trying to track her down. Miranda Keller, one of the first female FBI agents, trying to escape from a concentration camp for half-man, half-sea creature, the Deep Ones in the American Southwest. Lovecraft’s valley of the same name, picking up right where the series left off in the late 1920’s. “MISKATONIC: EVEN DEATH MAY DIE special is a 48-page, oversized grand finale to MISKATONIC, the crime/horror/historical fiction set in H.P. Sable lets us know what this new book is all about: But soon they both start sharing dreams of Cthulhu, a monstrous entity in the South Pacific who will soon awaken and bring about the end of the world as we know it. Miranda tries to escape a Deep One concentration camp and a traumatized Tom is obsessed with finding and freeing her.
The horrifying events in the Miskatonic Valley have torn apart retired detective Tom Malone and ex-FBI agent Miranda Keller.
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