Proppingupthemythos

Framed!

Hey fiends,

I realized I had never shared the original photo of your humble scribe that became the portrait painting of Sir Randolph Carter.

Sir Randolph is one of the many fortuitous plot seeds Lovecraft left in a story (in this case 1926's The Silver Key) that has allowed me to expa...

"Blessed little Piece of the Night-- Tsathoggua's youngest & tiniest son!"

So wrote Lovecraft, after learning of the death of a kitten.

My dear Renfield, an old man at ten and proud member of Kappa Alpha Tau, passed away in my arms earlier today.

Renfield had a small role in the film Tome Alone, and generally supported the book project by ignoring me when I ...

A Spare Leaf...

If you joined this project before August of 2022 you should remember the infamous Ink Spatter'd mailing. This was Leaf 95, at the end of the Eighth Quire, and a chunk of text was lost in the making of the page. I dropped black ink on every one of the 180 printed pages and mailed them out, secretl...

Mark your calendars: June, 2027

I decided to crunch the numbers and see if I could provide an actual end date for the project. This required some math and I will share it here in case I did it wrong!

First some history. The goal of this project is to make an 840 page Necronomicon. This is based on a desire to incorporate ...

Notice Given

This past Friday I told my boss that I would be leaving the company. I am quitting my "day job" to create the Necronomicon full time.

I am so excited to be able to devote more time to this project, while at the same time being able to see more of my family. These past five years I have been...

A Guide to the Ninth Quire

Here is an overview of the most recent Quire to help folks keep their pages in order. If you find that you are missing something please send me a note!

I have a big announcement coming up in the next few days...

II. An Antecedent and a Horror

Hello!
This seems like a pretty good opportunity to do a recap of the project, and an introduction. In the last few weeks over twenty five new members have joined up, so I want to welcome them, and explain the process I use for this project.
In my version the Necronomicon is a codex compris...

A Guide to the Eighth Quire

This guide is long overdue, but hopefully it will help folks looking to keep their Leaves in order. If you find you are missing any or need further help please send me a note and I will get you squared away. For reference, the next mailing will be Leaves 107 and 108 which represent the end of the...

The Paper Chase

Hello fiends! 

As longtime Patrons know, there has been a global shortage on paperstock leading to the original base paper for this project getting discontinued. 

I found a substitute from a different company, but then that paper as well was discontinued.

Now I have fo...

When it's your birthday you can wear your cult robes to breakfast

Greetings!

I am 46 today, which is an important age for fans of Lovecraft. I think about the Old Gent a lot, and knowing that my Great Grandmother was born the same year as him and lived to be 95 I can't help feeling that his life was far too short.

This week the most recent Leaves we...

Project update, and Laird Barron

Hey fiends,

The latest Leaves are at the printers now and we are back in production. I have a backlog of emails to respond to and questions to answer so I will try to tackle those quickly. 

Next month's mailing will feature an important milestone and so I will be springing for so...

Happy Solstice (+2 days)

Hey fiends,

I hope the darkest days of the year find you safe and well. I have so far dodged the various colds and flu strains spreading across the land, so I give thanks to Tsathoggua for that.

My mom (who is my unlikely co-conspirator in this enterprise) is recovering from heart sur...

Paper Delay (again)

Greetings Fiends,

The supply chain crisis has hit me again, with my new distributor refunding my money two weeks after marking the paper as sent. I have found a *new* new distributor, and while the paper is significantly more expensive, it doesn't appear to be in short supply.

But wha...

Doctor's Orders

Hey fiends,

So this was the message I got from my doctor after my last physical. We have never discussed Lovecraft or my book project, but the intake nurse asked about my tattoo so she must have tipped him off. Anyhow, good advice and straight from the source of all chaos and madness.

Product Testing

Hey fiends,

I am woefully behind on updates and correspondence, and I promise to get caught up this week. Here meanwhile is a photo showing my rigorous product testing of the RedBubble merch at my day job.

Merchandise of Madness!

Hello fiends! In honor of Lovecraft's impending birthday the official merch shop for Propping Up the Mythos is now live! Please have a look and let me know what you would like to see for future products.

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Tales out of Innsmouth

Hey everyone, after a rocky start to the summer things are sailing smoothly at last. We are just slightly more than a Quire away from being at the halfway mark, and done with Those from the Sea. Of course the 48 pages of that last Quire will reveal all sorts of secrets. 

Speaking of se...

Covid update

Hey friends,

I am sorry to say my whole family has been hit with Covid. I am so thankful that we are a fully vaccinated and in good health, but this is still a very difficult time.

Due to this unfortunate circumstance, I am making the following decision: there will be no mailing going...

A Frankenstein mending!

My friend Michelle (from the amazing Green Hand Books in Portland Maine) shared this image of a sewn . I have never seen this done before but I am eager to try it!

The latest mailing

By now everyone should have received these pages, I'm just continuing to document the progress on a monthly basis. 

My wife recently had to have surgery so I apologize for being behind on questions about backorders etc. I will get everyone caught up, I promise. She is doing great and n...

A Guide to the Seventh Quire

Here are the twelve Leaves that nest together to make this Quire.

Please let me know if you are missing any or need additional help!

Necronom IV

Hey everybody,

I ran to WinterCon in NYC for the weekend to celebrate my 45th birthday. I met five members of the cast of Aliens (my favorite film) and this guy too!! Necronom IV is the name of the H.R. Giger painting that inspired the creature in Alien.

I am home safe and will get th...

The End of the Quire

As promised, here is an image of the Leaves that should have reached you last month. As the title says, this is the end of the Seventh Quire. The next mailing starts a brand new Quire, so take care not to keep nesting them in the previous gathering!

The Eighth and Ninth Quires will round ou...

A possible mixup

Hey again,

With the most recent mailing I worry that some of the Leaves may have been sent in the wrong order. Please double check that yours match the image above.

I am also going to make a post like this each month going forward to help folks stay organized. I should have been doing...

It Takes a Village (or, Why Innsmouth Endured)

Besides the book I work a few jobs. On the weekends I pick up donations from local supermarkets for the Food Bank in my city. The physical labor is good exercise, it helps my community, and it gives me time to think. 

I think about how insular Innsmouth became after the town converted ...

Snowed in at last!

As winter is finally upon us, I am thankful for my warm Hobbit hole and a full larder. My family is safe and healthy as we head into Christmas week. Thank you to everyone who reached out last month, it really meant a lot. 

My wife and I have two quirky traditions around this time of ye...

Giving Thanks

Hey folks,

I just wanted to tell you all how much I appreciate your support on this project.  My wife recently contracted Covid and even though she was fully vaccinated she has been having a tough time with it. My sons and I continue to test negative, as we followed the CDC guidelines ...

A Halloween Tale

After moving around a bit when I was a kid my family settled in the New England town of South Paris Maine. On a hill behind my home stood an old abandoned house. Once while walking by the house a family friend pointed to a piece of paper stuck in an upstairs window and said "look Christian, it ha...

A collaboration to celebrate a collaboration!

In the spirit of HPL and Hazel Heald's co-authoring of The Horror in the Museum, I jumped at the opportunity presented by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society to synchronize one of their prop handouts with a page of my Necronomicon.  I urge everyone to order a physical copy of the CD and se...

A Guide to the Sixth Quire

Here is a handy guide to the last 12 Leaves. The mailing you should be receiving around now is the first set of Leaves for the Seventh Quire, so start collecting the new Leaves going forward in this set.

And here are the previous Guides to help everyone keep track of the previous mailings. ...