Our second conversation with the great Lovecraft  scholar S.T. Joshi, diving deep into Lovecraft’s staggeringly prolific letter writing and influence on generations of creators. This is a real treat for fans of weird fiction. 

S.T. Joshi is an American writer, musician, critic and award-winning scholar whose work has covered much weird and fantastic fiction, especially H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Dunsany, and associated writers. Incredibly prolific with over 350 books published, he has also expanded into areas such as atheism, weird poetry, race relations and political discussion. 

Check out S.T. Joshi’s homepage, biography of Lovecraft, and Black Wings of Cthulhu anthology.

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Outline:

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(00:00) Intro

(01:05) H.P. Lovecraft’s letters, David E. Schultz

(03:45) Fritz Leiber

(06:32) The first circle of influence

(07:20) August Derleth

(15:33) The Rise, Fall and Rise of the Cthulhu Mythos

(16:24) Frank Belknap Long

(18:22) Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Block, Henry Cutner - Cross fertilization

(24:12) The Cthulhu mythos

(29:17) 60s-70s, the reawakening

(39:50) Charting the mythos

(51:41) Black Wings: Lovecraft mythos anthologies

(54:34) Ramsey Campbell, Colin Wilson 

(1:02:04) Lovecraft in modern times

(1:06:54) Finishing up

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Producer for this episode is Kearin Armstrong, production assistant is Prea Millar.

Evangelia Artemis-Gomez is a New York-based visual artist, writer and co-host of the What's Gonna Happen podcast. In this episode we talk about mental & spiritual health, shaping imaginary worlds, choosing to be fuelled by passion, wrestling with family legacies, and much more.

Follow Evangelia on instagram @evangelullu and check out the What’s Gonna Happen podcast. 

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Outline:

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(00:00) Intro

(00:37) Opening context and trees

(01:56) Family lines and legacies

(06:06) Seasons and mindsets

(13:42) Connections with ourselves and others

(32:28) Imaginary worlds / paracosms

(42:44) Making good and bad art

(58:25) Choosing to be fueled by passion

(1:06:44) Finishing up and socials

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Find us at www.project-tempest.net/podcast, and get the acclaimed Project Tempest novella 1862 free for a limited time.

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Producer for this episode is Kearin Armstrong, production assistant is Prea Millar.

Nick Jones is a transmedia storyteller and senior narrative designer for Sharkmob Games, and author of the book “The Player and the Pentacle: Folkloric Motifs for Narrative Design”. In this episode we dig into a real-world example of using the AI tool ChatGPT to help narrative design for videogames. 

View or download Nick’s ChatGPT example here.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:49) Moving across the world

(16:14) AI Tools & Narrative Design

(22:06) Nick’s ChatGPT Experiment

(38:16) Possible futures - AI & late stage capitalism

(47:09) Finishing up

Support & connect:

Find us at www.project-tempest.net/podcast, and get the acclaimed Project Tempest novella 1862 free for a limited time.

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Producer for this episode is Kearin Armstrong, production assistant is Prea Millar.