Infinite Gestation

It's the Halloween Special! Matt Bird sits in with Infinite Gestation for a spooky discussion regarding three handpicked short stories (and an essay) by H. P. Lovecraft: "The Shadow Out of Time", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Dunwich Horror" & "Supernatural Horror in Literature". These stories serve as an essential taste of the strange universe that is H. P. Lovecraft. Though many criticisms persist (including a few of our own), Lovecraft's influence on modern horror is inescapable. His work casts a long shadow across the genre, often hailing as the origin of conventions that we now think of as standard –– or at times, even cliché. Follow @Infin8Gestation on Twitter • Visit InfiniteGestation.com Matt Bird curated an exhibit in the fall of 2011 at IU-Bloomington’s Lilly Library titled “The Character of Ernest Hemingway.” The exhibit utilized Hemingway’s letters, photographs, typed manuscripts with edits, and artifacts of the Army’s investigation into EH’s activities during World War II to foster a discussion