{"id":6871,"date":"2009-10-31T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T16:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/?p=6871"},"modified":"2015-09-25T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:17:42","slug":"samhain-at-the-cimmerian-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/samhain-at-the-cimmerian-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Samhain at The Cimmerian<\/em>, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a colder-than-normal October wanes into November, the Light Half of the year gives way to the Dark Half of the year (as they would say\u00a0in old Ireland), with a\u00a0hunter’s\u00a0moon on the rise.<\/p>\n

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If the weather has been unkind this October, the Norns have been far less so. We have seen the first glimmerings in Knoxville<\/a> of a festival to honor its native son, Karl Edward Wagner. Hippocampus Press has released the collected correspondence\u00a0between Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft. This sumptuous two-volume set is already nearly sold out.\u00a0For the past few nights, Howard’s “Pigeons From Hell” has\u00a0been the subject of\u00a0a theatrical adaptation performed in Beverly Hills<\/a>, right alongside the works of Poe and Irving. Last night, Texan REH fans in Austin\u00a0threw a roaringly successful Halloween bash in honor of the Man From Cross Plains. Not a bad month at all.<\/p>\n

Over at the REHupa blog<\/a>, our Howardian brethren, Bill “Black Indy” Cavalier and Morgan “docpod” Holmes have posted their own blogs in honor of the holiday. Bill advises one and all to read (or reread) The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard. Can’t disagree with that sage advice. Morgan correctly\u00a0points out that Samhain was the Celtic New Year’s Eve (just another reason to party!)\u00a0and notes REH’s kindly view of Druids and their religion.<\/p>\n

In days gone by, Halloween was the time to recall and honor the departed.\u00a0 Read this<\/a> and remember Steve Tompkins.<\/p>\n

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*Art by Alex Ni\u00f1o and Bernie Wrightson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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