Miskatonic Arcihves

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Literature

Ibid

Ibid turns a mistaken reading of a citation abbreviation into the life of an imaginary Roman scholar. After a mock biography crowded with disputed authorities, the story follows his skull through a millennium of conquest, devotion, theft and trade. The relic finally resurfaces in Milwaukee. Its scholarly apparatus is part of the joke, not evidence that its supposed subject existed.

4 min read · 769 words

Places

Miskatonic University

Miskatonic University is the fictional institution in Arkham whose medical school, library, scholars and expeditions recur across Lovecraft’s stories. It connects local New England settings with investigations of forbidden books, alien phenomena, Antarctica and the remote past.

7 min read · 1,285 words

Authors

Robert M. Price

Robert M. Price, born in 1954, is an American writer, critic and editor associated with Crypt of Cthulhu and numerous Mythos anthologies. His literary work combines historical inquiry, interpretation, humor and new fiction. He is also a writer on religion; he must not be confused with E. Hoffmann Price, Lovecraft’s contemporary and collaborator.

4 min read · 807 words

Authors

S. T. Joshi

S. T. Joshi, born in 1958, is a critic, biographer, bibliographer and textual editor whose work has profoundly shaped modern Lovecraft studies. His contributions include corrected fiction, editions of poetry and essays, extensive biography and research into the wider tradition of weird literature. These activities are related, but each establishes a different kind of knowledge about an author and his writings.

5 min read · 980 words