Eldritch Quintuplets, The

Now here's something you don't come across every day - the complete fictional works of H.P. Lovecraft rewritten as limericks!

Michael Tice and R.A. Strong of Elegantly Amused Press have produced a 28 page cardstock cover booklet featuring a whole series of entertaining and witty limericks that give you the essence of each Lovecraft story in five brief lines of text.

There was a Mad Arab who said
That Cthulhu, though dreaming, is dead,
But some future night
When the stars become right,
He'll abandon his watery bed.

Considering the subject matter, it's difficult to make them all rhyme, but Tice & Strong have made a magnificent effort and some limericks are surely destined to become classics, no doubt appearing as Email signatures sitting in your in-box sometime soon.

The Eldritch Quintuplets is currently available in two editions, the First Edition of 150 numbered copies, and the Special Edition of 26 lettered copies, signed by the authors and featuring your very own Eldritch Quintuplet composed on the subject matter of your choice, which would surely be an ideal gift for any Lovecraft fan.

The First Edition retails for $6 US and the Special Edition for $15 US (excluding shipping & handling).

For more information, and to order, visit the Elegantly Amused press web site, or email eapress@attbi.com.

Of course I couldn't resist my own personalised copy...

Added: March 15th 2003
Reviewer: Paul Maclean
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Related Link: The Eldritch Quintuplets
Hits: 1951
Language: english