August

Cthulhu & Coffee

Arts EN ↓ 5 episodes

Primarily covers anything Lovecraftian/Cosmic Horror and the writing and creating thereof. I also talk about film noir, noir literature, sword and sorcery, and bits about travel and insights thrown in that pertain to writing in general.

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August

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The Enduring Legacy of Noir 15.02.2026 12:08

Noir is one of the most profound and prolific genres. It's led to hybrid genres such as neo-noir and cyberpunk, as seen in Blade Runner (1982), and has been revisited in classic black and white cinematography in Ripley (2024). Get your gat in hand and let's take a look at the enduring legacy of noir.

S 1 E 4 PART I: LOVECRAFT VS. SWORD & SORCERY 03.03.2024 19:15

Early influences on Sword & Sorcery were largely a result of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. We'll get into that, but first let's talk a bit about what Sword & Sorcery is.

S1 E3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN WRITING LOVECRAFTIAN FICTION AND BOOK COVER DESIGN 01.02.2024 29:16

My experience and evolution with LLM Chat GPT and using AI-generated art in publishing and the table-top roleplaying game industry (Spoiler: currently, you cannot use AI-generated art for community content on sites such as DrivethruRPG.) What is ChatGPT good for? What is it not? AI-generated art, beauty from afar but far from beauty.

S1 E2 WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF HORROR? 27.01.2024 19:20

Exploring Horror, Cosmicism, Lovecraftian Horror and its key components. Tropes of Lovecraftian fiction. The mastery of the King in Yellow tales by Robert W. Chambers.

S1 E1 CTHULHU & COFFEE: INTRO 12.01.2024 10:16

Covering writing, table-top roleplaying, and of course the Yog-Sothothery that is the Cthulhu Mythos. I'll cover all aspects of writing and the writing life as well as game designing table-top roleplaying games. Book and film reviews. Horror. Lovecraftian horror. Cosmic Horror. Pulp adventure. Noir. Neo-Noir. Tech-Noir. Sword & Sorcery. Join me as we go two-fisted into the tentacle-la...