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Authors: Carrie Cuinn,Gabrielle Harbowy,Don Pizarro,Cody Goodfellow,Madison Woods,Richard Baron,Juan Miguel Marin,Ahimsa Kerp,Maria Mitchell,Mae Empson,Nathan Crowder,Silvia Moreno-Garcia,KV Taylor,Andrew Scearce,Constella Espj,Leon J. West,Travis King,Steven J. Searce,Clint Collins,Matthew Marovich,Gary Mark Bernstein,Kirsten Brown,Kenneth Hite,Jennifer Brozek,Justin Everett

Tags: #Horror, #Erotica, #Fiction

Cthulhurotica (31 page)

In
Cthulhurotica
, this apprehension is not as much a terror of the universe’s vastness and the insignificance of man as it is the dread of social change. Literary erotica has long confronted such fears through the plot motif of initiation and transformation, illustrated above in the discussion of Empson’s story. (This theme is also present in many of the stories discussed above, in addition to “The Summoned” and “Song of the Catherine Clark,” which I sadly could not fit in to this essay’s discussion). What these stories confront instead are the social rules and the enclosures that govern our lives and prevent us from engaging in behaviors that are at once enticing and self-destructive. As the roles and relationships of men and women have changed since Lovecraft’s time, what these stories permit us to do is question the limitations placed upon us by marriage, gender-identity, gender-dominance, and even pair bonding itself. This does not mean we should surrender those rules of conduct, but we should enter a discussion about them and confront our own long-buried fears associated with issues of sex and power.

 

Works Cited

 

Stableford, Brian. “Science Fiction Between the Wars: 1915-1939.”
Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction
. Ed. Neil Barron. Westport, CT and London: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. 23-44.

 

Lovecraft, H. P. “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” Art and Popular Culture. 28 Oct. 2010.

 

Mendlesohn, Farah.
Rhetorics of Fantasy
. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2008.

 

VanderMeer, Jeff. “Introduction.”
The New Weird
. Ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2008.

[1]
               Lovecraft porn comes in two basic flavors: manga and live action. Manga or cartoon works (often referred to as Hentai or tentacle porn that is not often Lovecraft specific but does have Lovecraft overtones) come with names such as
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
and
Demon Beast Invasion
while live action or movies have names such as
LoveCracked
.

[2]
              
The Topping Book: Or, Getting Good at Being Bad
by Easton and Liszt

[3]
              
Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns
by Miller and Devon,
The Loving Dominant
by Warren and
The New Bottoming Book
by Hardy and Easton.

[4]
             
Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos
by Carter

ESSAYS
|
ILLUSTRATIONS
STORIES

Astrophobos
by H.P. Lovecraft

Descent of the Wayward Sister
by Gabrielle Harbowy

The C-Word
by Don Pizarro

Infernal Attractors
by Cody Goodfellow

Daddy’s Girl
by Madison Woods

Victim of Victims
by Anonymous

The Cry in the Darkness
by Richard Baron

Riemannian Dreams
by Juan Miguel Marin

Turning On, Tuning In, and Dropping Out at the Mountains of Madness
by Ahimsa Kerp

Song of the Catherine Clark
by Maria Mitchell

Between a Rock and an Elder Goddess
by Mae Empson

The Fishwives of Sean Brolly
by Nathan Crowder

Flash Frame
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Transfigured Night
by KV Taylor

The Lake at Roopkund
by Andrew Scearce

Ipsa Scientia
by Constella Espj

Amid Disquieting Dreams
by Leon J. West

The Dreamlands of Mars
by Travis King

The Assistant from Innsmouth
by Steven J. Scearce

The Summoned
by Clint Collins

Sense
by Matthew Marovich

Optional On The Beach At The Festival Of Shug Niggurath
by Gary Mark Bernstein

Le Ciél Ouvert
by Kirsten Brown

Astrophobos, conclusion
by H.P. Lovecraft

STORIES
|
ILLUSTRATIONS
ESSAYS

Introduction
 by Carrie Cuinn

Cthulhu’s Polymorphous Perversity
by Kenneth Hite

The Sexual Attraction Of The Lovecraftian Universe
by Jennifer Brozek

Cthulhurotica, Female Empowerment, and the New Weird
by Justin Everett, PhD

STORIES
 |
ESSAYS
ILLUSTRATIONS

Cthulhurotica
by Oliver Wetter

Glyphs
by Carrie Cuinn

Into the Darkness
by Galen Dara

The Widow’s Walk
by Galen Dara

Infernal Machine
by Galen Dara

Shirley’s Demon Lover
by Galen Dara

Whateley Family Portrait
by Kirsten Brown

Wandering Bride
by Galen Dara

Lovecraftian Love
by Galen Dara

Deep Ones
by Galen Dara

Woman, Yellow
by Galen Dara

Love from the Black Lagoon
by Galen Dara

Your Fisheater
by Stephen Stanley

The Whateley Estate
by Galen Dara

Anna
by Galen Dara

The Box
by Galen Dara

The Brides of Tindalos
by Kirsten Brown

Great Rift
by Galen Dara

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