Bobby D.

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Independent scholar. Pulp studies. Weirdfinder. Author of SEX & THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and WEIRD TALERS: ESSAYS ON ROBERT E. HOWARD & OTHERS. He/him.
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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we look at another article on HPL's ex-wife Sonia H. Davis. "When Sonia Sizzled" (1973) by Gerry de la Ree gives insight into how Sonia's memoir of HPL was received.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/03/21/when-sonia-sizzled-1973-by-gerry-de-la-ree/

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“When Sonia Sizzled” (1973) by Gerry de la Ree

Immediately after “Sonia & H. P. L.” by L. Sprague de Camp in The Normal Lovecraft (1973) is an essay by Gerry de la Ree titled “When Sonia Sizzled” that also takes as i…

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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we look at two articles on Lovecraft's wife: "Mrs. Howard Phillips Lovecraft" (1973) by R. Alain Everts and "Sonia & H. P. L." (1973) by L. Sprague de Camp - and discuss how she was presented.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/03/14/mrs-howard-phillips-lovecraft-1973-by-r-alain-everts-v-sonia-h-p-l-1973-by-l-sprague-de-camp/

#lovecraft #hplovecraft #hpl #womeninhistory

“Mrs. Howard Phillips Lovecraft” (1973) by R. Alain Everts v. “Sonia & H. P. L.” (1973) by L. Sprague de Camp

During my recent visit to Los Angeles over the Christmas hollidays [sic], I telephoned the Diana Lynn Lodge where Mrs. Sonia Lovecraft Davis had been living for the past 8 years. I phoned on 22 Dec…

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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we continue our series of memoirs about Lovecraft by women with "The Man Who Came At Midnight" (1949) by Ruth M. Eddy.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/03/07/the-man-who-came-at-midnight-1949-by-ruth-m-eddy/

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“The Man Who Came At Midnight” (1949) by Ruth M. Eddy

Ruth Muriel Eddy Bell (27 May 1921 – 21 May 2009) was not the last living person to have met H. P. Lovecraft—but with her passing went one of the last living memories of the Old Gent. Fortuna…

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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we continue our women's views on Lovecraft with "Amateur Writings" (1998) by Edith Miniter.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/02/28/amateur-writings-1998-by-edith-miniter/

#womeninhistory #lovecraft #hplovecraft #hpl

“Amateur Writings” (1998) by Edith Miniter

Also worthy of special note are the impressions records in the early 1920s by fellow amateurs Edith Minister and George Julian Houtain.—Peter Cannon, Lovecraft Remembered xii Edith Miniter died in …

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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we look at "In Memoriam" by Hazel Heald, and her letters in WEIRD TALES.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/02/21/in-memoriam-1937-by-hazel-heald/

#lovecraaft #hplovecraft #hpl #weird #weirdlit

“In Memoriam” (1937) by Hazel Heald

Hazel Heald had three letters published in the pages of Weird Tales. The first was published in the more-or-less immediate aftermath of Lovecraft’s death. Lovecraft died on 15 March 1937; in …

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Happy Valentines Day! This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we exmaine "Lovecraft's Marriage and Divorce" (1968) by Muriel E. Eddy

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/02/14/lovecrafts-marriage-and-divorce-1968-by-muriel-e-eddy/

#lovecraft #hplovecraft #hpl #memoir #nonfiction

“Lovecraft’s Marriage and Divorce” (1968) by Muriel E. Eddy

Of his marriage to Sonia Greene, not too much is known. He visited us the night prior to his departure for New York, to advise us that he was saying goodbye to Providence, and asking us if we would…

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Continuing our look at Lovecraftian memoirs by women with "Walkers in the City: George Willard Kirk and Howard Phillips Lovecraft in New York City, 1924-1926" (1993) by Mara Kirk Hart, whose father George Kirk was a member of the Kalem Club with Lovecraft.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/02/07/walkers-in-the-city-george-willard-kirk-and-howard-phillips-lovecraft-in-new-york-city-1924-1926-1993-by-mara-kirk-hart/

#lovecraft #hplovecraft #history #blog #weirdlit

“Walkers in the City: George Willard Kirk and Howard Phillips Lovecraft in New York City, 1924-1926” (1993) by Mara Kirk Hart

My father, george Willard Kirk, died on March 22, 1962. With him died, I believed, all hope of reconstructing a history of his friendship with Lovecraft and of his membersip in the Kalem Club. But …

Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein

This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we continue our look at memoirs of HPL by women with "Memories of Lovecraft" (1969) two short memoirs by Sonia H. Davis & Helen V. Sully that ran in the ARKHAM COLLECTOR (WINTER 1969).

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/01/31/memories-of-lovecraft-1969-by-sonia-h-davis-helen-v-sully/

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Memories of Lovecraft (1969) by Sonia H. Davis & Helen V. Sully

My memory is becoming a little bit dim; but the things of interest in my life, I still remember, and altho’ I am the widow of another man, I shall always remember H.P.L. as I would any good f…

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What did H. P. Lovecraft think of classic Universal horror movies? A deep dive into Lovecraft's letters reveals the films he did and didn't watch, in Lovecraft & Universal Horror.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/01/24/deeper-cut-lovecraft-universal-horror/

#film #lovecraft #hplovecraft #universalhorror #universalmonsters #dracula #frankenstein #silentfilm

Deeper Cut: Lovecraft & Universal Horror

I don’t attend the cinema very often, but realise what a marvellous conveyer of weird images & impressions it could be if it would only utilise seriously its tremendous range of optical & m…

Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein

Continuing our look at women's memoirs on Lovecraft with "Three Hours with H. P. Lovecraft" (1959) by Dorothy C. Walter, where we try to determine when and if it happened, and what all the printings of it leave out.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/01/17/three-hours-with-h-p-lovecraft-1959-by-dorothy-c-walter/

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“Three Hours with H. P. Lovecraft” (1959) by Dorothy C. Walter

The time of this meeting was early in 1934. Mr. Lovecraft was living in Providence, Rhode Island, his native city. I was spending the winter with relatives there. A man who knew us both wanted us t…

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