With the Stone Skin Press Kickstarter<\/a> in its climactic days, we\u2019ll be highlighting the contributors and stories behind Shotguns v. Cthulhu<\/em>, our anthology of action-packed Lovecraftiana.<\/p>\n Few reference books have me heading to the bookshelf as often as Dan Harms\u2019 Encyclopedia Cthulhuiana. <\/em>His matchless knowledge of mythos lore and historical grimoires led me to lure him to his first fiction sale. \u201cThe Host From the Hill\u201d proves my instincts right, and Dan a talent to watch.<\/p>\n He drafts as his action hero the historical figure John Georg Hohman, 19th<\/sup> century compiler of the magical recipe collection The Long-Lost Friend<\/em>.\u00a0 In snowy Berks County, PA, Hohman\u2019s nose for occult books leads him to an alarming letter, backwoods ritualists, and a deftly rendered aerial battle.<\/p>\n Dan Harms<\/strong> is a librarian and author living in upstate New York. He is best known for his books The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia<\/em> (Elder Signs) and The Necronomicon Files<\/em> (Weiser). He has written numerous pieces for the Call of Cthulhu<\/em> game and served on the editorial boards of such august publications as Worlds of Cthulhu <\/em>and The Unspeakable Oath<\/em>. At this time, he is finishing work on an annotated edition of The Long-Lost Friend<\/em>, the author of which is the protagonist of \u201cThe Host from the Hill.\u201d Dan can be found blogging at Papers Falling from an Attic Window<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dan Harms\u2019 \u201cThe Host From the Hill\u201d With the Stone Skin Press Kickstarter in its climactic days, we\u2019ll be highlighting the contributors and stories behind Shotguns v. Cthulhu, our anthology of action-packed Lovecraftiana. Few reference books have me heading to…<\/span><\/p>\n