The Summoning of the Old Ones: A Three-Part Lovecraftian Tale is a short collection of Lovecraftian fiction by American author Jeffrey Thomas. It was published in December 2019 by Forma Street Press, with both paperback and digital editions made available [1].
Set in Thomas's dystopian sci-fi setting of Punktown, the three stories contained within form a continuous narrative, describing the rebirth of a monstrous alien god named Ugghiutu, and the efforts of the local population to fight back.
Overview[]
| “ | Three stories, originally published separately, brought together for the first time...to detail the summoning of a god-like entity from beyond space and time into the vulnerable realm of humans. DRAWING NO. 8 In the far-future colony of Punktown, inhabited by countless sentient races, an artist desperate for recognition is hired by worshipers of a god they call Ugghiutu to recreate a sacred drawing that was purposely destroyed...a commission he soon regrets. GATHERING FORCES As Ugghiutu begins to manifest in the colony-city of Punktown, wreaking devastation, a battle-scarred band of former gang members assembles to fight back in any way possible. WUNDERWAFFE Colonial soldiers protect a group of aliens who hope to reverse the incursion of Ugghiutu by performing a strange ritual, their only chance to save the city called Punktown. |
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Behind the Mythos[]
Despite being the last in the series, "Wunderwaffe" was in fact the first to be published; the first two stories were originally intended to be included in the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game supplement Punktown as flavour pieces, but unforeseen delays in the release of that book resulted in the unusual release schedule [3].
Trivia[]
- The image used on the front cover was created by Tithi Luadthong and obtained for commercial use through Shutterstock [4]. In 2021, it was reused as the cover art for David Conyers' collection Cthulhu Unmasked and credited to "grandfailure" [5], a publishing alias used by Luadthong [6]; Jeffrey Thomas also provided the cover blurb for that book.
References[]
- ↑ Title: The Summoning of the Old Ones at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ↑ Publication: The Summoning of the Old Ones at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ↑ Chaosium blog post on the delayed release of Punktown
- ↑ Copyright page, The Summoning of the Old Ones (Forma Street press, 2019, Kindle edition)
- ↑ Copyright page, Cthulhu Unmasked, David Conyers (2021, Kindle edition)
- ↑ "About" section at Tithi Luadthong's website