Erik Gorka is this year's Lovecraftian MicroFiction Contest winner! He is reading his story "Windows". Erik was also been published in the 2023 Lovecraftian MicroFiction Contest and was an honorable mention in the 2020 Writers of the Future contest for his super hero themed story "Pressure" (You can find that story and more on <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/67525/pressure" target="_blank">https://royalroad.com</a>)

Author Reading - Erik Gorka (2025 MicroFiction contest winner!)

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30th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival

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Over 60 films inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, his literary forebears and contemporaries like Edgar Allan Poe, and original works of Cosmic Horror and the Weird Tale (with a few funny ones for good measure) from 12 countries.

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