ECDYSIS

Copyright (c) 2007 by Peter Nepstad, All Rights Reserved.

HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT (1890 - 1937), an American writer, is considered one of the fathers 
of 20th Century weird and fantastic fiction. He is the author of over sixty short stories, 
a novel, as well as poems. Although Lovecraft had a hard life and died young, he is known 
today as both a pioneer and genius.
        
PETER NEPSTAD is the author of several works of Interactive Fiction, including 
1893: A WORLD'S FAIR MYSTERY, one of the few commercial Interactive Fiction released in the 
past 10 years. All of his works are available online from Illuminated Lantern Publishing at 
http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if.
        
LOVECRAFT'S COMMONPLACE BOOK is a written compilation of ideas: from 1919 to 1934, Lovecraft
 wrote down fragments, plot ideas and scenario outlines, all concrete elements he could put 
to use at any given time. The texts contain suggestions for story-writing as well as a list 
of 'horror fundamentals', intended to stimulate the imagination. Ecdysis is based on idea 
#221 of the Commonplace Book: "Insects or other entities from space attack and penetrate 
a man’s head and cause him to remember alien and exotic things--possible displacement of 
personality."
        
This is Version 1.6, released on September 13, 2007, developed using TADS 2.