Another Fright for Friday

What price will the artist pay to capture truth in his or her art? One horrible answer might be found in Clark Ashton Smith's The Hunters From Beyond, first published in "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror," October 1932.

A small note about the site the link leads to: It's actually an authorized fan site, with full permission from the Estate of C.A. Smith and Arkham House (who together hold copyrights on all materials published after 1923) to post complete stories, on a not-for-profit basis. Given that all of the stuff published during Smith's lifetime should be heading towards public domain in the next few years (I think), this is a really interesting idea. Would that Arkham and the Lovecraft estate (not to mention Chaosium, strangely) could agree on something similar! (Would that those three entities could agree on anything when it comes to Lovecraft's copyrights....)

But all of this is extraneous. Enjoy the short story! (And don't worry. It's scary, but not graphic.)

Who-Related News (Who-tube?)

The BBC has made a deal with Youtube for exclusive content.

Yes, this will be directly applicable to we Doctor Who fans, viz:

Of the two entertainment channels, one will be advertising-free, and funded by the licence fee. It will feature specially commmisioned “behind the scenes” clips, with, for example, the Doctor Who star David Tennant talking about shooting forthcoming episodes.

I find it particularly amusing that ...Executives at the Corporation believe this is the best chance for the BBC to “crack America”...., when they've had that opportunity for ages and have continually shot themselves in the foot by not allowing broadband video access for lots of Doctor Who related (and other) stuff to any IP outside the UK. I understand the license fee issue, but still.

At any rate, possibly good news. We'll see how it develops....