Welcome to the first issue of Nightscapes in the year 2006 and the first issue since 2003! When I decided to put this issue together back in January, I contacted all of the contributors that I already had material from -- those that hadn't changed their email addresses! So then we put out the word that we were looking for submissions. Unfortunately, the only artwork we received went under the parody lable. But under fiction alone, there is approximately 170,000 words of material.

To all types of creators out there, let Nightscapes showcase your children. We hope to get a second issue out this year. Without the help of the creators, there is no way this will happen. Submit!!!

We profusely apologize, once again, to our readers and creators, and our art director, for the very extended delay to this issue of Nightscapes. We also apologize to publishers, editors, and writers who sent material to be reviewed. Some of this material has already gone out of print. We have started a policy of providing reviews of any Cthulhu Mythos material in print or out of print. The latter is because a lot of readers don't know if something is worth paying out of print prices for, so they would appreciate finding out what the good stuff is and being warned about the bad stuff. Again, our sincere apology to all concerned.

If you have a link to Nightscapes on your web page, it would be appreciated if you would use this URL: http://www.epberglund.com/RGttCM/contents.htm#scapes. This links to the current issue of Nightscapes and all past issues will eventually be linked at the bottom of the Nightscapes contents page. If you would like to use a banner for the link to us, you can download this banner.

We do hope you enjoy the material we have provided this time around, and will come back again for further pleasant, but horrifying, reading experiences.

SUBMISSIONS

Nightscapes is an electronic magazine that is devoted to the Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft and all those creators who have followed. We hope to entertain you with fiction, artwork, poetry, and whatever else happens to come our way, whatever guise it may be in, as long as it deals with the Cthulhu Mythos.

We will always need the help of you, the reader and/or creator, for without you, we do not have a magazine. If you are a writer, artist, gamer, what-have-you, let us showcase your creations. All we ask is that whatever you submit, that it not have appeared on the Internet before now. (Of course, after the issue goes online, all rights are returned to the contributors. They can then put it online on their own web site or submit it to a print media publication.) We will be using one reprint story per issue, but this will be from the print media. If you are a reader, and you know of a story that appeared in the fanzines of the late 70's/early 80's that you think is worth reprinting, let us know. We'll try and get in contact with the author to get his permission to reprint it. Contact us at Nightscapes.

For the fan of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, there is never enough new stories. And a Mythos story doesn't have to be entirely in the Lovecraft mode. We have seen Mythos stories written as science fiction, fantasies, mysteries, westerns, and even romance tales. Whatever the genré, we hope you, the creators, will let us present your work to the readers under the Nightscapes banner! If you are not sure your creation is good enough, submit it and let us decide!

Nightscapes graphics © 1999-2006 Erebus Graphic Design. All rights reserved. Email to: James V. Kracht.

Created: October 28, 2006