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Harbinger451’s New Patreon Subscription Page Needs You!

Posted by Harbinger451 on January 19, 2017

Harbinger451 Updates CategoryHarbinger451’s New Patreon Subscription Page Needs You!

I’ve just launched a page on the Patreon website. This page gives you the chance to assist me in producing some amazing online content, ebooks and (eventually) print books too. Throughout history many great (and not so great) “starving artists” of all types have been given the opportunity to produce their creative works due to the support and financial backing of enlightened patrons and champions of the arts. For a small subscription each month you too can do the same for me – and get some very cool rewards in return, at four levels of subscription.

Harbinger451's Patreon Page

Harbinger451’s Patreon Page

 

Level 1 Subscription – For only $1 a month Neophyte patrons gain access to patron-only posts, including:

  • advance views of upcoming book and web content.
  • sneak peeks at draft versions of text and images.
  • some very select and exclusive content only available on the Patreon page.

Plus, they gain access to the community page where they can post:

  • comments.
  • suggestions.
  • questions.
  • anything else they feel compelled to tell me.

Level 2 Subscription – For only $3 a month Acolyte patrons gain access to:

  • a free copy of the Dollar Dreadful Vol 1 ebook.
  • free advance copies of all ebooks published by the 451 ePublishing Haus while they are an Acolyte patron.

Plus – all of the above rewards.

Level 3 Subscription – For only $9 a month Initiate patrons gain access to:

  • having their name mentioned as a special patron on my website and in all ebooks published by the 451 ePublishing Haus while they are an Initiate patron.

Plus – all of the above rewards.

Level 4 Subscription – For only $27 a month Ipsissimus patrons gain access to:

  • free copies of all Peter Guy Blacklock print books published while they are an Ipsissimus patron.

Plus – all of the above rewards.

become-a-patron-buttonMy first goal is just $30 a month, it will keep my website online, paying for my domain name, hosting and server fees, so I can continue giving the world 24/7 access to loads of great content with no unavoidable breaks due to insufficient funds.

My Second goal is just $90 a month, it will keep me online, paying for my wi-fi broadband service, so I can continue adding great content to my website (and this blog) with no unavoidable breaks in my connectivity due to insufficient funds.

My third goal is just $270 a month, this will allow me to pay for some proper advertising and marketing, freeing up more of my time to write, design and publish some fantastic content and books.

More goals will be added as more patrons subscribe and warrant it.

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We made a Promo Video for our upcoming free H. P. Lovecraft eBook

Posted by Harbinger451 on April 13, 2016

451 ePublishing Haus CategoryPromo Video for our upcoming free H. P. Lovecraft eBook.

The first volume of our free Dark Matter series of ebooks is proving to take quite some time to compile and format. It collects all of H. P. Lovecraft’s creepy cultish fiction with a good spattering of his relevant essays, poetry, letters and his only sketch of Cthulhu. This eBook will also take a look at the legacy of his Cthulhu Mythos – an epic vision of a chaotic and dark universe filled with unspeakable horror – which inspired a veritable legion of genre writers then, and to this day, to set their fiction within his strange cultish world. It will have 144 of Lovecraft’s weird works; including ALL of his extant tales, with his juvenilia, his collaborative and his revision works. It will also include selected examples of those poetical and non-fiction works that we think will be of interest not only to fans of his fiction and Mythos in particular – but also to fans of horror and weird fiction in general.

Anyway – to the main point of this post. We thought a little promo video would serve well to drum up some interest in the aforementioned e-book… and, without further ado (except, put your headphones on people – the soundtrack will knock your socks off),  here it is:

Made using entirely free software with the addition of some open-source sound files from freesound.org. All the graphics were made using the open-source vector graphics editor Inkscape. The Cthulhu illustration was created using the GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP. These graphics and images were then incorporated into video format using Microsoft’s Movie Maker.

The soundtrack featured in the video was made using the free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds Audacity. This soundtrack includes a special guest appearance by Bloop the mysterious ultra-low-frequency and extremely powerful underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1997. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu quote “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn” was voiced by Harbinger451 himself… here it is in isolation:

For a break down of who was responsible for each individual sound used in the soundtrack see the credits at the end of the video… but also presented here for your convenience:

Video Credits

Video Credits

Details of the free ebook Dark Matter Vol 1: The Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft can be found HERE – including a full list of its contents.

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Exploring the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 and the origins of Jack the Ripper

Posted by Harbinger451 on April 30, 2014

Ripperology 101 CategoryWe are embarking on an investigation into one of the most persistent true crime mysteries that has now puzzled, perplexed and frustrated countless  criminologists and would-be detectives for over one and a quarter centuries… the identity of the person or persons unknown who committed the Whitechapel Murders. In most people’s mind there is one person associated with these crimes, the one and the only – Jack the Ripper! But that name is a fiction, a legend that became a myth… of the archetypal serial killer. The name “Jack the Ripper” first appeared in a hoax letter claiming to be from the Whitechapel killer that was sent to the Central News Agency on the 25th of September 1888. This “Dear Boss” letter, received on the 27th, was probably written by an enterprising journalist desperate for a scoop and to sensationalize the already sensational story even further… it worked. That name will now forever be associated with the Whitechapel murders – even if the real murderer or murderers are ever identified they will still be known by most as the Ripper.

Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel

Our investigation is in two main parts… in the section of our website entitled Ripperology 101, where the basic known facts of the case will be detailed and assessed – and in an upcoming eBook entitled ABYSS: A Chronicle of the Whitechapel Murders & the Origins of Jack the Ripper, where a very detailed timeline of events will be laid out.

From the website:

“In 1888 a spate of unsolved brutal attacks and increasingly gruesome murders of women befell the London East-End District of Whitechapel and its environs. These crimes would make the area world famous as the stalking ground of the mysterious, and as yet unidentified, killer now widely known as Jack the Ripper. The British Empire was at the height of its power and the City of London was its beating heart – the biggest and richest city in the world at the time. But London’s neglected East-End was massively overcrowded and the residents of Whitechapel in particular were horrendously impoverished. By any definition it was a rough place to live and police resources were stretched to the limit even before this series of unprecedented killings took hold.

      Of the fifteen attacks considered here as crimes directly relating to the Whitechapel Murders, eleven of them were ultimately fatal and all of them were committed by a person, or persons, unknown. All of the murder victims were women who were (probably) “unfortunates”, a euphemism of the time indicating that they were prostitutes. Many contemporary investigators assumed that all the attacks were related and committed by the same callous individual or individuals. However, most Ripperologists today think that as few as five of the murders can be said to have been carried out by the same hand.

      Other crimes that do not technically fit into the scope of the Whitechapel Murders will also be examined in these pages where pertinent connections, to either the Victims or the Suspects, can be theorised.”

Read more at Ripperology 101 as the investigation continues and the site expands – looking at the Victims, the Suspects, the Witnesses, the Investigators, the Trophies & Clues, the Weapons & MO, the Letters, the Theories and much, much more.

More on the upcoming eBook – ABYSS: A Chronicle of the Whitechapel Murders & the Origins of Jack the Ripper – will be released soon… watch this space.

Also: check out our digital newspaper – The Ripperology Gazette – a new, free, daily online ‘newspaper’ that correlates and presents all the latest news, updates, chatter and trends concerning the field of Ripperology, along with all things Ripper-related in fiction, film, games and even music. It explores the mystery of the 1888 Whitechapel murders and the origins and legacy of Jack the Ripper by featuring the most popular stories that are trending on the Twitter and Facebook social networks each day. Subscribe to never miss out on the latest Ripper-related news.

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