Dance of the Damned by Alan Bligh Expands Arkham Horror Franchise

There are rare times when Lovecraftiana comes full circle. It happened with Chaosium, where the company manufactured H.P. Lovecraft's febrile horrors into a popular franchise of role playing games, only to turn their sights back to the text realm with books. Many of their collections subsequently collected scenarios into full blown stories in the older Cthulhu Mythos tradition.

Now, Fantasy Flight Games, the entity behind the Arkham Horror board games, appears to be set on doing the same. Their first book, Arkham Horror: Dance of the Damned, is slated for a December release. It follows the adventures of a Miskatonic University librarian and bounty hunter as they fight to unravel a supernatural mystery in Lovecraftian Kingsport. This is due to kick off a more comprehensive trilogy called "The Lord of Nightmares."

Alan Bligh is a writer behind several other books serialized from gaming series. However, he seems to be a newcomer to the circles of Lovecraftian and weird fiction. Hopefully, this will result in a surprise win for Arkham Horror's foray into book form. Lovecraft purists and weird fiction literary fanatics shouldn't expect groundbreaking experiments in supernatural literature with Dance of the Damned, but it's likely to offer gamers and adventurous Lovecraftians a fun ride.

-Grim Blogger