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Sticks (short story)

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2. 'Sticks' is a short story by horror fiction writer Karl Edward Wagner, first published in the March 1974 issue of Whispers. It has been reprinted in several anthologies, including the revised edition of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, indicating that it is part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre.

Sticks Karl Edward Wagner Pdf Karl Edward Wagner at writers panel, World Fantasy Conference, Seattle, 1989. Born ( 1945-12-12)December 12, 1945, US Died October 14, 1994 (1994-10-14) (aged 48), US Nationality American Spouse(s) Barbara Ruth Mott 1974-1986 Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 – 14 October 1994) was an American writer, poet.

'Sticks' is a short story by horror fiction writer Karl Edward Wagner, first published in the March 1974 issue of Whispers.[1] It has been reprinted in several anthologies, including the revised edition of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, indicating that it is part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre.

The mysterious lattices of twigs were inspired by the work of Weird Tales artist Lee Brown Coye, who illustrated two Carcosa Press volumes which Wagner edited: Manly Wade Wellman's Worse Things Waiting and Hugh B. Cave's Murgunstrumm and Others (the latter volume appeared some years after 'Sticks' was written).

'Sticks' was also the inspiration for the lattice stick structures in the HBO show 'True Detective'.

Adaptations

In the mid-1980s, 'Sticks' was adapted for radio by the program The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz.

Critics have noted similarities between the plot of 'Sticks' and that of the film The Blair Witch Project.[2][3][4]

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Here it is our first episode! We lay out what we hope to accomplish, our plans for the first season, as well as a discussion of Wagner’s BFA winning short story ‘Sticks’. A special thank you to our reader Malcolm Mills and to the artist Andrea Sparacio for the beautiful portrait of Wagner.

Check here every episode as I’ll be inserting some additional information that didn’t make it to the show and I’ll provide links to some of the research I did for the story.

When reading the recent novel The Fisherman by John Langan I couldn’t help but think of the Quabbin Reservoir and the towns (and possibly cultist structures!) that were buried by the flooding. I found this interesting documentary Under Quabbin by WGBY. It features some great sections of scuba explorations of what has remained…

Here are some links to Mystery Hill New Hampshire so you can get a glimpse of what Wagner may have been picturing for the underground caverns.

Mystery Hill, NH- here

Sacrificial Table- here

If you are as intrigued by Shadrach Ireland as I was I suggest checking out the Burned-Over District in New York State. It was an exciting time in American religion and many interesting cults and ideas formed in this one area of the country. Seance anyone?

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Lastly if you are looking for more of the Cthulhu Mythos connections in this story I recommend Episode 65 of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias here. It is great coverage of the story with a mythos centric view.

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I hope you enjoyed our episode and that you’ll join us in one week for Episode 2 where we’ll cover Part 1 of Wagner’s story: In the Pines.

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