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Our first donation has officially been given to our charity ‘Lake
District Search And Mountain Rescue!’
From production to promotion, sales to donation, we have finally
completed our first of many laps!
Below you will find the details of the donation day, brief
project history, photographs by Alan Cleaver and link to a video of the event.
Thank you to all of our CC contributors, promoters and
customers.
Donation Day
LDSAMRA kindly agreed to Cumbrian Cthulhu creator Andrew
McGuigan’s request to take a photograph holding up a big silly cheque.
The handover and photographs took place at 10:30 am on
Saturday 24th August at the Keswick MRC centre down by the lake.
This donation was the profits from the first two books, from
November 2012 to April 2013. Sale
profits since April 2013 will now build up for next year’s donation.
Photographs by Alan Cleaver
Present on the day were Karen and Stephen of Keswick MRC, the McGuigan clan: Jennifer, Stephen, Suzanne and Andrew, Allan Mitchell and Bryony Parrish.
We were given a guided tour of the Keswick Mountain
Rescue Centre where we got to see the training facilities, meeting room, the high tech call out and monitoring systems and the wide range of equipment packed into each rescue vehicle.
We were privileged to meet Mike Nixon MBE, the only active MRC member to
receive a 60 year certificate. Mike thanked us for our cheque and
wished us great success with our future publishing.
Andrew was pleased as well to finally meet Alan Cleaver, who
has long been a supporter and promoter of Cumbrian Cthulhu both online and in
newspaper print!
Cumbrian Cthulhu in Times & Star, by Alan Cleaver
Alan joined us on the day to photograph and report later on the cheque handover.
All in all the day was an enjoyable success and we look
forward to future yearly cheque presentations!
Here is the link to the video, many thanks to Stephen
McGuigan!
A Brief Project History
The Cumbrian Cthulhu project was started in 2009 when Andrew
McGuigan wrote the first Cumbrian Cthulhu story ‘The chamber in the Hillside,’
a tale about invaders from the sea seeking to unearth a monstrous creature from
beneath the Senhouse Roman site.
After being joined online by other writers and our illustrator Andy Paciorek, the Cumbrian Cthulhu team collected stories to self publish our first two illustrated anthologies in November 2012.
After being joined online by other writers and our illustrator Andy Paciorek, the Cumbrian Cthulhu team collected stories to self publish our first two illustrated anthologies in November 2012.
Cumbrian Cthulhu Volumes One and Two
Our Youtube advert, thank you Alex Goth and Andy Paciorek
In the spirit of the project, we decided all book sale
profits should be donated to a Cumbrian charity. LDSAMRA was chosen as a very
worthy recipient.
Books were initially sold on our publishing site Lulu.com
and then later on Amazon.com and other online retailers.
As the creator of Cumbrian Cthulhu, Andrew McGuigan ordered
boxes of books which were sold to relatives and work colleagues in order to
squeeze every extra penny profit by keeping costs low, utilising bulk orders
combined with occasional discount codes.
Early word of mouth, Facebook friends and the relatives of
contributors have made up the majority of sales so far. Members of the CC
project took to email, Facebook and Twitter to inform both Cumbrians and
Lovecraft fans of the books.
We hope that news of the donation will further increase awareness and encourage new sales!
We hope that news of the donation will further increase awareness and encourage new sales!
Illustrations by Andy Paciorek
The Future of
Cumbrian Cthulhu!
What makes Cumbrain Cthulhu different to a one day charity event is that the books will always be on sale. The aim of the project is to build up a collection of books under its banner so that even in years to come they can be stumbled upon, creating new charitable revenue which will always be donated to LDSAMRA.
In the next two years we will have completed and published all of our currently planned books: Four volumes of paperback short stories, a hardback version featuring all stories together, a collection of Lovecraft’s own stories for those new to his work, a book of Cumbrian Cthulhu roleplaying adventures and finally a coffee table style book featuring the full colour art and history of the Cumbrian Cthulhu Project.
We also have a new merchandise shop where you can buys
shirts, mugs and art prints featuring Cumbrian Cthulhu artwork from our books
and also designs unique to our souvenirs.
Lamb Attack by Tony Clark, now on CC merchandise!
Cumbrian Cthulhu Flag Shirt
In October this year we will be releasing Volume Three of
our short stories and also the H.P. Lovecraft anthology.
These will be on sale through LULU.COM, available from Halloween.
These will be on sale through LULU.COM, available from Halloween.
At Cumbrian Cthulhu, we always welcome new writers and
artists!
Currently we are having a big push to increase awareness of our ‘Cumbrian Cthulhu Cover Art Competition,’ where artists can win the chance to have their work featured as the cover of our hardback book, as well as a full biography in our Art & History book.
Currently we are having a big push to increase awareness of our ‘Cumbrian Cthulhu Cover Art Competition,’ where artists can win the chance to have their work featured as the cover of our hardback book, as well as a full biography in our Art & History book.
Thank you once again to the whole Cumbrian Cthulhu team, our
promoters and customers. We hope to donate more and more over the next few
years as word spreads and readership grows!
Please contact me with any questions!
Andrew McGuigan
cumbrian.cthulhu@gmail.com
cumbrian.cthulhu@gmail.com
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