
Talos: the Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London since 2015. Produced by @cyborphic. Next: @BreadandRosesTC, 11-13 December 2025!
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ALT Cyborphic presents The Failure of the Century (WIP) by Nick Mamatas H. P. Lovecraft is dying to write. But the controversial horror writer cannot bring himself to finish his magnum opus, "The Shadow Out of Time", and it’s eating away at his stomach. Then over one long and shadowy Christmas night, Lovecraft receives three visitors at his tiny Rhode Island bedsit—his younger colleague Frank Belknap Long; then his estranged wife Sonia Greene; and finally the Crawling Chaos himself – the witch-cult king, the pharaonic Outer God, Nyarlathotep! “The Failure of the Century", a blend of Lovecraftian Horror & A Christmas Carol, is the first play by Nick Mamatas Presented as part of Talos V Science Fiction TheatreFestival The Failure of the Century Directed by Kira E. Wiggins Other Cast & Crew TBC Date & Time: Saturday 13th December @1.30pm Running Time: 50mins Content warnings: Age 16+, early 20th century discussions of race & sexuality, mental illness
























