Wil-Low Series #2: The Sisters Lovecraft
ISBN: 9798187776009 — Available for purchase from October 1, 2026
Knowledge without wisdom is an abomination.
Story: 90 pages
End notes: 40 pages
Total page count: 134 pages
The gifted Lovecraft sisters—responsible April, ambitious May, and prodigy June—uncover a forbidden manuscript hidden in the abandoned university library: the Necronomicon. Fascinated by its scientific approach to reanimation, May secretly experiments with its teachings and succeeds in resurrecting dead animals. But when she applies the process to herself, she returns stripped of emotion and becomes the first carrier of a rapidly mutating contagion.
Screenplay
A password-protected screenplay version (reader version) is available on FilmFreeway.
The screenplay on which this novel is based won an honorable mention in the 2026 13HORROR.COM Film & Screenplay Contest, as well as in the July 2026 Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest.
Two versions were also submitted to Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2026.
Excerpt from the Reader Feedback on an early version (May 2026):
"The Sisters Lovecraft" is a loving homage to the world of the great author that makes some strong creative choices of its own. First and foremost, the decision to make the story revolve around three sisters — the memorably named April, May and June — is an inspired one. They aren't quite peers, given their differences in age, but the pecking order isn't set in stone and conflicts naturally arise amongst them. This immediately sets the film aside from Lovecraft's stories, which rarely feature a female protagonist. The sisters' age also makes the project more audience friendly, even with the sisters' scholarly nature and rigorous scientific bent (another smart creative decision). The story kicks into high gear with Brutus’ death and resurrection and the unsettling, insidious spread of the slugs among his victims. From that point on the pace and dramatic intensity are high, building to the bittersweet conclusion with May's self-sacrifice to eradicate her wayward, fatally flawed "children." The resurrection of the dead is a common genre trope that reaches far beyond Lovecraft's canon (but was memorably adapted for film in "Re-Animator," based on one of his stories). Your take on it differs significantly, both conceptually and stylistically. The script's realization of the slugs, their green glow, and their integration with something dead feels very Lovecraft but the combined mythology is also fresh and distinct from other adaptations, which is important. The historical montage guided by June’s voice-over is dynamic and fast paced but informative, setting the stage for what happens next with interesting and relevant backstory. It's an effective way to seamlessly weave exposition into engaging scenes, so we barely notice it's there. The callback to “I should have chosen the gold” is effective! The price of dark knowledge is a classic Lovecraft theme. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.
Excerpt from the Reader Feedback on a later version (July 2026):
THE SISTERS LOVECRAFT is a short and eerie Lovecraft homage that packs a spooky little punch. Calling to mind former Lovecraft film classics like The Dunwich Horror (1970) and Re-Animator (1985), the clever script posits a world in which H.P. Lovecraft's ancestors unleashed the terrors of the Necronomicon in Arkham, Massachusetts, and even features the legendary book's author, Abdul Alhazred, in the stirring cold open. Like the parable in the opening, the script economically captures those key Lovecraft themes of the consequences of man's thirst for knowledge and the humility of humanity against the great forces of the universe that we can't possibly imagine. Middle sister, May, is a strong, tragic protagonist in the mold of Victor Frankenstein and Lovecraft's many ill-fated protagonists who seek to find greater truths than humans are capable of understanding. April presents a great foil to her little sister, whose protectiveness winds up holding May too tightly and driving her toward her tragic fate. The monsters of the piece, namely Brutus the cat, Peabody and the other nameless, zombie-like humanoids that swarm the campus at the film's climax, are all effectively creepy and Lovecraftian, and the writing is strong and clear, situating us well in the world and clearly drawing each character and their intent.
Table of Contents
- Prologue ... 5
- Chapter 1 Centennial ... 9
- Chapter 2: Necronomicon ... 15
- Chapter 3: Electromagnetism ... 20
- Chapter 4: Disagreements ... 27
- Chapter 5: Irreversible Words ... 32
- Chapter 6: Reanimatio ... 37
- Chapter 7: Resurrection ... 41
- Chapter 8: Resolve ... 47
- Chapter 9: Revelation ... 51
- Chapter 10: Quarantine ... 55
- Chapter 11: Plague ... 59
- Chapter 12: Atomikon ... 64
- Chapter 13: Green Dawn ... 71
- Epilogue ... 74
- Background Information ... 77
Book Fragments
Do you want to know what to expect from this book?
Check out these fragments:
- Fragment 1: The three-page prologue is based on an old joke, but placed in a different context.
- Fragment 2: The first three pages of Chapter 2, in which the sisters discover the Necronimicon.
- Fragment 3: Some words about the author and the genre, followed by illustrated end notes about the world of H.P. Lovecraft.
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