Lost Myths

website archive | live show | postcards | chapbooks | miscellaneous

Lost Myths (2009-2012) was a facet of my Nocturnes project, done in collaboration with visual artist Rupert Bottenberg and several musicians. It encompassed a website with 101 Lost Myths posted, a dozen live performances, and various publications

lostmyths.net

  • The Beginning of Time (1 April 2010) comics
  • The Patchwork Life of the Hydiadron (2 April 2010) postcard myth
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch (3 April 2010) postcard myth
  • That Long-Foretold Second Coming (4 April 2010) audio
  • Fun & Games with the Hippacotora (5 April 2010) multimedia
  • Old Man Napi Goes to London (6 April 2010) illustrated story
  • Manit, God of Dreams (7 April 2010) illustration with caption
  • What to Do with the Dead (8-22 April 2010) comics
  • The Mask of Valdoricus the Mutable (29 April 2010) postcard myth
  • The Primordial Icon of Mingadobolo the Treymurgian (6 May 2010) postcard myth
  • Partying with the Tinkerhorns (13 May 2010) postcard myth
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora (20 May 2010) illustrated story
  • The Curious Case of the Riddlecat (27 May 2010) postcard myth
  • Manit and the Nightmares (3 June 2010) comics
  • Tinkerhorn Muziek (10 June 2010) postcard myth, with audio
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word (17 June 2010) postcard myth
  • The Masks of the Four Cardinals (24 June 2010) illustrated story
  • The Pyramid of the Four Cardinals (1 July 2010) multimedia
  • After the Storm: Monkito-ho-Katoso (8 July 2010) postcard myth
  • Trickster God Seeks Computer Partner (15 July 2010) postcard myth
  • Odd Jack, the King of Monsters! (22 July 2010) comics
  • The Meta-Omniscience of the Quantum Oracle (29 July 2010) postcard myth
  • The Undogagon (5 August 2010) postcard myth
  • The Mask of Mongotondro (12 August 2010) postcard myth
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard (19 August 2010) illustrated story
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble! (26 August 2010) postcard myth
  • Agents of M.Y.T.H. — Technology Division (2 September 2010) Lost Pages
  • The Primordial Dance of Drogassyus (9 September 2010) postcard myth
  • Lucha Gublero (16 September 2010) postcard myth
  • The Cornucopia of Dionysus (23 September 2010) illustrated story
  • The Giant Tortupine and Other Conumdrums (30 September 2010) postcard myth
  • Agents of M.Y.T.H. — Battle Division (7 October 2010) Lost Pages
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age (14 October 2010) postcard myth
  • The Grinthema — Gremlin: Specimen A? (21 October 2010) postcard myth, with audio
  • The Masks of Gargutku the Sadomasochist, Conduit of Pain and Punishment (28 October 2010)  postcard myth
  • Agents of M.Y.T.H. — Espionage Division (4 November 2010) Lost Pages
  • The Implosive Birth of the Nautilusaurus (11 November 2010)  postcard myth
  • Wrath of the Woodgod (18 November 2010) illustrated story
  • Odd Jack’s Monsters (25 November 2010) illustration with caption
  • Agents of M.Y.T.H. — Entertainment Division (2 December 2010) Lost Pages
  • Vandokamma, the Bird-Tree (9 December 2010) postcard myth
  • The Quantum Oracle’s Labyrinth of Meta-Awareness (16 December 2010) multimedia
  • The Godsuit Instructions (23 December 2010) postcard myth
  • Manit and the Nightmares (live at Fantasia 2010) (30 December 2010) video
  • Beware the Jubadanka! (6 January 2011) postcard myth
  • The Mask of Kolobro the Insatiable (13 January 2011) postcard myth
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World (20 January 2011) comics
  • Coyote Punks Sussistanako (27 January 2011) postcard myth
  • The Doom of the Nevermore (3 February 2011) postcard myth
  •  The Four Elements: Air (Hiding) (10 February 2011) illustrated story
  • Intrigues and Scandals of the Lemurian Court (17 February 2011) Lost Pages
  • Heliotor and Monokor (24 February 2011) postcard myth
  • Excerpts from the Treymurgiozoic Ornithonomicon (3 March 2011) Lost Pages
  • The Two Facets of Saintmaker (10 March 2011) postcard myth
  • The Four Elements: Fire (Metamorphosis) (17 March 2011) illustrated story
  • The Calamitous Storm of the Impazoku (24 March 2011) postcard myth
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree (31 March 2011) comics
  • The Secret History of TV Eye (7 April 2011) postcard myth
  • Fuel for the Dark Dreams of Yamesh-Lot (14 April 2011) illustrated story
  • The Four Elements: Earth (Nephesh) (21 April 2011) illustrated story
  • Astromuttmania: The “Astromutt Theme” (28 April 2011) postcard myth, with audio
  • The Holy Mask of Paniskia, Goddess of the Congo River (5 May 2011) postcard myth
  • The Cursed Cycle of Diacervides (11 May 2011) postcard myth
  • The Trickster among Us (18 May 2011) Lost Pages
  • The Four Elements: Water (Scars) (25 May 2011) illustrated story
  • The Last Donnergaggle (2 June 2011) postcard myth
  • Journey through the Innards of the Nautilusaurus (9 June 2011) multimedia
  • You Are the God Agakotul (16 June 2011) postcard myth
  • Psychobabbled! (23 June 2011) postcard myth
  • Hootooboogoo, the Eye of Devoro the All-Consuming (30 June 2011) postcard myth
  • The Running of the Sacred Bull  (7 July 2011) postcard myth
  • The Family Portrait (14 July 2011) illustrated story
  • Akkatabokiku, Worm God of Treymurgia (21 July 2011) postcard myth
  • The Bull, the Bat, and the Bird (28 July 2011) illustrated story
  • The Clarence & Charles Old World Encyclopaedia (4 August 2011) Lost Pages
  • The Heart of Jalakrusza (11 August 2011) postcard myth
  • The Afterlife of the Merfolk (18 August 2011) postcard myth
  • The Return of the Low Bunnies (25 August 2011) illustrated story
  • The Judgment of Basquattoni (1 September 2011) postcard myth
  • The Great God Bboom Bboom Bboom (8 September 2011) illustrated story
  • The X-Ray Ogre Beats the Devil (15 September 2011) postcard myth
  • Three Scenes from What to Do with the Dead (22 September 2011) illustrations with captions
  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual (29 September 2011) postcard myth
  • Zomadorus the Gluttonous, Demon of War and Hatemongering (6 October 2011) postcard myth
  • The Hopping Dromedary (13 October 2011) postcard myth
  • The Church of Starzoid, Creator of Worlds (20 October 2011) postcard myth
  • The Goddess Indecision (27 October 2011) postcard myth
  • The Irony of Orsotribilikus (3 November 2011) postcard myth
  • Borrodantar, Warrior Angel (10 November 2011) postcard myth
  • The All-Seeing Eyefruit of Voraculum (17 November 2011) postcard myth
  • The Paraworshipper Keeps the Gods Away! (24 November 2011) postcard myth
  • The Kanistalekion Tames the Berserker Lust of the Hellhound Cerberus (1 April 2012) illustrated story
  • The Rogues Gallery of Astromutt (1 May 2012) illustrated story
  • La Bière éternelle (1 June 2012) video
  • The Robot Tree of Technogenesis Island (1 July 2012) illustrated story
  • Treymurgian Tales (1 August 2012) Lost Pages
  • Selections from the Lost Pages Library (1 September 2012) Lost Pages
  • The Bboom Bboom Bboom Artefacts (1 October 2012) multimedia
  • Cryptomythology 101 (1 November 2012) Lost Pages

live show

7 April 2010, O PATRO VYS, Montreal

  • The Beginning of Time
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the West
  • Prelude to “That Long-Foretold Second Coming” (with Saskia Latendresse on cello)
  • The Grinthema — Gremlin: Specimen A?
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch
  • The Mask of Mongotondro
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree

10 April 2010, Ad Astra, Toronto

  • The Grinthema — Gremlin: Specimen A?
  • The Godsuit Instructions
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the West
  • Odd Jack, the King of Monsters!
  • The Cornucopia of Dionysus
  • The Giant Tortupine and Other Conundrums
  • The Mask of Mongotondro
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree

21 July 2010, Fantasia, Montreal

  • Odd Jack, the King of Monsters!
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • Tinkerhorn Musiek
  • The Cornucopia of Dionysus
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch
  • The Mask of Mongotondro
  • Lucha Gublero
  • After the Storm: Monkito-ho-Katoso
  • Manit and the Nightmares

2 October 2010, Con*Cept, Montreal

  • The Beginning of Time
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • Odd Jack, the King of Monsters!
  • The Grinthema — Gremlin: Specimen A?
  • Tinkerhorn Musiek
  • The Undogagon
  • The Implosive Birth of the Nautilusaurus
  • The Giant Tortupine and Other Conundrums
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • The Church of Starzoid, Creator of Worlds
  • excerpts from Agents of M.Y.T.H.
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard
  • Manit and the Nightmares

8 January 2011, Blue Sunshine, Montreal

  • The Beginning of Time
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • The Primordial Icon of Mingadobolo the Treymurgian
  • Earth (Nephesh)
  • The Grinthema — Gremlin: Speciman A?
  • Wrath of the Woodgod
  • Partying with the Tinkerhorns
  • The Goddess Indecision
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • excerpts from Agents of M.Y.T.H.
  • The Secret History of TV Eye
  • The Curious Case of the Riddlecat
  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual
  • Vandokamma, the Bird-Tree
  • The Meta-Omniscience of the Quantum Oracle
  • The Bull, the Bat, and the Bird
  • The Mask of Kolobro the Insatiable
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Islands
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree
  • Astromutt Theme

9 April 2011, Ad Astra, Toronto

  • The Beginning of Time
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora
  • Fuel for the Dark Dreams of Yamesh-Lot
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • The Afterlife of the Merfolk
  • Vandokamma, the Bird-Tree
  • The Undogagon
  • Earth: Nephesh
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • excerpts from Agents of M.Y.T.H.
  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard
  • Manit and the Nightmares

11 April 2011, The Gladstone, Toronto

  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual
  • The Cornucopia of Dionysus
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • The Undogagon
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch
  • The Mask of Mongotondro
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree

22 April 2011, O PATRO VYS, Montreal

  • The Godsuit Instructions
  • The Beginning of Time
  • The Implosive Birth of the Nautilusaurus
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Islands
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora
  • The Paraworshipper Keeps the Gods Away!
  • The Family Portrait
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • The Meta-Omniscience of the Quantum Oracle
  • Fuel for the Dark Dreams of Yamesh-Lot
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • Astromuttmania: The “Astromutt Theme”
    [intermission]
  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual
  • The Cornucopia of Dionysus
  • The X-Ray Ogre Beats the Devil
  • The Bull, the Bat, and the Bird
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Mountains
  • excerpts from the Treymurgiozoic Ornithonomicon
  • The Afterlife of the Merfolk
  • The Undogagon
  • Earth (Nephesh)
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard
  • Manit and the Nightmares

7 May 2011, TCAF, Toronto Reference Library

  • The Beginning of Time
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Islands
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora
  • The Bull, the Bat, and the Bird
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • excerpts from Agents of M.Y.T.H.
  • The Secret History of TV Eye
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the West
  • The Mask of Mongotondro
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Mountains
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard
  • Manit and the Nightmares

13 May 2011, Congrès Boréal, Montreal

  • The Beginning of Time
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Islands
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora
  • The Bull, the Bat, and the Bird
  • The Undogagon
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • excerpts from Agents of M.Y.T.H.
  • The Implosive Birth of the Nautilusaurus
  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the West
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • Earth (Nephesh)
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • What to Do with the Dead: The People of the Mountains
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard
  • Manit and the Nightmares

15 July 2011, Readercon, Burlington, MA

  • The Beginning of Time
  • The Rabbit-Yaga Ritual
  • Ultzmölnir, Last Warrior of Baddengaard
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • The Undogagon
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • The Mask of Mongotondro
  • The Cornucopia of Dionysus
  • The Dance of the Hippacotora
  • The Paraworshipper Keeps the Gods Away!
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch
  • A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World
  • The Four Elements: Earth (Nephesh)
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree

5 August 2011: Fantasia International Film Festival, Concordia University, Montreal

  • The Paraworshipper Keeps the Gods Away!
  • The Masks Four Cardinals
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • The Great God Bboom Bboom Bboom
  • Wrath of the Woodgod
  • The Judgment of Basquattoni
  • The Afterlife of the Merfolk
  • The Calamitous Storm of the Impazoku
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • The Doom of the Nevermore
  • The Church of Starzoid, Creator of Worlds
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • The Implosive Birth of the Nautilusaurus
  • excerpts from Agents of MYTH
  • The Kanistalekion Tames the Berserker Lust of the Hellhound Cerberus
  • The Giant Tortupine and Other Conundrums
  • The Bull, the Bat, and the Bird
  • The Undogagon
  • The Holy Mask of Paniskia, Goddess of the Congo River
  • The Strange Fruit of the Charcoal Tree
  • The Primordial Dance of Drogassyus
  • What to Do with the Dead

postcards

  • The Church of Starzoid, Creator of Worlds
  • The X-Ray Ogre Beats the Devil
  • The Judgment of Basquattoni
  • The Secret History of TV Eye
  • Beware the Jubadanka!
  • Vandokamma, the Bird-Tree
  • The Implosive Birth of the Nautilusaurus
  • Astromutt, Hero of the Space Age
  • Memmbok the Omnivorous, Mammoth Monster of Marble!
  • The Meta-Omniscience of the Quantum Oracle
  • YHWH and the Cloak of the Word
  • Partying with the Tinkerhorns
  • The Primordial Icon of Mingadobolo the Treymurgian
  • Manit, God of Dreams
  • Big Sister Eye Loves to Watch
  • Odd Jack’s Monsters

chapbooks

Manit and the Nightmares

Agents of M.Y.T.H.

miscellaneous

  • The People of the Islands: podcast at the Shimmer website (June 2009)
  • In the House of Houses: Chiaroscuro #49 (October 2011)