On Friday, after having read a particularly entertaining entry in The Book of Lists: Horror, edited by Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley, I asked the question, “Who the Heck is Warren Martense?”

I believed that Warren Martense had to be a pseudonym, and so I e-mailed Del, who e-mailed Scott, who contacted the writer of the list which had piqued my interest, and the big brains conferred to decide whether the secret could be revealed, and lo, the curtains opened …

Well … better make that, the curtains parted slightly.

For though I haven’t yet learned the true identity of the writers (yes, writers) who came up with “Ten Things H.P. Lovecraft Never Asked for in a Bar,” I now know this much, that Warren Martense is “the Lovecraft-inspired pseudonym of two UK writers.”

And now you know, too.