7/4/2023 0 Comments Hp lovecraft herbert west![]() He created the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, and the fictional Miskatonic University, which show up again and again in his stories about the Necronomicon, a forbidden book of dark magic, and the Old Ones - the most famous of which, Cthulhu, is practically a meme. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1890 and spent most of his life there, setting the majority of his stories in the northeastern United States. Like Stephen King loves Maine, Lovecraft loved New England. Only after his death in 1937 did he gain the kind of popularity that’s made him one of the most famous writers in the world. As with most people who are posthumously labeled geniuses in their fields, Lovecraft’s work never took off during his short lifetime. ![]() His mythos of interstellar deities and sinister forces has inspired generations of storytellers, with the word “Lovecraftian” used today to describe a specific, chilling tale. In the realm where science fiction, horror and fantasy meet lives the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, who endures as one of the world’s most imaginative writers. ![]()
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