Lovecraft's literary corpus is rooted in cosmicism, which was simultaneously his personal philosophy and the main theme of his fiction. Cosmicism posits that humanity is an …

Nov 14, 2025 · H.P. Lovecraft, American author of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th-century masters of the Gothic tale of terror. He made his living as a …

Dedicated to Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the 20th century master of weird fiction, who died in 1937.

Jan 18, 2025 · H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was a pioneering American writer renowned for his unique contributions to weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. Best known for creating the …

3 days ago · This is the online compendium of information about the Cthulhu Mythos, the 1920s cosmic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, and the ongoing growth of the Mythos in literature and …

Jun 6, 2025 · Discover the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft, the father of cosmic horror whose work reshaped fiction and pop culture.

H. P. Lovecraft, by some estimates, is the greatest writer of horror fiction since Edgar Allan Poe. His influence on modern horror art has been enormous, despite his pulp fiction origins.

The Colour Out of Space was Lovecraft's favorite tale and shares the story of the "blasted heath" a patch of land where nothing grows or lives caused by a mysterious meteorite that lands on a …

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but hi...

Jan 18, 2025 · Lovecraft works by slowly mesmerizing the audience, pushing disgust, dread, helplessness, and awe farther and farther until finally reaching the outer realms of cosmic horror.