H. P. Lovecraft

...and Lanning introduce Lovecraftian-style cosmic horror to the Marvel Universe. Perhaps "reintroduce" is a better term, since elements of Lovecraft have been used before in the MU, most notably in the pages of Dr. Strange and the Avengers.

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...two copies of the set - one to give as a gift and the other to keep for yourself. It's got well-known work from Poe, Hawthorne and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as works from great modern horror writers like Richard Matheson and Stephen King.

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But you don't have to study much history to see that isn't true; the human condition is that of a lunatic asylum. Vonnegut, Lovecraft, Kafka and others understood that. People are rarely swayed by logic and reason, but by emotion and...

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...are separated more by tone than by story, and the mythology is simple: There's this book called the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (hat tip: H.P. Lovecraft), bound in human flesh and written in blood, that unleashes all kinds of crazy supernatural...

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...own plans for world domination, thank you very much. However you celebrate your Winter Solstice, it's always a good time to bring a little Lovecraft into the festivities! Why not decorate your tree with one of these wonderful hand-crafted...

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...article at CNN.com.) The approximate origin of the sound has been identified as 50 S x 100 W, which is almost exactly the same latitude as Lovecraft's fictitious sunken city of R'lyeh, at 48 S x 123 W, although it is 1000 miles distant in...

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...or blackened. It was decided that she was a vampire, Edwin was forced to drink her blood, and Mercy's vital organs were burned. H.P. Lovecraft, who's buried in Providence's Swan Point Cemetery, wrote about Mercy's case in "The Shunned...

In this article: New Orleans, The Vampire's Assistant, Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice, New England, Exeter, and Swan Point Cemetery

Joe Broers makes Cthulhu Mythos sculptures, which come with "fictitious 'documentation' that helps provide a feeling of verisimilitude to the project." John Allan Muhammad, best known for killing 10 people in the 2002 DC-area sniper...

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The documentary was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Cinevolve Studios on October 27, 2009. Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown chronologically relates Lovecraft's life from early childhood when his father was institutionalized, to his own death...

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...King to Neil Gaiman have heaped praise and reverence on him. As with the sinister Cthulhu cults Lovecraft wrote about, there's a real-world cult of Lovecraft that's been dissecting, debating, and expanding on his legacy for decades.

In this article: The Call of Cthulhu, Stephen King, Necronomicon, Neil Gaiman, Yuggoth, Miskatonic University, and Arkham