Summary

Few horror authors have left their stamp on an entire corner of the genre quite like H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraftian fiction, especially stories directly concerning the Cthulhu Mythos, contains some of the most chilling scares available on the page. However, despite his name being synonymous with cosmic horror and the fictional universe of pop-culture icon Cthulhu, Lovecraft's mythology stretches far beyond Lovecraft himself.

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