Lovecraftian

Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror fiction which emphasizes the cosmic horror of the unknown (in some cases, unknowable). It is named after American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). Lovecraft refined this style of storytelling into his own mythos that involved a set of supernatural, pre-human, and extraterrestrial elements. His work was inspired by and similar to previous authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon Blackwood and Lord Dunsany. The hallmark of Lovecraft's work is cosmicism: the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in co ...more

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The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

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231 books — 95 voters

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H.P. Lovecraft's Graphic Novels

122 books — 45 voters

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“ The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable. ”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Selected Letters III: 1929-1931

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“ Some of them stole off to those cryptical realms which are known only to cats and which villagers say are on the moon's dark side, whither the cats leap from tall housetops; but one small black kitten crept upstairs and sprang in Carter's lap to purr and play, and curled up near his feet when he lay down at last on the little couch whose pillows were stuffed with fragrant drowsy herbs. ...more ”
― H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

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