Howard Phillips Lovecraft was a prolific American writer, whose works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy achieved posthumous renown. Creator of the 'Cthulhu Mythos,' his narratives frequently explore cosmic horror, madness, and the insignificance of human existence in the face of primordial and indifferent entities. His writing is marked by a rich vocabulary and atmospheric descriptions that create a sense of dread and mystery. Despite having had little commercial success during his lifetime, his influence on genre literature is immeasurable, inspiring generations of writers, filmmakers, and artists. Lovecraft was born and lived most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island, where the city's gothic atmosphere profoundly influenced his work.
Poems List
[ On Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary:] That sort of thing wears thin—for when one’s cynicism becomes perfect and absolute, there is no longer anything amusing in the stupidity and hypocrisy of the herd. It is all to be expected—what else could human nature produce?—so irony annuls itself by means of its own victories!
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Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. H. P.
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It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism. H. P.
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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H. P.
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The most merciful thing in the world . . . is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. H.P.
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