The Cthulhu Mythos is sort of like a self-contained literary universe ruled by a pantheon of fearsome deities, many of whom resemble insects or aquatic life. The name is derived from Lovecraft’s character Cthulhu, who is the subject of his story “The Call of Cthulhu” which was first published in Weird Tales in 1926. read more
It isn’t true, but the name “H.P. Lovecraft” certainly had much, much less cultural cache than it does now, some 15 years later. Back then, I was just discovering the father of “cosmic horror” as part of a fascination with vintage horror fiction. read more
Lovecraft's poetry is collected in The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Night Shade Books, 2001), while much of his juvenilia, various essays on philosophical, political and literary topics, antiquarian travelogues, and other things, can be found in Miscellaneous Writings (Arkham House, 1989). read more