![]() Others draw on Lovecraft’s disturbing dreams. Many of his stories are set in old New England towns, locales haunted with the ghosts of their violent pasts. It’s difficult to see how such a prosaic lot could yield such fantastical fiction, but Lovecraft managed to take inspiration as it came. He remained there until his death in 1937. ![]() ![]() Lovecraft returned to Providence alone two years later. His short-lived foray into marriage took him to New York, but the move, like the relationship, proved unsuccessful. Born in 1890 in Providence, R.I., he rarely ventured forth from his home town. Lovecraft’s life was brief and outwardly uneventful. He commands an impressively devoted cult following. Virtually unknown in his lifetime, Lovecraft is widely regarded as one of the most influential pioneers of the horror and science fiction genres. Klinger, collects 22 of Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s stories and novellas. ![]() Lovecraft” (Liveright, $39.95), with notes and a foreword by horror expert Leslie S. ![]() With Halloween lurking around the corner, it behooves connoisseurs of the supernatural to dust off the spell books, and this year a new grimoire join the ranks. ![]()
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