H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of weird fiction, horror and fantasy, born and died in Providence, Rhode Island. His best-known works include The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Out of Time. The shared universe of cosmic entities and forbidden texts that runs through his stories became known as the Cthulhu Mythos, later extended by other authors.
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H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of weird fiction, horror and fantasy, born and died in Providence, Rhode Island. His best-known works include The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Out of Time. The shared universe of cosmic entities and forbidden texts that runs through his stories became known as the Cthulhu Mythos, later extended by other authors.
