Fantasy: September 14, 2011 Issue [#4613]
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 This week: Howard Philips Lovecraft
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

"The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." ~ H. P. Lovecraft

"Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places." ~ H. P. Lovecraft


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Letter from the editor

I wrote a short piece about H. P. Lovecraft a few days ago. Someone ask about the titles of some of Mr. Lovecraft's stories. The basic theme that runs through most of his poems and stories is "cosmicism". That is the universe is unfavorable and even hostile to the interest of humanity. This idea also suggests that the minds of humans cannot understand or comprehend life.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890 in Providence, Rhoda Island, to Winfield Scott Lovecraft and Sarah Susan Phillips Lovecraft. At three years old, he could recite poetry and when he was six, he began writing poetry. As an adult, he wrote science fiction, horror, and fantasy; specializing in the subgenre of weird fiction. He died in Providence on March 15, 1937. For more information on H. P. Lovecraft's life see Wikipedia.org.

H. P. Lovecraft was a prolific writer with many poems and stories in his portfolio. I am not going to list all of his writings because that would exceed the content of this newsletter. His stories include The Dunwich Horror and The Call of Cthulhu. His poems include The Fungi from Yuggoth, Providence, and The Cats. For those who enjoy reading "weird fiction" I suggest reading some of Mr. Lovecraft's works, many are in electronic format and located at The H. P. Lovecraft Archive.


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Ask & Answer

I hope the few stories I mentioned in this article gives an idea of H. P. Lovecraft's works. He also wrote letters and literary criticism. Have you read Lovecraft, if so what are some of your favorite stories or poems?

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