H. P. Lovecraft Loved My Home Town. The Rest of the World, Not So Much.

The man, the myth, 1928

In the early years of the 20th century, unless you were a follower of pulp magazines that trafficked in fantasy, horror, and early sci-fi, Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s fiction was written and largely ignored. His work only gained steam after he died in 1937, as his disciples published and elaborated on work and ideas he began. Filmmakers followed, rarely adapting…