“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft Though Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s (1890-1937) name is now synonymous with weird fiction and existential horror, that wasn’t always true. Lovecraft had a difficult life. His father died when he was very… Continue reading Reading Lovecraft for Halloween: 4 Short Stories and Other Fiction