H.P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1890. He was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. His best work - including some sixty or so short stories - was published from 1923 onwards in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. He died in 1937, in poverty and virtually unknown; today he is recognized as one of the great masters of supernatural fiction.
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The occult, with its roots in the distant past, has long been a source of fascination and fear. For thousands of years, people have sought to unlock the secrets of the universe by means of arcane rituals, mystical practices, and communion with otherworldl... SEE MORE