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What would you get if you combined Alfred Hitchcock, Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King? The clear answer may be anything resembling Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft (1890-1937), an incredibly important poet and writer who combined science-fiction, horror and fantasy right into a subgenre referred to as “weird fiction”. Possibly none encapsulates strange misinformation like his development of the beast Cthulhu, which includes been utilized by different authors to spawn a fantastic world and mythology focused around Cthulhu.Growing up in New England, Lovecraft spun tales that combined the tired background of areas like Boston and Providence with tale and enchanting tales. His heritage increased in the following years, kept alive by shops such as the H.P widely-read in his lifetime, although he suffered an early death from cancer and wasn’t.