Lovecraft's Life
What are minorities?
A world-renowned author known for his horror and fantasy writings, who was influenced by H.P. Lovecraft; he's known for writing the novel It.
Who is Stephen King?
A short story in which the narrator discovers notes from his grand-uncle concerning strange dreams, bizarre cults, and a monstrous entity beneath the sea. A tabletop RPG shares a similar name to this story.
What is "The Call of Cthulhu"?
One of the most recognizable characters in Cosmic Horror which is described as having "simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature."
Who is Cthulhu?
A fictional city in Massachusetts where many of Lovecraft's stories take place. It also inspired the name of a mental hospital in the DC universe.
What is Arkham?
The hometown of H.P. Lovecraft, where he spent most of his life, which is also the capital of Rhode Island.
What is Providence?
An American poet who wrote macabre stories that greatly influenced H.P. Lovecraft; a famous story of his is "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A short story that features the first depiction of "scientifically" reanimated zombies, created by the narrator and the title character, who are a pair of students at Miskatonic University.
What is "Herbert West--Reanimator"?
A group of ocean-dwelling humanoids created for "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft
What are Deep Ones?
A sunken city in the Pacific Ocean where Cthulhu dwells; it's location is placed at Point Nemo, which some have said Lovecraft predicted the location of.
What is R'lyeh?
This subject caused Lovecraft to have a nervous breakdown before graduating high school, which prevented him from receiving a diploma and from becoming a professional astronomer.
What is higher mathematics?
Sometimes going by the pseudonym Abdul Alhazred, this author was greatly influential to the genre of science fiction and significantly contributed to the development of another genre: cosmic horror.
Who is H. P. Lovecraft?
A short story that tells the story of a meteorite hitting a farmer's property and begins to drive the family mad, mutate, and destroy the environment around it, including the people. This story has been turned into several films, one of which stars Nicholas Cage.
What is "The Color Out of Space"?
A character created by Ambrose Pierce that is frequently attributed to Lovecraft; they are frequently associated with a color.
Who is Hastur or the King in Yellow?
A fictional college located in the fictional city of Arkham used in Lovecraft fiction; in-universe, this college is frequently likened to Harvard and Brown.
What is Miskatonic University?
A symbol that Lovecraft frequently drew on his letters that became a protective symbol in his mythos.
What is the Elder Sign?
One of the three members of the Lovecraft Circle, known for creating the Conan the Barbarian series and creating the sword-and-sorcery genre.
Who is Robert E. Howard?
A short story where a Greek god, whose name is the title, takes the narrator on otherworldly journies until the narrator refuses to pass through a gate, from which the god does not return after being driven mad by the Court of Azathoth.
What is "Hypnos"?
One of the oldest characters and deities within Lovecraft's mythos, often attributed with Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way; also known as "The Blind Idiot God".
Who is Azathoth?
An alternate dimension created by Lovecraft only accessible through dreams, populated by man-eating creatures and some Old Ones.
What are the Dreamlands?
The disease which likely killed Lovecraft's father that drove him mad before doing so.
What is syphilis?
One of the three members of the Lovecraft Circle, who, after the death of the other two members, stopped writing fiction and began a career in sculpture.
Who is Clark Ashton Smith?
What is "The Horror in the Museum"?
A powerful deity who remains active in the mythos while the other deities are sleeping; he frequently disguises himself as human and is considered the "messenger, heart and soul" of the Outer Gods.
Who is Nyarlathotep?
A stopping point for Great Old Ones on their way to Earth which is said to be the farthest planet of the Solar System; at the point of its creation, Pluto was undiscovered, but with modern interpretation, this fictional planet is considered the same solar entity as Pluto.
What is Yuggoth?