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Lovecraft

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[luhv-kraft, -krahft] / ˈlʌvˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /

noun

  1. H(oward) P(hillips), 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.


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Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and similar authors in durable hardcovers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

In TV and movies, there are the racist horrors of Lovecraft Country and the moral monstrosity of the body-snatching colonizers in Get Out.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

He was also a talented artist who loved painting with his kids, and a voracious reader fond of the speculative science fiction of Philip K. Dick and the eldritch tales of H. P. Lovecraft.

From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024

He was even nominated for an Emmy for his performance in the now-canceled HBO show "Lovecraft Country."

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2023

But even Mr. Lovecraft is willing to be original, at times.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)