I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.--Stephen King Lovecraft's work is fundamental--there is a before and after Lovecraft.--Michel Houellebecq Lovecraft's tales are admirable, but so horrifying that one wonders if it would be best to never read things like that at all.--Jean Cocteau