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H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. He was born into affluence, which ended with the death of his grandfather. In 1913, he wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fiction. During the interwar period, he wrote and published stories that focused on his interpretation of humanity's place in the universe. In his view, humanity was an unimportant part of an uncaring cosmos that could be swept away at any moment. These stories also included fantastic elements that represented the perceived fragility of anthropocentrism.

H. P. Lovecraft:

The Call of Cthulhu

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A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Azathoth
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Celephais
Cool Air
Dagon
Ex Oblivione
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
From Beyond
He
Herbert West: Reanimator
History of the Necronomicon
Hypnos
Ibid
In The Vault
Memory
Nyarlathotep
Old Bugs
Pickman′s Model
Polaris
Sweet Ermengarde
The Alchemist
The Beast in the Cave
The Book
The Call of Cthulhu
The Cats of Ulthar
The Colour Out of Space
The Crawling Chaos
The Descendant
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Evil Clergyman
The Festival
The Haunter of the Dark
The Hound
The Little Glass Bottle
The Lurking Fear
The Moon Bog
The Music of Erich Zann
The Mysterious Ship
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard or “A Dead Man’s Revenge”
The Nameless City
The Other Gods
The Outsider
The Picture in the House
The Quest of Iranon
The Rats in the Walls
The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure
The Shunned House
The Silver Key
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Street
The Temple
The Terrible Old Man
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Tomb
The Transition of Juan Romero
The Tree
The Unnamable
The Very Old Folk
The White Ship
What the Moon Brings