H.P.Lovecraftspenthislifeinobscurity,publishingmostlyinthepulpmagazine"WeirdTales,"anddiedinpoverty.Recognitioncameonlyafterdeath.Hehasinfluencednumerouswriters,musicians,andfilmmakersincludingStephenKing,NeilGaiman,WilliamS.Burroughs,RamsayCampbellandCaitlnR.Kiernan.Indeed,theprolificStephenKingcallsLovecraft"thetwentiethcentury'sgreatestpractitioneroftheclassichorrortale."
TheCompleteFictionofH.P.Lovecraftcontains:TheNamelessCity,TheFestival,TheColourOutofSpace,TheCallofCthulhu,TheDunwichHorror,TheWhispererinDarkness,TheDreamsintheWitchHouse,TheHaunteroftheDark,TheShadowOverInnsmouth,DiscardedDraftof"TheShadowOverInnsmouth,"TheShadowOutofTime,AttheMountainsofMadness,TheCaseofCharlesDexterWard,Azathoth,BeyondtheWallofSleep,Celephas,CoolAir,Dagon,ExOblivione,FactsConcerningtheLateArthurJermynandHisFamily,FromBeyond,He,HerbertWest--Reanimator,Hypnos,IntheVault,Memory,Nyarlathotep,Pickman'sModel,TheBook,TheCatsofUlthar,TheDescendant,TheDoomThatCametoSarnath,TheDream-QuestofUnknownKadath,TheEvilClergyman,TheHorroratRedHook,TheHound,TheLurkingFear,TheMoon-Bog,TheMusicofErichZann,TheOtherGods,TheOutsider,ThePictureintheHouse,TheQuestofIranon,TheRatsintheWalls,TheShunnedHouse,TheSilverKey,TheStatementofRandolphCarter,TheStrangeHighHouseintheMist,TheStreet,TheTemple,TheTerribleOldMan,TheThingontheDoorstep,TheTomb,TheTransitionofJuanRomero,TheTree,TheUnnamable,TheWhiteShip,WhattheMoonBrings,Polaris,TheVeryOldFolk,Ibid,OldBugs,SweetErmengarde,AReminiscenceofDr.SamuelJohnson,TheHistoryoftheNecronomicon.