Hi,

I am presently reading my way through Lovecraft's stories but was wondering if there are anymore authors out there basing their stories on the Mythos. I can't seem to locate any suppliers in Britain selling the Dark Water trilogy, but that may be down to my poor search skills!

Any info/advice would be greatly appreciated,

BTW I recently fought Yog-Sothoth with the Dunwich exp' and 4 Investigators and was ripped to pieces...so I really don't believe victory is a forgone conclusion.

Take care, listen to the noises,

J

Amongst Lovecraft's influence I'd cite the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Lord Dunsany and Paradise Lost by Milton. Lovecraft's shadow on other horror writers is pretty immense. Stephen King, the most successful horror writer of our times, credits him as a major influence. Randall Flagg is King's take of Nyarlathotep.

Many authors used the Lovecraftian universe, although Ramsay Campbell, August Derleth, Robert E Howard and Clark Ashton Smith are probably the best known. Many fantasy writers reference him: See Gaiman's Study in Emerald or Shoggoth's Old Peculiar . Nyarlathotep makes a fleeting appearance in the League of Extraordinary Gentleman: Black Dossier .

My recommendation is Edgar Allen Poe. So many good works, but The Raven is a poem that you owe it to yourself to read. Although not explicitly set in the Lovecraftian universe Ray Bradbury's short story The Wind is an excellent story that could easily be reimagined as a take on Ithaqua.

If the thing that draws to Lovecraft is the 1920 and1930's setting rather than horror, there are many works from that period that can be recommended. Two comedies set in that time period that are well worth your time are Joy in the Morning by P. G. Wodehouse and Scoop by Evelyn Waugh.

Wow! Thank you.

Jonathan Ward said:

It's not published yet.

Jake's second paragraph helpfully points the way to other writing about the Lovecraft/ Mythos universe.