Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein: Honorable Mention: Fiona Macleod Scottish author William Sharp went to extreme lengths to conceal his female identity when alive - to the point some scholars have suggested Sharp was genderqueer. Led to Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard corresponding. deepcuts.blog/2021/05/08/t...

Still struggling with negative thoughts. So, a positive. Here's a list of five (okay, six) women whose work inspired H. P. Lovecraft.

5) Harper Williams The author of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT also wrote a horror novel, which Lovecraft read - and which may have influenced "The Dunwich Horror." deepcuts.blog/2022/04/09/t...

The Thing In the Woods (1924) by Harper Williamsdeepcuts.blog In the autumn of 1924, J. C. Henneberger, owner of Weird Tales, owed H. P. Lovecraft some money. Unable to lay hands on the funds immediately, Henneberger instead transferred to Lovecraft his sizable ...

4) Dorothy Scarborough & Edith Birkhead When Lovecraft wrote "Supernatural Horror in Literature," he leaned heavily on two authorities - Scarborough's THE SUPERNATURAL IN MODERN ENGLISH FICTION (1917) and Birkhead's THE TALE OF TERROR (1921). deepcuts.blog/2021/05/26/t...

The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction (1917) by Dorothy Scarborough & The Tale of Terror (1921) by Edith Birkheaddeepcuts.blog W. Paul Cook wants an article from me on the element of terror & weirdness in literature, but I shall take my time about preparing it. —H. P. Lovecraft to Lillian D. Clark, 19 Nov 1925, Letters to Fam...

3) Helena Blavatsky Lovecraft didn't know much about Theosophy - but it still played a part in the creation of his Mythos, and was a strong influence on his friends and contemporaries as well. deepcuts.blog/2020/12/02/t...

The Book of Dzyan (1888) by Helena Blavatskydeepcuts.blog But there were others he had known merely by reputation or not at all—the Pnakotic Manuscripts, the Book of Dzyan, and a crumbling volume in wholly unidentifiable characters yet with certain symbols a...

2) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Many folks have commented on how "Herbert West—Reanimator" is a riff on FRANKENSTEIN, but few know how closely Lovecraft was inspired by Shelley. deepcuts.blog/2022/03/02/f...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleydeepcuts.blog His daughter, the wife of Shelley, was much more successful; and her inimitable Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) is one of the horror-classics of all time. Composed in competition with h...

1) Margaret A. Murray THE WITCH CULT IN WESTERN EUROPE (1921) didn't just set the stage for Wicca - it was an essential stimulus to Lovecraft's artificial mythology, and elements derived from it are included in many of his major and minor tales. deepcuts.blog/2020/07/25/t...

The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921) by Margaret A. Murraydeepcuts.blog “He had not read in vain such treatises as Miss Murray’s Witch-Cult in Western Europe; and knew that up to recent years there had certainly survived among peasants and furtive folk a frightful and cla...

Honorable Mention: Fiona Macleod Scottish author William Sharp went to extreme lengths to conceal his female identity when alive - to the point some scholars have suggested Sharp was genderqueer. Led to Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard corresponding. deepcuts.blog/2021/05/08/t...

“The Sin-Eater” (1895) by Fiona Macleoddeepcuts.blog Now, we are a scattered band. The Breton's eyes are slowly turning from the sea, and slowly his ears are forgetting the whisper of the wind around Menhir and Dolmen. The Cornishman has lost his langua...

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