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Lovecraft and King
Hi,
I did not know this about him, and at one time I was reading his stories one after another. I always thought many of his supernatural beings seemed very passive, almost comatose lumps exuding unrealised menace.
Then again others were not. Creatures which crawl ashore from the black waters when the moon is down, or are heard scratching in the walls on certain dark nights in winter, they are less so.
What of his shapes which can only be seen from the corner of your eye? The candles which blow out, and then when you relight them you find that the room has gone quite cold in spite of the fire?
Stephen King acknowledged the great influence which Lovecraft had on him. I reckon you can easily find that in King's writings.
I'd like to think that Lovecraft examined the heavens looking for the star from which the Great Old Ones came and founded R'Lyeh here.
Maybe George W Bush is really Azathoth or Nyarlathotep?
Cheers
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