Lovecraft Country

English <dab> Alternative forms en Lovecraft country Etymology From en Lovecraft + en country. en Keith Herber 1, later used and popularized by the role-playing games publisher Chaosium. Proper noun Lovecraft Country en horror fiction The fictionalized universe populated by the supernatural beings of en H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction and that of other authors inspired by Lovecraft's works, especially the fictionalized version of New England.13 August 2020 Karl Quinn Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/lovecraft-country-is-green-book-meets-the-twilight-zone-and-it-s-inspired-20200810-p55kdm.html Lovecraft Country is Green Book meets The Twilight Zone, and it's inspired Many of Lovecraft's stories were set in a fictionalised version of his native New England, referred to by scholars as Lovecraft Country. https://web.archive.org/web/20250124030023/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/lovecraft-country-is-green-book-meets-the-twilight-zone-and-it-s-inspired-20200810-p55kdm.html 24 January 2025 2009, Keith Herber, Miskatonic River Press, "New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley", 9780982181812 An anthology of six scenarios designed for use with the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Set in Lovecraft Country, a fictional area of New England created by horror author H.P. Lovecraft. en 2013 Charles L. Crow John Wiley & Sons A Companion to American Gothic 9781118608425 Ramsay Campbell, who created a version of Lovecraft country in and around Liverpool, and Southern Gothic writer Fred Chappell. en 2014 Paul Roland Plexus Publishing The Curious Case of H.P. Lovecraft 9780859658836 It also established Miskatonic University and Arkham as key locations in Lovecraft Country en 2016 In the Mountains of Madness W. Scott Poole Very early, he started to create Lovecraft country; a geography of terror that came to include “witch-haunted Arkham” and “shadowed Innsmouth," places he describes in such minute detail that ingénues in Lovecraft lore, for almost a century now, have often assumed these places could be located on maps of Massachuesetts and set out in search of them. en 2018 H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft; Leverett Butts 1 Lovecraft's writing has inspired games as well: a popular role-playing game, The Call of Cthulhu, is set within Lovecraft country, the blend of fictional and real locales, mostly in New England, in which he set his tales. 2019, Graham Plowman, "Horror in Lovecraft Country", ASIN B07X5VPYC6 Horror in Lovecraft Country: 2 Hours of Music for Lovecraftian Gaming 2020, Golden Goblin Press, "Children of Lovecraft Country", 9781734199642 Children of Lovecraft Country: Six Stories of Growing Up in Arkham, Kingsport, Dunwich, and Innsmouth. See also en Oz Neverland Wonderland Middle-earth Galaxy Far Far Away Noun - Lovecraft Country en informal Eerie small town and countryside settings resembling the locales found in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional universe. en 1975 Autumn The Massachusetts Review Alain Resnais' Stavisky: The Beginning of the End Frederick Busi 16 4 When Resnais was on a lecture tour of America in 1972, he was enchanted to find himself deep in Lovecraft country, in gloomy Massachusetts. en 1998 Scott Aniolowski Return to Lovecraft Country 1-57502-535-3 And especially my wife Patricia, who spent weeks tramping with me through Lovecraft country en 2018 The World of Lore, Volume 3: Dreadful Places A Mahnke Mahnke lives with his family in the historic North Shore area of Boston, the very heart of Lovecraft Country and the epicenter of the Salem witch trials. Coordinate terms eerie locales en Oz en wonderland References Further reading en Fictional locations Lovecraftian horror