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== Lovecraft canon ==
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* You think his [[Cosmic Horror|standard]] stories are scary? Try reading some of his calm and lucid descriptions of his own ''real'' dreams. The man was the living embodiment of [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* ''[[The Dunwich Horror]]''. [http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thedunwichhorror.htm See it here]. One of the worst things about this one is that, for once, Lovecraft didn't [[Take Our Word for It|skimp on the descriptions]]. The titular Horror was only visible for a second, but... well, how about we just let the witness explain.
{{quote|''Bigger'n a barn... all made o' squirmin' ropes... hull thing sort o' shaped like a hen's egg bigger'n anything with dozens o' legs like hogs-heads that haff shut up when they step... nothin' solid abaout it—all like jelly, an' made o' sep'rit wrigglin' ropes pushed clost together... [[Eyes Do Not Belong There|great bulgin' eyes all over it]]... ten or twenty maouths or trunks a-stickin' aout all along the sides, big as stove-pipes an all a-tossin' an openin' an' shuttin'... all grey, with kinder blue or purple rings... an' Gawd it Heaven—[[Nightmare Face|that haff face on top]]...''
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''Oh, oh, my Gawd, that haff face—that haff face on top of it... that face with the red eyes an' {{spoiler|crinkly albino hair, an' no chin, like the Whateleys}}... It was a octopus, centipede, spider kind o' thing, but they was {{spoiler|a haff-shaped man's face on top of it, an' it looked like Wizard Whateley's}}, only it was yards an' yards acrost...'' }}
** {{spoiler|Wilbur Whateley's}} true, undisguised form was also pretty [[Body Horror|dreadful]]:
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* The cult favorite [[Thomas Ligotti]], who should probably have his own HONF page, has written essays on Lovecraft.
* "Children of Cthulhu": An anthology of short stories in the Lovecraft manner...the very first one was essentially based on the old adage "The Devil's in the details!"
* A story from the ''[http://cthulhurotica.com/ Cthulhurotica]'' anthology called "Flash Frame" by [https://web.archive.org/web/20120526211915/http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?page_id=17 Silvia Moreno-Garcia] was pretty [[Fan Disservice|goddamn disturbing]]. It's basically a modern-day retelling of ''[[The King in Yellow]]'' with a good dose of ''[[The Ring]]'' thrown in. A reporter for a Mexico City tabloid is on the hunt for a sensational story when he hears about some kind of cult meeting at a local porno theater. So he decides to spy on them. Strangely, all they seem to do is view a few minutes of some faux-Roman [[Brown Note|exploitation flick]] that seems a bit... [[Uncanny Valley|off]]. After a few sessions, the reporter starts having nightmares about a [[The Blank|grotesque]] [[Humanoid Abomination|seductress]]. And then he realizes his tape recorder has picked up the hidden audio track...
{{quote|{{spoiler|The sound was yellow. A bright, noxious yellow.}}
{{spoiler|Festering yellow. The sound of withered teeth scraping against flesh. Of pustules bursting open. Diseased. Hungry.}}
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{{spoiler|Insatiable. Yellow.}} }}
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