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== Literature ==
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] was bitten by a poisonous spider in his youth in South Africa and narrowly escaped death. [[Creator Thumbprint|Many of his works]] feature [[Giant Spider|giant, malevolent arachnids]], including [[The Hobbit (novel)|the spiders of Mirkwood]], [[The Lord of the Rings|Shelob]], and [[The Silmarillion|Ungoliant]].
* Much of what [[H.P. Lovecraft|HP Lovecraft]] wrote was motivated by his own nightmares and personal phobias. Among the ones less likely to evoke similar feelings in readers nowadays were his fears of [[Values Dissonance|non-white Anglo-Saxon people and miscegenation]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And fish]]. He also had a lifelong fear of cold temperatures, encouraged by his [[Ill Boy|frail constitution]]. This is partly why the oppressive atmosphere of ''[[At the Mountains of Madness]]'' is so effective.
* [[Stephen King]] is known for writing about things that scare him personally.
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