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January 1, 2024

Greetings Everyone!

 It is common knowledge among readers that H. P. Lovecraft, the greatest writer of horror and science fiction since Edgar Allan Poe, was a racist—a particularly vitriolic, more than average racist, in fact, whose fictional and nonfictional works are peppered with racist images.

Most readers, also, can point to Lovecraft’s two most egregious racist works: “The Horror at Red Hook” and the particularly noxious poem “On the Creation of Niggers,” as especially disheartening examples.

However, the extent of Lovecraft’s racism is not generally understood. Nor is it commonly understood how Lovecraft’s racial hatred impacted nearly all of his greatest fictional works, making them even greater and ultimately transforming them into disturbing, anxiety-ridden masterpieces.

Check out my new book, Horror as Racism in H. P. Lovecraft! The book will be released on January 11, 2024 and it is the definitive, book-length study that addresses all of these issues and concerns.
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