Any Lovecraft fans on here? 

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Ah, the grand-daddy of American horror and inventor of the "weird" genre! Of course I love him!

My cousin lives in "Innsmouth" (Newburyport, Massachusetts), right on the shore, and I had to tell her why that was so cool! (Watch the movie Dagon if you don't know what I'm talking about.)

The idea of the mythos is so genius. Let other writers use your "props" (like the Necronomicon) and locations and people start thinking it's real.

I'm working on a Lovecraftian screenplay right now, coincidentally.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Have liked Lovecraft, not loved, for quite a few years now.  Interesting and entertaining, just not that scary.

The problem with going after his stuff is it is very hard to find used and if you try to get all of the stories you end up with lots of duplicates of certain of his works as some are found in several volumes while others in only one.

If you don't mind derivative stuff I read 'Shadows over Baker Street' while at my fathers place and found it quite enjoyable.  It is a collection of short stories by modern authors melding the Cythulhu (SP?) mythos into the setting of the Sherlock Holmes stories.  While anyone who is a H.P.  fan might like this a bit of familiarity with Doyle's detective, particularly 'A Study in Scarlett'  would likely enhance the experience.

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"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

 You don't think so?!  He's the only author I've actually had to put down because I was getting freaked out. 

Ok, I lied. Palahniuk's story "Guts" from Haunted I had to put down, only because I had read a really graphic story about lynching right before, so I was already about to lose my lunch.  

 Nope, no scare, but now that I think about it I can't remember ever being scared by fiction. Moved to tears sure but not scared.  Non fiction, well there I find stuff that scares me all the time.

Haven't tried Haunted.  Read Fight Club and then Lullaby which seemed so similar to F.C. that I stoped at that.  However this is the second time I've... Uh, good things?, about haunted so I might check it out if I get the chance.  But as most of what I read I borrow from the store (no, really, I bring it back when I'm done) and Palahniuk is SO popular I'm reticent about taking it out.

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"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

If you've heard too much, you'll probably be disappointed.  Yes, he (Chuck) is ridiculously popular. Someone bought me Survivor, and I have to say it really sucked.  But Haunted is really in the tradition of the gothic, with splatter mixed in.

H.P. was the first author to really do the wet and gross aspect of gothic fiction that became what the popular authors of the genre today do.  So it's relevant.

I have read about half of the 16 or so stories in The Call of Cthulu and other Stories - although they all use similar supernatural morbid themes, I love the unsettling mood towards the unknown and what lurks just beyond the corner of the eye according to Lovecraft.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

lol

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Yeah but he couldn't break a tackle to save his ass.

Regarding differences, those are the sweet little things that make relationships interesting. At least for rest of us.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Let's back up for one second, redbear.  First, I've never met this guy. Second, a girl's entitled to some standards, no matter how wildly different from me anyone I've dated has been.  Football's a dealbreaker, just like bad oral hygiene. 

And if you must know, yes.  It is related to a childhood trauma. So there.