Till 1904 H.P. Lovecraft owned a cat named “■■■■■■ Man”. He has used the name of his cat “■■■■■■ Man” in his book “The Rats in the Walls”. The “Rats in the Walls” is a short story. ■■■■■■ Man is owned by the narrator. In the 1950s, Zest Magazine reprinted the shorty and changed the name of the cat from “■■■■■■ Man” to “Black Tom”. Because ■■■■■■ Man was a black colored cat.
“Howard Phillips Lovecraft” was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and novelist. He was born in 1890 in the U.S. His life span was of 46 years. He died in 1937 in the U.S. and was ■■■■■■ in Swan Point Cemetery in U.S. Lewis Theobald, Ward Phillips, Edward softy, Humphrey Littlewit, and Percy Softy are his pen names.
H.P. Lovecraft cat name generator
It is said that Lovecraft was the one who generated his cat’s name ■■■■■ Man, but Lovecraft was only 5 when he owned that cat, and he lost his cat when he was 14 years old. It is not possible for an individual to name a cat, so it is more likely that Lovecraft’s parents had named the cat.
H.P. Lovecraft stories
Horror, weird, science, fantasy, Gothic and Lovecraftian horror was the genre of his books. Most of Lovecraft’s work is short stories and novellas. Lovecraft’s grandfather liked gothic stories, and he would tell him stories that included Gothic fiction. There was a library in his hometown he used to read scientific, classical, weird fiction stories. So, he became more interested in Gothic, horror, weird fiction. Lovecraft’s writings also include dreams. He often compared his characters to dreams of having nightmares. Edger Allan Poe was Lovecraft’s literary influencer. He often described him as “God of Fiction”.
Some of his famous short stories are
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The Color Out of Space
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The Outsiders
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The Hunter of Dark
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The Silver Key
H.P. Lovecraft movies
The movies inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s writings include horror and science fiction. The bulk of Lovecraft’s writings include voluminous letters of topics varying from weird fiction, art criticism to politics and history. We are living in the 21st century, but Lovecraft’s work inspires people, and people still find his work worth reading or making a film.
There are several movies based on Lovecraft’s work. Some of the famous movies based on Lovecraft’s writings are
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Re-Animater
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The Call of Cthulhu
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Castle Freak
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Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft books
People belonging to every aspect of life can read H.P. Lovecraft’s books. His books are all about fantasy and horror. The fiction character Cthulhu of his short story “The Call of Cthulhu”. Cthulhu is the combination of Octopus, dragon and resembles humans to some extent. Cthulhu is the most famous fictional character Lovecraft ever created.
Some of Lovecraft’s famous books are mentioned as
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The Cats of Ulthar
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The Shadow over Innsmouth
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Dagon
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The Whisperer in Darkness
H.P. Lovecraft death
H.P. Lovecraft died on 8th March 1937. He is ■■■■■■ in Swan Point Cemetery and is listed along with his parents. In 1977, his fans erected a headstone on which they inscribed his famous quote "I am Providence”.
H.P. Lovecraft cause of death
He was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the small intestine only a month before his death. He was afraid of doctors and did not allow any doctor to examine him. In his last days, he was hospitalized and lived in constant pain. He kept a diary in which he wrote about his illness.