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Lovecraftian cosmic horror

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> “The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable.” -Howard Phillips Lovecraft **Weird fiction. Eldritch madness.** Share your favorite stories and art; discuss trends and films- and whatever other cult-like activities you inhuman things do in the dark.

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Lovecraftian Elements in Sword & Sorcery (darkworldsquarterly.gwthomas.org)
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I love that blend of energy that H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard shared. When a warrior faces the sheer terror of the Lovecraftian universe, and wins or loses, we get a kind of frisson that dusty old antiquarians just can’t provide.

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