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Any other cosmic horror authors construct THEIR OWN UNIQUE mythos like Lovecraft did instead of ripping him off?

>> No.20569018

>>20568755
No.

>> No.20569211

>>20568755
no

>> No.20569549

Chudcraft

>> No.20569553
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>>20568755
John Calvin

>> No.20569556

If you like lovecraft but haven't read king in yellow you're a dumbass baka-chan

>> No.20569614

>>20568755
Lord Dunsany

>> No.20570971

Read The Old Testament for cosmic suffering.

>> No.20570981

>>20568755
Lovecraft ripped off Machen, Smith and many others.

>> No.20570998

>>20570981
pretty much
the great god pan by machen is really good... and unlike lovecraft who can be pretty boring, machen is more "thriller"-esque
https://www.26reads.com/library/27956-the-great-god-pan
(similar to dunsany in that regard imho)

>> No.20571208

>>20570998
Lovecraft had interesting ideas, but was one of the worst writers of the 20th century.

>> No.20571246

>>20568755
Cosmic horror was a pulp movement and HP had dozens of collaborators. Stop jerking him off.

>> No.20573061

Lovecraft’s literally the oldfag version of F Gardner

>> No.20573093

>>20568755
Read some ligotti bud

>> No.20573141

>>20569553
underrated

>> No.20573394

Mark Samuels

>> No.20573818

>>20573093
ligotti is so fucking boring, so fucking predictable, so fucking ignorant. His poems are pretty good imo.

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>>20569614
second this. lord dunsany is underrated as fuck, especially for all the work he did.