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06 Jun 2026 H. P. Lovecraft Houdini Weird Fiction Occult history Egypt Imprisoned with the Pharoahs cosmic-horror debunkers

Haunted Debunkers: Houdini, Doyle, Lovecraft and the Tale of the Sphynx

Houdini died on Halloween. Lovecraft wrote horror he claimed not to believe in. Their brief, strange collaboration — and the unfinished book they never completed — reveals two men far more haunted than either would admit.

24 Feb 2026 H.P. Lovecraft Weird Fiction literary criticism Agatha Christie Gothic Analysis Theology

The Philosophical Murder of Elihu Whipple

In "The Shunned House," Lovecraft named his doomed uncle Elihu — the voice in Job who defends divine mercy. Then dissolved him without remainder. Whether by design or instinct, a theological argument was destroyed alongside a character.

24 Feb 2026 H. P. Lovecraft Mrs. Trevett Weird Fiction literary criticism Humor

Editorial Remarks, and a letter from Mrs. Trevett, Concerning the Shunned House Essay...

Being a Rebuttal Concerning Acid, Ambiguity, and the Misuse of Mops

23 Feb 2026 H.P. Lovecraft Edgar Allen Poe The Shunned House Literary Analysis Weird Fiction Gothic Fiction

Acid and Effluvium: Did Lovecraft Out-Poe Poe in 'The Shunned House'?

Lovecraft does not ease you into “The Shunned House.” Before the Providence street is established, before Elihu Whipple is introduced, before the house itself is described, Lovecraft positions the story in explicit, almost fervent relation to Edgar Allan Poe.