Who is H.P Lovecraft?

Born in Providence, Rhode Island on 20 August 1890.  Lovecraft was sickly most of the time and was schooled at home for most of his early life.  His parents died under mysterious circumstances due to a prognosis of insanity. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most famous novel is considered to be "At the Mountains of Madness," about an expedition to the South Pole, which discovers strange creatures beneath a mountain.  He is universally considered by most modern day horror novelists to be the father of modern horror stories.


Even though H.P Lovecraft's stories often were themed around Ancient God's or Aliens afflicted the human race he was a self proclaimed atheist.  Despite this belief many churches including the Temple of Set and the Church of Satan are based loosely on lore now known as "Cthulu Mythos" found within Lovecraft's stories.