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H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft, Founder

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy andscience fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

Lovecraft's guiding aesthetic and philosophical principle was what he termed "cosmicism" or "cosmic horror", the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally inimical to the interests of humankind. As such, his stories express a profound indifference to human beliefs and affairs. Lovecraft is best known for his Cthulhu Mythos story cycle and the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore.

According to Joyce Carol Oates, Lovecraft—as with Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century—has exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction". Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." King has even made it clear in his semi-autobiographical non-fiction book Danse Macabre that Lovecraft was responsible for King's own fascination with horror and the macabre, and was the single largest figure to influence his fiction writing. His stories have also been adapted into plays, films and games.

- from Wikipedia

Alfred Smith

Chancellor Smith

 

Chancellor Smith

Chancellor Smith, Chancellor of Miskatonic, is a fellow Lovecraft reader. He started this website back when he was in college and has maintained it throughout the past 25 years. Inspired by Lovecraft's witty and deceptive practice of convincing others as to the whether Miskatonic University or his towns were real, the Chancellor built the Miskatonic University site with the same mindset. With all new technologies that the Chancellor familiarizes himself with, he usually first experiments with Miskatonic.

The Chancellor has been a Cthulhu Mythos fan throughout his life. In making Miskatonic, the Chancellor has traveled, researched and collaborated with alumni of Miskatonic to create this website. You can read about some of his expeditions to Lovecraft's hometown of Providence and the hunt for Miskatonic University in the Expeditions section.

The Miskatonic Inquisitor is published by Miskatonic University located in Arkham, Massachusetts. All articles are combed from the the World Wide Web and presented here as a reading collection for Miskatonic’s student body. As a student of Miskatonic University, you are encouraged to visit the Inquisitor and stay up to date with what’s going on around campus. Stay informed of sightings by Cthulhu, the Cult of Cthulhu and even Arkham Asylum.

Our Past Staff

  • Dr. Matthew T. Green, Professor of Occult Studies / Cryptozoology
  • Jacob Malone – a lover of movies. Jacob combs through Youtube and posts his findings here.
  • Kyle Winters – gamer extraordinaire. Kyle loves all games. With only so much time in the world, Kyle usually scours Youtube to find walkthroughs and reviews of current horror games out now.
  • Jenny Halo – the strange one. Fascinated by all things dark and a collector of the odd, Jenny finds the music videos we have posted on the Inquisitor.

Volunteers

Faculty Course Contributors:

Miskatonic Beta Team:

  • A Polo
  • Diosnel Herrnsdorf

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