Honestly I'm not a big Lovecraft guy. Like I read synopses of his stories and impressionable nerds being driven mad by wacky weirdo shit seems like extremely my thing, but reading actual stories is like pulling teeth. Maybe he was just that bad of a writer or maybe I don't know English well enough to enjoy his verbose nerdy prose...

The tweet in question .

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    2 years ago

    Yeah, I tried reading a few of his stories, but bounced off them. First I was shocked he was such an overt racist and wondered how he had ever become acceptable, especially among people who goddamn well know better. Second the fear of the unknown fell flat. It's just something we've moved past. I'm sure it was creepy as hell when the stories were new, but that was a long time ago.