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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome.

This evening we have a pair of tales for you,

a classic tale of grave-robbing, a bloodthirsty creature, and the descent into madness,

and a modern tale of two sisters who share the same taste in men, but have one very important difference.

Our first story for the evening comes from our old friend, H.P. Lovecraft.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction,

best known for his creation of the Cthulhu mythos.

Lovecraft's literary corpus is based around the idea of cosmicism, a personal philosophy

and the main theme of his fiction that posits that humanity is an insignificant part of the cosmos

and could be swept away at any moment. Through his adult life,

Lovecraft was never able to support himself from earnings as an author and editor. He was virtually

unknown during his lifetime, and was almost exclusively published in pulp magazines before his

death. A scholarly revival of Lovecraft's work began in the 70s, and he is now regarded as one of the

most significant 20th century authors of supernatural horror fiction.

Works inspired by Lovecraft, adaptations or original works, began to form the basis of the

Cthulhu mythos, which utilizes Lovecraft's characters, settings, and themes.

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