The Tome Show

For the month of October, in honor of Halloween, I bring you selected stories by H. P. Lovecraft. In this episode, I’m talking about The Doom That Came To Sarnath, From Beyond, The Temple, and The Music of Erich Zann. With my special guests, of course. www.nobleknight.com Lovecraft, H. P. The Complete Works. H. P. Lovecraft born 1890, died 1937 Born in Providence, RI, son of a traveling salesman and a woman who could trace her ancestry back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When Lovecraft was only 3 years old, his father was placed in a psychiatric institution and died 5 years later, as Lovecraft himself claimed, of paralysis brought on by “nervous exhaustion.” Lovecraft’s mother suffered from hysteria and depression and died at the same hospital about 23 years later. Lovecraft was raised by his mother and his mother’s family, including his grandfather who was a businessman. It was this grandfather who encouraged him to read and interested him in tales of Gothic horror. Lovecraft was an intellige