Amateur Correspondent. Memorial portrait of H. P. Lovecraft by Virgil Finlay, 1937.

(H. P. Lovecraft) Corwin Stickney, editor. Amateur Correspondent. Vol. 2, No. 1, May–June 1937. Belleville, New Jersey, 1937.

Memorial portrait of H. P. Lovecraft by Virgil Finlay, first published by a young fan from New Jersey.

Lovecraft’s place in the American fantastical tradition was secure among his fans and readers at the time of his death, two of whom founded Arkham House to bring his work into print. It would take another sixty years before H.P.L. began to be noticed in the mainstream.

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