/lit/ - Literature

Imagine if grimderp had been inspired by Gothic or Lovecraftian horror instead of GOTTA SUBVERT DEM EXPECTATIONS bullshit. A non-bloated Gothic Horror Epic Fantasy series would be based.

>sent Abominations of Yondo to a friend
>he says he is tired of Lovecraftian fiction
>says he is reading more "introspective stuff"
>its mothman prophecies

I'm fucking mad bros, Clark Ashton Smith is such neat writer with a great atmosphere, and even without any great philosophical thesis, pulp lit is so fun (and come on, conan has some nietzchean concepts).

Why people think horror is just dumb entertainment? Not every writer is stephen king

>tfw no one's writing short story horror fantasy anymore
Sucks, bros.

>find a site that's reviewed all of Klarkash-Ton's Zothique tales
>"Hmm lets check this out"
>"Oh it's a woman who reviewed all of them; well I guess that's interesting"
>"She sure likes saying 'fuck' a lot like an edgy teenager"
>"Oh boy she says she doesn't like Lovecraft"
>"And here she is saying how sexy Smith was..."
>close website
>decide to never read any reviews about anything from a female ever again