/lit/ - Literature

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>Poe
>created psychological horror, detective genre and early sci-fi
>wrote one of the finest poems in English language
>got a special permission to marry his 13 yo cousin
>died in his forties
>because he couldn't live with the loss of his loli wife and destroyed himself
>“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

>Lovecraft
>wrote magazine smut which inspired VHS rental horrors
>married a divorced jewess well past her prime
>who left him soon after because he couldn't fuck
>died in his forties
>because he was afraid of doctors
>"Aaaah I saw a vagina today and it looked like octopus save me Niggerman!"