[Curt Chiarelli]

So very true. Not only King and Straub, but a whole slew of other third rate authors churn out derivative, fourth rate Lovecraftian pastiches, creative typists like Poppy Z. Brite and Brian Lumley, etc. It just goes to show you just how creatively bankrupt the arts have become. The irony is all the more stinging when you realize how unsuccessful and unappreciated H.P.L. was in his own lifetime, yet how wealthy our modern authors have become cribbing from his notes. This will not be the first - nor the last - example of a man who was too far ahead of his own time and paid a steep price for it. However, like Nicola Tesla, Lovecraft is a prime example of latterday looting by lesser talents who have have cashed in on his ideas and made a fortune.