H.P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre.

According to Joyce Carol Oates, Lovecraft – as with Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century – has exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction". Horror, fantasy, and science fiction author Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." King has made it clear in his semi-autobiographical non-fiction book Danse Macabre that Lovecraft was responsible for King's own fascination with horror and the macabre, and was the single largest figure to influence his fiction writing.

H.P. Lovecraft in Supervolcano
When Squirt Frog and the Evolving Tadpoles first saw the Trebor Mansion Inn, Charlie Storer was surprised at its appearance and said it must have an "H.P. Lovecraft slept here" plaque given its spooky architecture. Storer then admitted that Lovecraft spent most of his time in Providence but should have made a side trip to the Inn. Biff Thorvald objected, stating that the band originated in Chicago but mostly worked out of San Francisco. After the confusion was straightened out, Squirt Frog met Dick Barber the proprietor of the Inn who caused further confusion when he told Storer that Lovecraft was in the Inn's tower when Storer asked if the author had ever visited the Inn. Barber then elaborated, stating he had him in paperback in a bookshelf it the tower for guests to read.