As I was reading L. Sprague de Camp's Lovecraft: A Biography (Ballantine, 1976), I came upon a piece of Lovecraft trivia worth sharing. De Camp stated that in his lifetime, Lovecraft was the only man in America with that surname. Intrigued, I searched census records and found that de Camp's statement appears to be true. That would suggest that--barring immigration or name changes--the surname "Lovecraft" is extinct in the United States. Further proof that Lovecraft was and is unique.
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The young Lovecraft. Look closely and you will see that there are two faces in this photograph, Lovecraft's and that of a leering, ectoplasmic demon over his left shoulder, seemingly emerging from his ear like a genie from a bottle.
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Text and captions copyright 2011, 2023 Terence E. Hanley
Perhaps he was haunted.
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