Those New England stories were mostly written in the later phase of Lovecraft’s short life and career, showing the evolution of his purpose and concerns. in “Lovecraft Country”).ģ Lovecraft’s stories are not all located in this half-imaginary realm, but a large bulk of the author’s output is either set in one of those fictional towns or mentions one or more of them while occupying a different setting. The most important portion stretches along the Miskatonic River valley, from Dunwich in the far west to where it enters the Atlantic Ocean between Arkham, Kingsport, and Martin’s Beach” (Ross and Appel, Dead Reckonings, qtd.
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Chaosium, the role-playing game publisher that has created the famous Call of Cthulhu series of games, describes Lovecraft Country as “a land located in the northeast of Massachusetts. Disciples of the Cthulhu Mythos have reinvested the space constructed by Lovecraft and kept it alive, and role-players take inspiration from the many towns, villages and landmarks described by the author to propose their own visuals for the Miskatonic region (see Appendix 1 for an example).Ģ This region represents an alternative version of New England where fictitious towns such as Arkham and Kingsport exist nearby real places like Salem or Boston.
1 For any avid reader of Lovecraft, the Miskatonic region is as emblematic of the author’s fictional world as Cthulhu and Azathoth can be.