Etymology

Lovecraft Country

Today it means: Eerie small town and countryside settings resembling the locales found in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional universe. Full definition →

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The story

From Lovecraft + country. Coined by Keith Herber, later used and popularized by the role-playing games publisher Chaosium.

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