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	** ''1932 - (Oct) Lovecraft writes "[[The Horror in the Museum (fiction)]]" with [[Hazel Heald]] ''		** ''1932 - (Oct) Lovecraft writes "[[The Horror in the Museum (fiction)]]" with [[Hazel Heald]] ''
	** 1932 - Lovecraft's aunt Lillian Clark dies.		** 1932 - Lovecraft's aunt Lillian Clark dies.
	** 1932 - (nov) [[Henry S. Whitehead]] dies while Lovecraft is collaborating on "[[Bothon (fiction)\|The Bruise (fiction)]]"; it's possible that, between this and the death of Lovecraft's aunt Lillian the same year, and the original text ~~seems~~ to have been lost; a purported version of the story matching the description of the original is produced many later by [[August Derleth]] in his "posthumous collaboration" era, perhaps the original or perhaps the original as finished by Derleth, but some scholars suggest the story as published was entirely Derleth's.		** 1932 - (nov) [[Henry S. Whitehead]] dies while Lovecraft is collaborating on "[[Bothon (fiction)\|The Bruise (fiction)]]"; it's possible that, between this and the death of Lovecraft's aunt Lillian the same year, and the original text seeming to have been lost, that this story might never have been actually started; a purported version of the story matching the description of the original is produced many later by [[August Derleth]] in his "posthumous collaboration" era, perhaps the original or perhaps the original as finished by Derleth, but some scholars suggest the story as published was entirely Derleth's.
	** ''1932-1933 - (Oct-Apr) Lovecraft writes "[[Through the Gates of the Silver Key (fiction)]]" with [[E. Hoffmann Price]] ''		** ''1932-1933 - (Oct-Apr) Lovecraft writes "[[Through the Gates of the Silver Key (fiction)]]" with [[E. Hoffmann Price]] ''
	** 1932-1933 - [[E. Hoffman Price]] and/or Lovecraft propose an extended collaboration, but nothing ever comes of it.		** 1932-1933 - [[E. Hoffman Price]] and/or Lovecraft propose an extended collaboration, but nothing ever comes of it.

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	** ''1932 - (mid) Lovecraft writes "[[The Man of Stone (fiction)]]" with [[Hazel Heald]] ''		** ''1932 - (mid) Lovecraft writes "[[The Man of Stone (fiction)]]" with [[Hazel Heald]] ''
	** ''1932 - (mid) Lovecraft writes "[[Winged Death (fiction)]]" with [[Hazel Heald]]''		** ''1932 - (mid) Lovecraft writes "[[Winged Death (fiction)]]" with [[Hazel Heald]]''
	** ''1932 - (Jul) Eccentric composer [[Harold Farnese]] contacts Lovecraft for the purpose of adapting some sonnets from "[[Fungi from Yuggoth (poem)]]" to music. Sporadic correspondence over the following months, ending shortly after the end of the year, would amount to a handful of letters and postcards ~~would discuss~~ Lovecraft's fiction and the subject of black magic.		** ''1932 - (Jul) Eccentric composer [[Harold Farnese]] contacts Lovecraft for the purpose of adapting some sonnets from "[[Fungi from Yuggoth (poem)]]" to music. Sporadic correspondence over the following months, ending shortly after the end of the year, would amount to a handful of letters and postcards, discussing Lovecraft's fiction and the subject of black magic (Farnese's questions and interest in the subject were apparently taken out of context by [[August Derleth]] to inspire the infamous "[[Lovecraftian_Philosophy#The_Black_Magic_Quote\|black magic (mis)quote]]".)
	** 1932 Donald Wandrei visits Lovecraft in Providence.		** 1932 Donald Wandrei visits Lovecraft in Providence.
	** 1932 - Lovecraft visits New Orleans, LA and on the recommendation of [[Robert E. Howard]] meets [[E. Hoffman Price]], a long-time follower of Lovecraft in the amateur press, beginning a lengthy correspondence.		** 1932 - Lovecraft visits New Orleans, LA and on the recommendation of [[Robert E. Howard]] meets [[E. Hoffman Price]], a long-time follower of Lovecraft in the amateur press, beginning a lengthy correspondence.

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	** ''1927 - Lovecraft writes "[[The Last Test (fiction)]]" with [[Adolphe de Castro]] '', who cheats Lovecraft on the fee, prompting an angry letter from Lovecraft.		** ''1927 - Lovecraft writes "[[The Last Test (fiction)]]" with [[Adolphe de Castro]] '', who cheats Lovecraft on the fee, prompting an angry letter from Lovecraft.
	** 1928? - ''Lovecraft writes "[[Ibid (fiction)]]" ''		** 1928? - ''Lovecraft writes "[[Ibid (fiction)]]" ''
	** 1928 - ''Lovecraft writes "[[The Curse of Yig]]" with [[Zealia Bishop]]		** 1928 - ''Lovecraft writes "[[The Curse of Yig (fiction)]]" with [[Zealia Bishop]]
	** 1928 - ''(Summer) Lovecraft writes "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]" ''		** 1928 - ''(Summer) Lovecraft writes "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]" ''
	** 1928 - Lovecraft travels to Brooklyn to meet Sonia and attempt to mend the failing marriage (perhaps at her request?), but this attempt appears to have gone nowhere.		** 1928 - Lovecraft travels to Brooklyn to meet Sonia and attempt to mend the failing marriage (perhaps at her request?), but this attempt appears to have gone nowhere.

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	** ''1936 - (Autumn) Lovecraft writes "[[The Night Ocean (fiction)]]" with [[R.H. Barlow]] ''		** ''1936 - (Autumn) Lovecraft writes "[[The Night Ocean (fiction)]]" with [[R.H. Barlow]] ''
	** ''1936 - Sonia remarries Dr. Nathaniel Abraham Davis, as Sonia Haft Davis.''		** ''1936 - Sonia remarries Dr. Nathaniel Abraham Davis, as Sonia Haft Davis.''
	** ''1937 - [[Fritz Leiber]] and Lovecraft begin correspondence.		** 1937 - [[Fritz Leiber]] and Lovecraft begin correspondence.
	** 1937 - (early; Mar 10) Lovecraft falls ill and is diagnosed with intestinal cancer.		** 1937 - (early; Mar 10) Lovecraft falls ill and is diagnosed with intestinal cancer.
	** 1937 - (early) Before his death, Lovecraft appoints [[Robert H. Barlow]] as executor of his estate, without informing anyone else.		** 1937 - (early) Before his death, Lovecraft appoints [[Robert H. Barlow]] as executor of his estate, without informing anyone else.
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	** ''1985 - Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna collaborate on ''[[Reanimator (1985 film)]]'', starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbra Crampton, the first in a series of ultra-violent, low-budget gore black-comedy/horror films based on various Lovecraft stories, including two sequels to this popular entry in the series, made by the film-makers either as a team, or separately.''		** ''1985 - Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna collaborate on ''[[Reanimator (1985 film)]]'', starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbra Crampton, the first in a series of ultra-violent, low-budget gore black-comedy/horror films based on various Lovecraft stories, including two sequels to this popular entry in the series, made by the film-makers either as a team, or separately.''
	** ''1986-1987 - [[Donald Wandrei]] wins the last of a series of protracted court battles with the Derleth estate begun in 1971 over [[Arkham House]] royalties; much of the money awarded goes to court costs and attorneys' fees; Wandrei would die shortly afterward.		** ''1986-1987 - [[Donald Wandrei]] wins the last of a series of protracted court battles with the Derleth estate begun in 1971 over [[Arkham House]] royalties; much of the money awarded goes to court costs and attorneys' fees; Wandrei would die shortly afterward.


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	** 1924? - Sonia loses her financial assets in a bank failure, loses her shop, falls ill, and the Lovecrafts fall on financial difficulties.		** 1924? - Sonia loses her financial assets in a bank failure, loses her shop, falls ill, and the Lovecrafts fall on financial difficulties.
	** 1925 - (Jan 1) Sonia moves to Cincinnati OH and then Cleveland OH for new employment, and would soon work on the road, rarely returning to New York. Lovecraft, unable to find work and barely able to afford food, moves into a tiny, cheap apartment at 169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn NY on the edge of Red Hook; shortly after his arrival, Lovecraft returns to his apartment to discover a robbery leaving him only the clothes he was wearing, fueling Lovecraft's resentment of New York. Lovecraft would spend the remainder of his time in New York supported by the remnants of a small inheritance and a small weekly allowance from Sonia, barely sufficient to avoid starvation; Sonia would spend a night or two every month with Lovecraft. The marriage has begun disintegrating by this time.		** 1925 - (Jan 1) Sonia moves to Cincinnati OH and then Cleveland OH for new employment, and would soon work on the road, rarely returning to New York. Lovecraft, unable to find work and barely able to afford food, moves into a tiny, cheap apartment at 169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn NY on the edge of Red Hook; shortly after his arrival, Lovecraft returns to his apartment to discover a robbery leaving him only the clothes he was wearing, fueling Lovecraft's resentment of New York. Lovecraft would spend the remainder of his time in New York supported by the remnants of a small inheritance and a small weekly allowance from Sonia, barely sufficient to avoid starvation; Sonia would spend a night or two every month with Lovecraft. The marriage has begun disintegrating by this time.
	* 1925 Lovecraft meets [[Wilfred Blanch Talman]] through the amateur press. Talman would later collaborate with Lovecraft on a story, and design Lovecraft's personal bookplate.		** 1925 Lovecraft meets [[Wilfred Blanch Talman]] through the amateur press. Talman would later collaborate with Lovecraft on a story, and design Lovecraft's personal bookplate.
	* ''1925 (Aug 1-2) Lovecraft writes "[[The Horror at Red Hook (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1925 (Aug 1-2) Lovecraft writes "[[The Horror at Red Hook (fiction)]]" ''
	* ''1925 (Aug 11) Lovecraft writes "[[He (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1925 (Aug 11) Lovecraft writes "[[He (fiction)]]" ''
	* ''1925 (Sep 18) Lovecraft writes "[[In the Vault (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1925 (Sep 18) Lovecraft writes "[[In the Vault (fiction)]]" ''
	* ''1926? - Lovecraft is believed to have written "[[The Descendant (fragment)]]" ''		** ''1926? - Lovecraft is believed to have written "[[The Descendant (fragment)]]" ''
	* ''1926 - (Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[Cool Air (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1926 - (Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[Cool Air (fiction)]]" ''
	* 1926 - Harry Houdini contacts Lovecraft with plans for Lovecraft and [[C.M. Eddy]] to ghost-write a treatise on superstition, ''[[The Cancer of Superstition (essay)]]'', which would have provided some much-needed income for Lovecraft. Lovecraft and Eddy begin work on the manuscript.		** 1926 - Harry Houdini contacts Lovecraft with plans for Lovecraft and [[C.M. Eddy]] to ghost-write a treatise on superstition, ''[[The Cancer of Superstition (essay)]]'', which would have provided some much-needed income for Lovecraft. Lovecraft and Eddy begin work on the manuscript.

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	** 1925 - (Jan 1) Sonia moves to Cincinnati OH and then Cleveland OH for new employment, and would soon work on the road, rarely returning to New York. Lovecraft, unable to find work and barely able to afford food, moves into a tiny, cheap apartment at 169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn NY on the edge of Red Hook; shortly after his arrival, Lovecraft returns to his apartment to discover a robbery leaving him only the clothes he was wearing, fueling Lovecraft's resentment of New York. Lovecraft would spend the remainder of his time in New York supported by the remnants of a small inheritance and a small weekly allowance from Sonia, barely sufficient to avoid starvation; Sonia would spend a night or two every month with Lovecraft. The marriage has begun disintegrating by this time.		** 1925 - (Jan 1) Sonia moves to Cincinnati OH and then Cleveland OH for new employment, and would soon work on the road, rarely returning to New York. Lovecraft, unable to find work and barely able to afford food, moves into a tiny, cheap apartment at 169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn NY on the edge of Red Hook; shortly after his arrival, Lovecraft returns to his apartment to discover a robbery leaving him only the clothes he was wearing, fueling Lovecraft's resentment of New York. Lovecraft would spend the remainder of his time in New York supported by the remnants of a small inheritance and a small weekly allowance from Sonia, barely sufficient to avoid starvation; Sonia would spend a night or two every month with Lovecraft. The marriage has begun disintegrating by this time.
	* 1925 Lovecraft meets [[Wilfred Blanch Talman]] through the amateur press. Talman would later collaborate with Lovecraft on a story, and design Lovecraft's personal bookplate.		* 1925 Lovecraft meets [[Wilfred Blanch Talman]] through the amateur press. Talman would later collaborate with Lovecraft on a story, and design Lovecraft's personal bookplate.
	** ''1925 (Aug 1-2) Lovecraft writes "[[The Horror at Red Hook (fiction)]]" ''		* ''1925 (Aug 1-2) Lovecraft writes "[[The Horror at Red Hook (fiction)]]" ''
	** ''1925 (Aug 11) Lovecraft writes "[[He (fiction)]]" ''		* ''1925 (Aug 11) Lovecraft writes "[[He (fiction)]]" ''
	** ''1925 (Sep 18) Lovecraft writes "[[In the Vault (fiction)]]" ''		* ''1925 (Sep 18) Lovecraft writes "[[In the Vault (fiction)]]" ''
	** ''1926? - Lovecraft is believed to have written "[[The Descendant (fragment)]]" ''		* ''1926? - Lovecraft is believed to have written "[[The Descendant (fragment)]]" ''
	** ''1926 - (Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[Cool Air (fiction)]]" ''		* ''1926 - (Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[Cool Air (fiction)]]" ''
	** 1926 - Harry Houdini contacts Lovecraft with plans for Lovecraft and [[C.M. Eddy]] to ghost-write a treatise on superstition, ''[[The Cancer of Superstition (essay)]]'', which would have provided some much-needed income for Lovecraft. Lovecraft and Eddy begin work on the manuscript.		* 1926 - Harry Houdini contacts Lovecraft with plans for Lovecraft and [[C.M. Eddy]] to ghost-write a treatise on superstition, ''[[The Cancer of Superstition (essay)]]'', which would have provided some much-needed income for Lovecraft. Lovecraft and Eddy begin work on the manuscript.


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	** ''1937 - (Apr) [[August Derleth]] contacts [[Harold Farnese]] to request access to some of Lovecraft's letters for publication in a planned collection of letters; Farnese sends the surviving letters, along with his own paraphrases, which include the infamous "[[Lovecraftian_Philosophy#The_Black_Magic_Quote\|Black Magic Quote]]" which Derleth would refer to for the next couple decades to justify his own interpretation of what Derleth would brand as the "Cthulhu Mythos".		** ''1937 - (Apr) [[August Derleth]] contacts [[Harold Farnese]] to request access to some of Lovecraft's letters for publication in a planned collection of letters; Farnese sends the surviving letters, along with his own paraphrases, which include the infamous "[[Lovecraftian_Philosophy#The_Black_Magic_Quote\|Black Magic Quote]]" which Derleth would refer to for the next couple decades to justify his own interpretation of what Derleth would brand as the "Cthulhu Mythos".
	** ''1937 - (late) [[August Derleth]] and [[Donald Wandrei]] begin work on a compilation of Lovecraft's best stories, first of its kind, but discover that no existing publisher will take a chance on such an obscure author. Realizing they would need to publish the volume themselves, [[Arkham House]] publishing is born. The volume is offered at pre-order for only US$5.00, only 150 buyers express interest.''		** ''1937 - (late) [[August Derleth]] and [[Donald Wandrei]] begin work on a compilation of Lovecraft's best stories, first of its kind, but discover that no existing publisher will take a chance on such an obscure author. Realizing they would need to publish the volume themselves, [[Arkham House]] publishing is born. The volume is offered at pre-order for only US$5.00, only 150 buyers express interest.''
	** ''1937? - [[Robert H. Barlow]], discouraged at the interference by [[August Derleth]] and [[Donald Wandrei]], as well as [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s disapproval and a general lack of support and encouragement, bows out of his role as executor of Lovecraft's estate.''		** ''1937? - [[Robert H. Barlow]], discouraged at the interference and harassment by [[August Derleth]] and [[Donald Wandrei]], as well as [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s disapproval and a general lack of support and encouragement, bows out of his role as executor of Lovecraft's estate.''
	** ''1939 - ''[[The Outsider and Others]]'', [[Arkham House]]'s first and original compilation of Lovecraft stories, is publicly released in its first and only edition of 1268 copies.''		** ''1939 - ''[[The Outsider and Others]]'', [[Arkham House]]'s first and original compilation of Lovecraft stories, is publicly released in its first and only edition of 1268 copies.''
	** ''1939 - The Great Depression ends, and WWII begins.		** ''1939 - The legal turmoil involving Lovecraft's estate becomes public when ''Le Vombiteur'' fanzine publishes a story about the Barlow/Derleth dispute.''
			** ''1939 - The Great Depression ends, and WWII begins.''
	* '''1940s and beyond'''		* '''1940s and beyond'''
	** ''1940s - Akrham House ([[August Derleth]]), having gained some control over the Lovecraft copyright, aggressively defends that control over the "Cthulhu Mythos", threatening legal action against writers abusing Lovecraft's shared universe, as well as against pastiche writers and others using Lovecraft's creations in good faith (notably [[C. Hall Thompson]], who was forced to stop writing well-regarded Lovecraft pastiches, at least under his own name, without approval from Derleth); a sample Arkham House letter of this era as described by [[Ramsey Campbell]]: "I should say at the outset that we had better see your pastiches of Lovecraft Mythos stories because a) the Lovecraft material is copyrighted and so protected and b) the approval of Arkham House is necessary before any copyrighted material can be released for publication. This is a necessary provision, of course, because if we did not enforce it scores of cheap imitations would flood the market, reflecting unfavorably on Lovecraft and his work. I do much prefer typed MSS., though your writing seems quite readable."		** ''1941 - (Jan) Annie Gamwell, Lovecraft's surviving aunt and heir, leaves the rights to Lovecraft's fiction in her will to Arkham House.''
	** ''1944 - Arkham House finally sells the last copy of ''The Outsider and Others'', while Lovecraft's posthumous reputation begins to spread by word-of-mouth. During this time, Arkham House itself has begun printing new collections of Lovecraft stories, and collections of other weird fiction.		** ''1940s - Akrham House ([[August Derleth]]), having gained some control over the Lovecraft copyright, aggressively defends that control over the "Cthulhu Mythos", threatening legal action against writers abusing Lovecraft's shared universe, as well as against pastiche writers and others using Lovecraft's creations in good faith (notably [[C. Hall Thompson]], who was forced to stop writing well-regarded Lovecraft pastiches, at least under his own name, without approval from Derleth); a sample Arkham House letter of this era as described by [[Ramsey Campbell]]: "I should say at the outset that we had better see your pastiches of Lovecraft Mythos stories because a) the Lovecraft material is copyrighted and so protected and b) the approval of Arkham House is necessary before any copyrighted material can be released for publication. This is a necessary provision, of course, because if we did not enforce it scores of cheap imitations would flood the market, reflecting unfavorably on Lovecraft and his work. I do much prefer typed MSS., though your writing seems quite readable."''
			** ''1944 - [[Arkham House]] finally sells the last copy of ''The Outsider and Others'', while Lovecraft's posthumous reputation begins to spread by word-of-mouth. During this time, Arkham House itself has begun printing new collections of Lovecraft stories, and collections of other weird fiction.''
	** ''1945 - Sonia hears of Lovecraft's death.''		** ''1945 - Sonia hears of Lovecraft's death.''
	** ''1946 - Sonia's third husband dies. Sonia would eventually learn of Lovecraft's failure to sign the divorce papers, and discover to her horror that her third marriage was technically bigamous.''		** ''1946 - Sonia's third husband dies. Sonia would eventually learn of Lovecraft's failure to sign the divorce papers, and discover to her horror that her third marriage was technically bigamous.''
	** ''1948 - (Mar 16) [[Arthur C. Clarke]] writes to [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and asks about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, presenting Dunsany with a copy of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath"; this is the first known instance of Dunsany hearing of Lovecraft; Dunsany's response seems enthusiastic. ([https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/23107-lord-dunsany-discovers-lovecraft/ *])		** ''1947 - ''[[Weird Tales]]'' surrenders its last control over copyright of the Lovecraft stories it had published to [[Arkham house]].''
			** ''1948 - (Mar 16) [[Arthur C. Clarke]] writes to [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and asks about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, presenting Dunsany with a copy of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath"; this is the first known instance of Dunsany hearing of Lovecraft; Dunsany's response seems enthusiastic. ([https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/23107-lord-dunsany-discovers-lovecraft/ *])''
	** ''1951 - [[Robert H. Barlow]], fearing that one of his disgruntled students is about to publicize his homosexuality, commits suicide.''		** ''1951 - [[Robert H. Barlow]], fearing that one of his disgruntled students is about to publicize his homosexuality, commits suicide.''
	** ''1952 - (Mar 28) [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]] writes to [[August Derleth]], asking for more information about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, expressing a great deal of interest in reading more of them. ([https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/23107-lord-dunsany-discovers-lovecraft/ *])		** ''1952 - (Mar 28) [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]] writes to [[August Derleth]], asking for more information about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, expressing a great deal of interest in reading more of them. ([https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/23107-lord-dunsany-discovers-lovecraft/ *])''
	** ''1961 - (Aug 14) [[Clark Ashton Smith]] dies.''		** ''1961 - (Aug 14) [[Clark Ashton Smith]] dies.''
	** ''1963 - One of the first feature films based on Lovecraft's fiction, ''[[The Haunted Palace (1963 film)]]'', is finished and released by Roger Corman, who had run out of stories by Edgar Allan Poe to continue his wildly popular series of loose, low-budget Poe adaptations starring horror icon Vincent Price; because Lovecraft was still relatively unknown, the film's story is credited to "Edgar Allen Poe", and given a title taken from a poem by Poe, though the story itself is a loose adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". The film's success and Lovecraft's growing reputation among horror fans would be followed in later decades by many more low-budget Lovecraft film adaptations of wildly varying quality.''		** ''1963 - One of the first feature films based on Lovecraft's fiction, ''[[The Haunted Palace (1963 film)]]'', is finished and released by Roger Corman, who had run out of stories by Edgar Allan Poe to continue his wildly popular series of loose, low-budget Poe adaptations starring horror icon Vincent Price; because Lovecraft was still relatively unknown, the film's story is credited to "Edgar Allen Poe", and given a title taken from a poem by Poe, though the story itself is a loose adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". The film's success and Lovecraft's growing reputation among horror fans would be followed in later decades by many more low-budget Lovecraft film adaptations of wildly varying quality.''
	** ''1972 - [[Sonia Greene Lovecraft\|Sonia H. Davis]] dies in an LA rest home.''		** ''1972 - [[Sonia Greene Lovecraft\|Sonia H. Davis]] dies in an LA rest home.''
	** ''1975 - [[Chaosium]], one of the first and oldest Role-Playing Game manufacturers, is founded.''		** ''1975 - [[Chaosium]], one of the first and oldest Role-Playing Game manufacturers, is founded.''
	** ''1981 - Chaosium, after commissioning game designer [[Sandy Petersen]] to work on a horror-themed Role-Playing Game, while Petersen was about to propose an expansion for Chaosium's ''Runequest'' RPG set in the Dreamlands and realizing the potential for a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, publishes the first edition of the ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' role-playing game.''		** ''1980 - [[TSR]], unaware of the [[Arkham House]] claims to the "Cthulhu Mythos" property and believing it to be public domain, publishes ''[[Deities & Demigods]]'' for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game in an edition that includes descriptions and game stats for some of Lovecraft's deity/demigod type creations. [[Arkham House]] responds with threats of legal action, but is willing to compromise if TSR adds a reference to [[Chaosium]], to whom the RPG rights to the content had already been licensed.''
			** ''1981 - [[Chaosium]], after commissioning game designer [[Sandy Petersen]] to work on a horror-themed Role-Playing Game, while Petersen was about to propose an expansion for Chaosium's ''Runequest'' RPG set in the Dreamlands and realizing the potential for a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, publishes the first edition of the ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' role-playing game.''
			** ''1981 - [[TSR]], no longer willing to credit its competition, drops the "Cthulhu Mythos" content from its 1981 edition.
	** ''1985 - Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna collaborate on ''[[Reanimator (1985 film)]]'', starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbra Crampton, the first in a series of ultra-violent, low-budget gore black-comedy/horror films based on various Lovecraft stories, including two sequels to this popular entry in the series, made by the film-makers either as a team, or separately.		** ''1985 - Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna collaborate on ''[[Reanimator (1985 film)]]'', starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbra Crampton, the first in a series of ultra-violent, low-budget gore black-comedy/horror films based on various Lovecraft stories, including two sequels to this popular entry in the series, made by the film-makers either as a team, or separately.


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	** ''1927 - (Jan-Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1927 - (Jan-Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction)]]" ''
	** ''1927 - (Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[The Colour out of Space (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1927 - (Mar) Lovecraft writes "[[The Colour out of Space (fiction)]]" ''
	** ''1927 - Lovecraft writes a fragment of "[[The Thing in the Moonlight (fiction)]]" in a letter to [[Donald Wandrei]]; the fragment would be "completed" with a short framing device by [[J. Chapman Miske]] in 1941. ''		** ''1927 - Lovecraft writes [[The Thing in the Moonlight (fragment)\|a fragment]] of "[[The Thing in the Moonlight (fiction)]]" in a letter to [[Donald Wandrei]]; the fragment would be "completed" with a short framing device by [[J. Chapman Miske]] in 1941. ''
	** 1927 - ''(Nov 2) Lovecraft writes "[[The Very Old Folk (fragment)]]" ''		** 1927 - ''(Nov 2) Lovecraft writes "[[The Very Old Folk (fragment)]]" ''
	** ''1927 - Lovecraft writes "[[The Last Test (fiction)]]" with [[Adolphe de Castro]] '', who cheats Lovecraft on the fee, prompting an angry letter from Lovecraft.		** ''1927 - Lovecraft writes "[[The Last Test (fiction)]]" with [[Adolphe de Castro]] '', who cheats Lovecraft on the fee, prompting an angry letter from Lovecraft.

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	** 1930 - Lovecraft meets and befriends [[Henry S. Whitehead]].		** 1930 - Lovecraft meets and befriends [[Henry S. Whitehead]].
	** ''1930 Lovecraft writes "[[Medusa's Coil (fiction)]]" with [[Zealia Bishop]] ''; Lovecraft's collaboration with Bishop may have been strained by this point, due to Depression-era financial troubles that presented difficulties with Bishop's ability to publish the previous revision, and pay Lovecraft for his work.		** ''1930 Lovecraft writes "[[Medusa's Coil (fiction)]]" with [[Zealia Bishop]] ''; Lovecraft's collaboration with Bishop may have been strained by this point, due to Depression-era financial troubles that presented difficulties with Bishop's ability to publish the previous revision, and pay Lovecraft for his work.
	** ~~''1931~~ - (~~Feb-Mar~~) Lovecraft ~~writes ''~~[[~~At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)~~]]''		** 1930 - (Spring) Lovecraft visits [[Frank Belknap Long]] in New York.
	** 1930 - (Apr-May) Lovecraft visits South Carolina.		** 1930 - (Apr-May) Lovecraft visits South Carolina.
			** 1930 - (Spring) Lovecraft visits the newly-opened [[Nicholas Roerich]] museum in New York.
			** 1930 - (May 21) Lovecraft mentions his experience at the [[Nicholas Roerich]] museum in a letter to [[Lillian D. Clark]]; his admiration for the artist's work is apparently a topic he has brought up various times already as something he has "long held".
	** 1930 - (early Sep) Lovecraft visits Quebec for the first time.		** 1930 - (early Sep) Lovecraft visits Quebec for the first time.
	** ''1930 - (Feb-Sep) Lovecraft writes "[[The Whisperer in Darkness (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1930 - (Feb-Sep) Lovecraft writes "[[The Whisperer in Darkness (fiction)]]" ''
	** 1930 - (Aug) [[Robert E. Howard]] writes a fan letter praising a reprint of Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls", beginning a friendship that would last the rest of REH's life.		** 1930 - (Aug) [[Robert E. Howard]] writes a fan letter praising a reprint of Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls", beginning a friendship that would last the rest of REH's life.
	** 1931 - Lovecraft visits Quebec a second time.		** 1931 - Lovecraft visits Quebec a second time.
			** ''1931 - (Feb-Mar) Lovecraft writes ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''
	** 1931 - (summer) Lovecraft visits [[Henry S. Whitehead]] for three weeks in Florida, and begins work on collaboration.		** 1931 - (summer) Lovecraft visits [[Henry S. Whitehead]] for three weeks in Florida, and begins work on collaboration.
	** ''1931 - (late) Lovecraft writes "[[The Trap (fiction)]]" with [[Henry S. Whitehead]] ''		** ''1931 - (late) Lovecraft writes "[[The Trap (fiction)]]" with [[Henry S. Whitehead]] ''

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	** 1926 - (Jun 16) Lovecraft's first reference to Theosophy appears in a letter to Clark Ashton Smith: "I've also been digesting something of vast interest as background or source material--which has belatedly introduced me to a cycle of myth with which I have reason to believe you are particularly familiar--i.e., the Atlantis-Lemuria tales, as developed by modern occultists & theosophical charlatans. Really, some of these hints about the lost "City of the Golden Gates" & the shapeless monsters of archaic Lemuria are ineffably pregnant with fantastic suggestion; & I only wish I could get hold of more of the stuff. What I have read is ''[[Occult_Books#The_Story_of_Atlantis_and_The_Lost_Lemuria\|The Story of Atlantis & the Lost Lemuria]]'', by W. Scott Elliot." (SL2.58)		** 1926 - (Jun 16) Lovecraft's first reference to Theosophy appears in a letter to Clark Ashton Smith: "I've also been digesting something of vast interest as background or source material--which has belatedly introduced me to a cycle of myth with which I have reason to believe you are particularly familiar--i.e., the Atlantis-Lemuria tales, as developed by modern occultists & theosophical charlatans. Really, some of these hints about the lost "City of the Golden Gates" & the shapeless monsters of archaic Lemuria are ineffably pregnant with fantastic suggestion; & I only wish I could get hold of more of the stuff. What I have read is ''[[Occult_Books#The_Story_of_Atlantis_and_The_Lost_Lemuria\|The Story of Atlantis & the Lost Lemuria]]'', by W. Scott Elliot." (SL2.58)
	** 1926 - Lovecraft begins correspondence with [[Donald Wandrei]], sparking a lengthy friendship.		** 1926 - Lovecraft begins correspondence with [[Donald Wandrei]], sparking a lengthy friendship.
	** 1926 - Lovecraft begins correspondence with [[August Derleth]], who ~~wrote~~ to Lovecraft ~~first~~ regarding a bit of history and criticism on an obscure work of Weird fiction, sparking a lengthy friendship.		** 1926 - Lovecraft begins correspondence with [[August Derleth]], who had written a fan letter to Lovecraft regarding a bit of history and criticism on an obscure work of Weird fiction, sparking a lengthy friendship.
	** ''1926 - (Summer) Lovecraft writes "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)]]" ''		** ''1926 - (Summer) Lovecraft writes "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)]]" ''
	** ''1926 - (Jul-Oct) Lovecraft writes "[[Two Black Bottles (fiction)]]" with [[Wilfred Blanch Talman]] ''		** ''1926 - (Jul-Oct) Lovecraft writes "[[Two Black Bottles (fiction)]]" with [[Wilfred Blanch Talman]] ''
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	** ''1939 - The Great Depression ends, and WWII begins.''		** ''1939 - The Great Depression ends, and WWII begins.''
	* '''1940s and beyond'''		* '''1940s and beyond'''
	** ''1941 - (Jan) Annie Gamwell, Lovecraft's surviving aunt and heir, leaves the rights to Lovecraft's fiction in her will to Arkham House.''		** ''1941 - (Jan) Annie Gamwell, Lovecraft's surviving aunt and heir, leaves the publishing rights to Lovecraft's fiction to her heirs Ethel Phillips Morrish and Edna Lewis in her will; they in turn gift publishing rights to Arkham House, but retain copyright. Morrish and Lewis would become increasingly less involved in control over the Lovecraft estate, and are believed to have allowed the copyright to lapse by failing to renew it though the 1950s and beyond.''
	** ''1940s - ~~Akrham~~ House ([[August Derleth]]), having gained ~~some~~ control over the Lovecraft copyright, aggressively defends that control over the "Cthulhu Mythos", threatening legal action against writers abusing Lovecraft's shared universe, as well as against pastiche writers and others using Lovecraft's creations in good faith (notably [[C. Hall Thompson]], who was forced to stop writing well-regarded Lovecraft pastiches, at least under his own name, without approval from Derleth); a sample Arkham House letter of this era as described by [[Ramsey Campbell]]: "I should say at the outset that we had better see your pastiches of Lovecraft Mythos stories because a) the Lovecraft material is copyrighted and so protected and b) the approval of Arkham House is necessary before any copyrighted material can be released for publication. This is a necessary provision, of course, because if we did not enforce it scores of cheap imitations would flood the market, reflecting unfavorably on Lovecraft and his work. I do much prefer typed MSS., though your writing seems quite readable."''		** ''1940s - [[Arkham House]] ([[August Derleth]] and [[Donald Wandrei]]), having gained publishing control over the Lovecraft copyright from the "Morrish-Lewis Gift", aggressively defends that control over the "Cthulhu Mythos", threatening legal action against writers abusing Lovecraft's shared universe, as well as against pastiche writers and others using Lovecraft's creations in good faith without Arkham House approval (notably the latter included [[C. Hall Thompson]], who was forced by Arkham House to stop writing well-regarded Lovecraft pastiches, at least under his own name, without approval from Derleth); a sample Arkham House letter of this era as described by [[Ramsey Campbell]]: "I should say at the outset that we had better see your pastiches of Lovecraft Mythos stories because a) the Lovecraft material is copyrighted and so protected and b) the approval of Arkham House is necessary before any copyrighted material can be released for publication. This is a necessary provision, of course, because if we did not enforce it scores of cheap imitations would flood the market, reflecting unfavorably on Lovecraft and his work. I do much prefer typed MSS., though your writing seems quite readable."''
	** ''1944 - [[Arkham House]] finally sells the last copy of ''The Outsider and Others'', while Lovecraft's posthumous reputation begins to spread by word-of-mouth. During this time, Arkham House itself has begun printing new collections of Lovecraft stories, and collections of other weird fiction.''		** ''1944 - [[Arkham House]] finally sells the last copy of ''The Outsider and Others'', while Lovecraft's posthumous reputation begins to spread by word-of-mouth. During this time, Arkham House itself has begun printing new collections of Lovecraft stories, and collections of other weird fiction.''
	** ''1945 - Sonia hears of Lovecraft's death.''		** ''1945 - Sonia hears of Lovecraft's death.''
	** ''1946 - Sonia's third husband dies. Sonia would eventually learn of Lovecraft's failure to sign the divorce papers, and discover to her horror that her third marriage was technically bigamous.''		** ''1946 - Sonia's third husband dies. Sonia would eventually learn of Lovecraft's failure to sign the divorce papers, and discover to her horror that her third marriage was technically bigamous.''
	** ''1947 - ''[[Weird Tales]]'' surrenders its ~~last~~ control over copyright of the Lovecraft stories it had published to [[Arkham house]].''		** ''1946 - "[[Bothon (fiction)]]" by [[Henry S. Whitehead]] and [[H.P. Lovecraft]] is published by [[Arkham House]] years after the death of both Whitehead and Lovecraft, allegedly after completion (or complete fabrication) by [[August Derleth]].''
			** ''1947 - ''[[Weird Tales]]'' surrenders its control over copyright of the Lovecraft stories it had published to [[Arkham house]], providing [[August Derleth]] and [[Donald Wandrei]] a legal claim to copyright over Lovecraft's stories.''
			** ''1947 - [[August Derleth]] begins publishing a series of "[[Posthumous Collaborations]]" attributed partly (or sometimes entirely) to Lovecraft as filler for [[Arkham House]] publications.
	** ''1948 - (Mar 16) [[Arthur C. Clarke]] writes to [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and asks about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, presenting Dunsany with a copy of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath"; this is the first known instance of Dunsany hearing of Lovecraft; Dunsany's response seems enthusiastic. ([https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/23107-lord-dunsany-discovers-lovecraft/ *])''		** ''1948 - (Mar 16) [[Arthur C. Clarke]] writes to [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and asks about Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, presenting Dunsany with a copy of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath"; this is the first known instance of Dunsany hearing of Lovecraft; Dunsany's response seems enthusiastic. ([https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/23107-lord-dunsany-discovers-lovecraft/ *])''
	** ''1951 - [[Robert H. Barlow]], fearing that one of his disgruntled students is about to publicize his homosexuality, commits suicide.''		** ''1951 - [[Robert H. Barlow]], fearing that one of his disgruntled students is about to publicize his homosexuality, commits suicide.''
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	** ''1961 - (Aug 14) [[Clark Ashton Smith]] dies.''		** ''1961 - (Aug 14) [[Clark Ashton Smith]] dies.''
	** ''1963 - One of the first feature films based on Lovecraft's fiction, ''[[The Haunted Palace (1963 film)]]'', is finished and released by Roger Corman, who had run out of stories by Edgar Allan Poe to continue his wildly popular series of loose, low-budget Poe adaptations starring horror icon Vincent Price; because Lovecraft was still relatively unknown, the film's story is credited to "Edgar Allen Poe", and given a title taken from a poem by Poe, though the story itself is a loose adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". The film's success and Lovecraft's growing reputation among horror fans would be followed in later decades by many more low-budget Lovecraft film adaptations of wildly varying quality.''		** ''1963 - One of the first feature films based on Lovecraft's fiction, ''[[The Haunted Palace (1963 film)]]'', is finished and released by Roger Corman, who had run out of stories by Edgar Allan Poe to continue his wildly popular series of loose, low-budget Poe adaptations starring horror icon Vincent Price; because Lovecraft was still relatively unknown, the film's story is credited to "Edgar Allen Poe", and given a title taken from a poem by Poe, though the story itself is a loose adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". The film's success and Lovecraft's growing reputation among horror fans would be followed in later decades by many more low-budget Lovecraft film adaptations of wildly varying quality.''
			** ''1971 - (Jul 4) August Derleth dies, and his attorney Forrest D. Hartmann assumes control of his estate and Arkham House, threatening legal force to uphold control over the Lovecraft copyrights in the name of Derleth's estate. Hartmann's claims would lead directly to conflict with [[Donald Wandrei]] over royalties, and Wandrei takes legal action, citing a 1955 agreement with Derleth that would transfer rights to the survivor upon the event of the other's death. The outcome of the legal battle would eventually hinge on the revelation that copyrights had never been renewed for the Lovecraft material.''
	** ''1972 - [[Sonia Greene Lovecraft\|Sonia H. Davis]] dies in an LA rest home.''		** ''1972 - [[Sonia Greene Lovecraft\|Sonia H. Davis]] dies in an LA rest home.''
			** ''1974 - [[Robert C. Harrall]] obtains from [[Albert A. Baker]] executorship of the Lovecraft estate in Providence RI, and claims that the estate includes a portion of Lovecraft's writings, letters, books, photographs, and other such materials; there appears to be no known evidence that Baker had ever renewed copyright of Lovecraft's fiction or letters.''
	** ''1975 - [[Chaosium]], one of the first and oldest Role-Playing Game manufacturers, is founded.''		** ''1975 - [[Chaosium]], one of the first and oldest Role-Playing Game manufacturers, is founded.''
	** ''1980 - [[TSR]], unaware of the [[Arkham House]] claims to the "Cthulhu Mythos" property and believing it to be public domain, publishes ''[[Deities & Demigods]]'' for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game in an edition that includes descriptions and game stats for some of Lovecraft's deity/demigod type creations. [[Arkham House]] responds with threats of legal action, but is willing to compromise if TSR adds a reference to [[Chaosium]], to whom the RPG rights to the content had already been licensed.''		** ''1980 - [[TSR]], unaware of the [[Arkham House]] claims to the "Cthulhu Mythos" property and believing it to be public domain, publishes ''[[Deities & Demigods]]'' for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game in an edition that includes descriptions and game stats for some of Lovecraft's deity/demigod type creations. [[Arkham House]] responds with threats of legal action, but is willing to compromise if TSR adds a reference to [[Chaosium]], to whom the RPG rights to the content had already been licensed.''
	** ''1981 - [[Chaosium]], after commissioning game designer [[Sandy Petersen]] to work on a horror-themed Role-Playing Game, while Petersen was about to propose an expansion for Chaosium's ''Runequest'' RPG set in the Dreamlands and realizing the potential for a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, publishes the first edition of the ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' role-playing game.''		** ''1981 - [[Chaosium]], after commissioning game designer [[Sandy Petersen]] to work on a horror-themed Role-Playing Game, while Petersen was about to propose an expansion for Chaosium's ''Runequest'' RPG set in the Dreamlands and realizing the potential for a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, publishes the first edition of the ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' role-playing game.''
	** ''1981 - [[TSR]], no longer willing to credit its competition, drops the "Cthulhu Mythos" content from its 1981 edition.		** ''1981 - [[TSR]], no longer willing to credit its competition, drops the "Cthulhu Mythos" content from its 1981 edition.
	** ''1985 - Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna collaborate on ''[[Reanimator (1985 film)]]'', starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbra Crampton, the first in a series of ultra-violent, low-budget gore black-comedy/horror films based on various Lovecraft stories, including two sequels to this popular entry in the series, made by the film-makers either as a team, or separately.		** ''1985 - Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna collaborate on ''[[Reanimator (1985 film)]]'', starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbra Crampton, the first in a series of ultra-violent, low-budget gore black-comedy/horror films based on various Lovecraft stories, including two sequels to this popular entry in the series, made by the film-makers either as a team, or separately.''
			** ''1986-1987 - [[Donald Wandrei]] wins the last of a series of protracted court battles with the Derleth estate begun in 1971 over [[Arkham House]] royalties; much of the money awarded goes to court costs and attorneys' fees; Wandrei would die shortly afterward.


	==Notes==		==Notes==