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 ==Featured Locations==
 * [[Arkham]]
 * [[Dunwich]]
 * [[Kingsport (Location)|Kingsport]]
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 * [[Martin's Beach]]
 * [[Bolton]]
 * [[Dean's Corners]]
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	"[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]" is set in [[Billington's Wood]], a forest north of Arkham, while "[[Witch's Hollow (fiction)]]" takes place in the titular valley in the hills to the west of the town. The title of "[[The Fisherman of Falcon Point (fiction)]]" refers to a [[Falcon Point\|promontory on the Atlantic coast]] south of Innsmouth. "[[Wentworth's Day (fiction)]]" and "[[The Horror from the Middle Span (fiction)]]" take place in the area north of Dunwich, while "[[The Gable Window (fiction)]]" concerns a house on the [[Aylesbury Pike]].		"[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]" is set in [[Billington's Wood]], a forest north of Arkham, while "[[Witch's Hollow (fiction)]]" takes place in the titular valley in the hills to the west of the town. The title of "[[The Fisherman of Falcon Point (fiction)]]" refers to a [[Falcon Point\|promontory on the Atlantic coast]] south of Innsmouth. "[[Wentworth's Day (fiction)]]" and "[[The Horror from the Middle Span (fiction)]]" take place in the area north of Dunwich, while "[[The Gable Window (fiction)]]" concerns a house on the [[Aylesbury Pike]].
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		+	==Featured Locations==
		+	* [[Arkham]]
		+	* [[Aylesbury]]
		+	* [[Dunwich]]
		+	* [[Kingsport (Location)\|Kingsport]]
		+	* [[Innsmouth]]
		+	* [[Foxfield]]
		+	* [[Martin's Beach]]
		+	* [[Bolton]]
		+	* [[Dean's Corners]]
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	==Roleplaying games==		==Roleplaying games==

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-'''Lovecraft Country''' is the New England setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University (Location)|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life Essex County of Massachusetts. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").
+'''Lovecraft Country''' is the New England setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University (Location)|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life Essex County of Massachusetts. (See "[[Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)]]", "[[Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)]]").
 In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of Massachusetts. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.
-Sometimes the phrase is used in a more inclusive sense, encompassing not only northeastern Massachusetts but also the southern hills of Vermont (the setting of "[[The Whisperer in Darkness]]") as well as Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, where he set such works as ''[[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward]]''. A Geocities page titled "My Lovecraft Pilgrimage" refers to Providence as "the center of 'Lovecraft Country'". ([http://www.geocities.com/thastygliax/hplprov.html My Lovecraft Pilgrimage])
+Sometimes the phrase is used in a more inclusive sense, encompassing not only northeastern Massachusetts but also the southern hills of Vermont (the setting of "[[The Whisperer in Darkness (fiction)]]") as well as Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, where he set such works as ''[[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction)]]''. A Geocities page titled "My Lovecraft Pilgrimage" refers to Providence as "the center of 'Lovecraft Country'". ([http://www.geocities.com/thastygliax/hplprov.html My Lovecraft Pilgrimage])
 ==Lovecraft's fiction==
-Lovecraft first used a New England setting for the [[1920s]] short story "[[The Terrible Old Man]]", set in Kingsport. In the story that first mentions both Arkham and the Miskatonic Valley, "[[The Picture in the House]]" (written later in 1920), Lovecraft wrote that "the true epicure of the terrible, to whom a new thrill of unutterable ghastliness is the chief end and justification of existence, esteem most of all the ancient, lonely farmhouses of backwoods New England; for there the dark elements of strength, solitude, grotesqueness, and ignorance combine to form the perfection of the hideous."
+Lovecraft first used a New England setting for the [[1920s]] short story "[[The Terrible Old Man (fiction)]]", set in [[Kingsport]]. In the story that first mentions both [[Arkham]] and the [[Miskatonic Valley]], "[[The Picture in the House (fiction)]]" (written later in 1920), Lovecraft wrote that "the true epicure of the terrible, to whom a new thrill of unutterable ghastliness is the chief end and justification of existence, esteem most of all the ancient, lonely farmhouses of backwoods New England; for there the dark elements of strength, solitude, grotesqueness, and ignorance combine to form the perfection of the hideous."
 In a 1930 letter to [[Robert E. Howard]], Lovecraft attempted to explain his fascination with New England as a setting for weird fiction: "It is the night-black Massachusetts legendary which packs the really macabre 'kick'. Here is material for a really profound study in group neuroticism; for certainly, none can deny the existence of a profoundly morbid streak in the Puritan imagination." (''The Annotated Lovecraft'', Joshi and Cannon, p. 2).
-Lovecraft first mentioned Arkham's [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]] in ''[[Herbert West: Reanimator]]'', written in 1921-1922. He added [[Dunwich]] to his imaginary landscape in 1928's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]", ([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=70 ''The Dunwich Horror,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Dunwich.) and expanded it to include Innsmouth in 1931's "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]".([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=75 ''The Shadow Over Innsmouth,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Innsmouth.)
+Lovecraft first mentioned Arkham's [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]] in ''[[Herbert West: Reanimator]]'', written in 1921-1922. He added [[Dunwich]] to his imaginary landscape in 1928's "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]", ([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=70 ''The Dunwich Horror,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Dunwich.) and expanded it to include Innsmouth in 1931's "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)]]".([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=75 ''The Shadow Over Innsmouth,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Innsmouth.)
-Other Lovecraft stories that make use of Lovecraft Country settings include "[[The Festival]]", "[[The Colour out of Space]]", "[[The Strange High House in the Mist]]", "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]", and "[[The Thing on the Doorstep]]".
+Other Lovecraft stories that make use of Lovecraft Country settings include "[[The Festival (fiction)]]", "[[The Colour out of Space (fiction)]]", "[[The Strange High House in the Mist (fiction)]]", "[[The Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)]]", and "[[The Thing on the Doorstep (fiction)]]".
 ==Derleth's additions==
-[[August Derleth]], Lovecraft's friend and literary executor, discouraged other [[Cthulhu Mythos]] writers from setting their stories in Lovecraft's New England. But he himself attempted to fill in the blanks of the setting, particularly in his posthumous "collaborations" with Lovecraft &mdash; Derleth's stories based on notes or ideas that Lovecraft left behind.
+[[August Derleth]], Lovecraft correspondent and literary executor, discouraged other [[Cthulhu Mythos]] writers from setting their stories in Lovecraft's New England, while he himself attempted to fill in the blanks of the setting, particularly in his "[[posthumous collaborations]]" with Lovecraft &mdash; Derleth's stories based on notes or ideas that Lovecraft left behind.
-"[[The Lurker at the Threshold]]" is set in Billington's Wood, a forest north of Arkham, while "Witch's Hollow" takes place in the titular valley in the hills to the west of the town. The title of "The Fisherman of Falcon Point" refers to a promontory on the Atlantic coast south of Innsmouth. "Wentworth's Day" and "The Horror from the Middle Span" take place in the area north of Dunwich, while "The Gable Window" concerns a house on the Aylesbury Pike.
+"[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]" is set in [[Billington's Wood]], a forest north of Arkham, while "[[Witch's Hollow (fiction)]]" takes place in the titular valley in the hills to the west of the town. The title of "[[The Fisherman of Falcon Point (fiction)]]" refers to a [[Falcon Point|promontory on the Atlantic coast]] south of Innsmouth. "[[Wentworth's Day (fiction)]]" and "[[The Horror from the Middle Span (fiction)]]" take place in the area north of Dunwich, while "[[The Gable Window (fiction)]]" concerns a house on the [[Aylesbury Pike]].
 ==Roleplaying games==

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−	'''Lovecraft Country''' is the New England setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games\|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)\|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University\|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life Essex County of Massachusetts. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").	+	'''Lovecraft Country''' is the New England setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games\|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)\|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life Essex County of Massachusetts. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").

	In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of Massachusetts. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.		In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of Massachusetts. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.

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 In a 1930 letter to [[Robert E. Howard]], Lovecraft attempted to explain his fascination with New England as a setting for weird fiction: "It is the night-black Massachusetts legendary which packs the really macabre 'kick'. Here is material for a really profound study in group neuroticism; for certainly, none can deny the existence of a profoundly morbid streak in the Puritan imagination." (''The Annotated Lovecraft'', Joshi and Cannon, p. 2).
-Lovecraft first mentioned Arkham's [[Miskatonic University]] in ''[[Herbert West: Reanimator]]'', written in 1921-1922. He added [[Dunwich]] to his imaginary landscape in 1928's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]", ([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=70 ''The Dunwich Horror,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Dunwich.) and expanded it to include Innsmouth in 1931's "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]".([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=75 ''The Shadow Over Innsmouth,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Innsmouth.)
+Lovecraft first mentioned Arkham's [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]] in ''[[Herbert West: Reanimator]]'', written in 1921-1922. He added [[Dunwich]] to his imaginary landscape in 1928's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]", ([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=70 ''The Dunwich Horror,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Dunwich.) and expanded it to include Innsmouth in 1931's "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]".([http://www.mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=75 ''The Shadow Over Innsmouth,'' by H. P. Lovecraft.] Lovecraft's original story featuring Innsmouth.)
 Other Lovecraft stories that make use of Lovecraft Country settings include "[[The Festival]]", "[[The Colour out of Space]]", "[[The Strange High House in the Mist]]", "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]", and "[[The Thing on the Doorstep]]".

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−	'''Lovecraft Country''' is the [[New England]] setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games\|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)\|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University\|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life [[Essex County~~, Massachusetts\|Essex County]]~~ of [[Massachusetts]]. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").	+	'''Lovecraft Country''' is the New England setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games\|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)\|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University\|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life Essex County of Massachusetts. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").

	In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of [[Massachusetts]]. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.		In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of [[Massachusetts]]. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.

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 Since 1998, the Lovecraft Country name seems to have fallen out of use at Chaosium, though some of the books have been rereleased in the 2000s (''H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich'', ''H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham'', and ''H.P. Lovecraft's Kingsport'').
-[[Skotos]], an online game company, has licensed Chaosium's Lovecraft Country material. They have produced two games, ''Lovecraft Country: The Tomb of the Desert God'' and ''Lovecraft Country: Arkham by Night'', as well as a comic, ''Lovecraft Country: Return to Arkham'', written by Shannon Appelcline.([http://www.lovecraftcountry.com/comic/ Skotos: Lovecraft Country])
+[http://www.skotos.net Skotos], an online game company, has licensed Chaosium's Lovecraft Country material. They have produced two games, ''Lovecraft Country: The Tomb of the Desert God'' and ''Lovecraft Country: Arkham by Night'', as well as a comic, ''Lovecraft Country: Return to Arkham'', written by Shannon Appelcline.([http://www.lovecraftcountry.com/comic/ Skotos: Lovecraft Country])
 ==Other uses==

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 The phrase occurs in popular discussions of Lovecraft's connection to the region. The Harvard Law School ''Record'' used the phrase in an October 20, 2005 article:
-:Many Lovecraft stories take place in "Lovecraft Country"--the fictional North Shore towns of Arkham, Innsmouth, Kingsport, and Dunwich (perhaps fictional equivalents of Ipswitch, Salem/Danvers, Marblehead, or Newburyport).<ref>[http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/paper609/news/2005/10/20/Opinion/Spirit.Of.Lovecraft.Haunts.Cambridge.New.England-1028731.shtml?sourcedomain=www.hlrecord.org&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com "Spirit of Lovecraft Haunts Cambridge, New England", Dan Alban, ''The Record'', October 20, 2005]</ref>
+:Many Lovecraft stories take place in "Lovecraft Country"--the fictional North Shore towns of Arkham, Innsmouth, Kingsport, and Dunwich (perhaps fictional equivalents of Ipswitch, Salem/Danvers, Marblehead, or Newburyport).[http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/paper609/news/2005/10/20/Opinion/Spirit.Of.Lovecraft.Haunts.Cambridge.New.England-1028731.shtml?sourcedomain=www.hlrecord.org&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com "Spirit of Lovecraft Haunts Cambridge, New England", Dan Alban, ''The Record'', October 20, 2005]
 ==Notes==

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−	'''Lovecraft Country''' is the [[New England]] setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games\|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)\|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University\|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[[Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life [[Essex County, Massachusetts\|Essex County]] of [[Massachusetts]]. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").	+	'''Lovecraft Country''' is the [[New England]] setting, combining real and fictitious locations, used by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in many of his weird fiction stories, and later elaborated by other writers working in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] genre. The term was popularized by [[Chaosium]], the producers of the Lovecraftian [[Role-Playing Games\|Role-Playing Game]] [[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)\|Call of Cthulhu]]. Lovecraft scholar [[S.T. Joshi]] refers to the area as the '''"Miskatonic region"''', after its fictional river and [[Miskatonic University\|university]], (''More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft'', S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon) while Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it '''Miskatonic County''', (''[http://stjoshi.org/review_haefele.html Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos]'', Lin Carter) though Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life [[Essex County, Massachusetts\|Essex County]] of [[Massachusetts]]. (See "Shadow Over Innsmouth", "Dreams in the Witch House").

	In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of [[Massachusetts]]. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.		In its 1998 supplement ''[[Dead Reckonings]]'', Chaosium defined Lovecraft Country as "a land located in the northeast of [[Massachusetts]]. 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." (''Dead Reckonings'', Kevin Ross & Shannon Appel eds). If one were to replace Martin's Beach with another seaside town, [[Innsmouth]], one would have a list of the most significant locations in Lovecraft Country.