Any recommendation better than HP Lovecraft?

>>8975909
Literally anything is better than lovecraft, even Stephen King.

>>8975915
What's the reason for saying so? Help me understand.

>>8975915
No.
>>8975909
Yes. Try Clark Ashton Smith for cycles of short stories and Robert Howard for longer works.

>>8975923
Oh wow, Robert Howard also wrote the Cthulu mythos book? Thanks!

>>8975923
Ps. So HP Lovecraft isn't a bad writer? like >>8975915 is saying?

Horror doesn't really work too well in longer formats like novels/series. There are some good ones here and there, but you're better off sticking to novellas and short stories.

If you want a full-length novel, I would recommend checking out T.E.D. Klein's The Ceremonies, as well as his collection of novellas, Dark Gods. His stuff is Lovecraftian without being a mediocre imitation of the original, and the more contemporary settings are a nice change of pace.

I would also suggest checking out Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" where you'll find mention of many of the authors that influenced his work. Writers like M.R. James, Arthur Machen, and Algernon Blackwood are seriously worth reading and in many cases better than Lovecraft imo.

Thomas Ligotti is a modern favorite among horror readers and his writing is definitely a progression of the Lovecraft tradition. His 1980's works are closer to straightforward Lovecraftian horror, but he gets more abstract with his later works.

Robert Aickman is another author I highly recommend, but you'll have to throw away any preconceptions on what "horror" is. His stories are utterly bizarre and sometimes frustrating, but he essentially created his own brand of ghost story that is unmatched.