Do you think it ever bothered him that he could need compete with Robert E Howard and Lovecraft?
>>9819350
That's his fault for trying to be the successor of lovecraft rather than his own phenomenon
>>9819350
Pretty much any writer who isn't a megalomaniac narcissist will have self doubt and compare themselves to other writers.
I never dug to deep into CAS, but I did read a bunch of August Derleth's writings, another one of their group. If you like Lovecraft, check him out. And stop worrying about 'who's the best'