These selections from H.P. Lovecraft's brief tenure as a Whitman's Sampler copywriter, courtesy of McSweeney's, are brilliant. Even more so because of the vision they conjure of a Victorian era where those who know the secrets of the world, That Which Should Not Be Known, toil in incongrously obscure and irrelevant occupations where the unyielding imperative of their dread knowledge seeps out.
Update: above links now work correctly.
Posted by Peter at September 16, 2008 9:04 AM