Other authors included Robert Bloch and Frank Belknap Long, and the list could be extended Henry Kuttner, C. Howard (who created Conan the Barbarian, Kull of Atlantis, Dark Agnes, Solomon Kane, and many other characters, some with more or less connection to what became the Mythos) and writer, poet and sculptor Clark Ashton Smith (who wrote the the Zothique Cycle, Averoigne, and the Hyperborean Cycle, among others). Aside from Derleth, who gathered the Mythos together after Lovecraft's death and produced many stories, most prominent were writer Robert E. Many of that " Lovecraft Circle" authors produced the basis of what became known as the Cthulhu Mythos. Lovecraft corresponded many writers (and often became friend with them, with or without meeting them in person), with which he exchanged ideas, suggestions and corrections for their respective stories. Lovecraft is most widely recognized for creating a pantheon of cosmic beings commonly known as the " Great Old Ones", and being the origin of the Cthulhu Mythos, though he never intended to do so, as stated by August Derleth (a fellow writer and correspondent of Lovecraft), who coined the name, structured the stories in that continuity, and greatly expanded it through his publishing activity as Arkham House, and by writing his own Cthulhu Mythos. The Lovecraft Circle and the Cthulhu Mythos Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author specializing in the genre of "weird fiction". 1.1 The Lovecraft Circle and the Cthulhu Mythos.
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