three phobias

"Lovecraft says there are three phobias we're born with: coldness, darkness, wetness. No accident that his stories frequently begin at night in winter by the seaside."

Marvin Kaye in the Fall 2006 issue of H.P.Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror.

What if Lovecraft were alive today?

...He suddenly awakened and realized that it was midnight. The feeling of dread became unbearable as he opened the fridge to get a water bottle next to the gibbering bowl of potato salad...