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Originally Posted by demonrail666
There's plenty of 'Lovecraftian' writers that I prefer to Lovecraft. I sometimes think he's like one of those bands that unwittingly invents a genre just so that other groups can come along and really perfect it. A lot of those Cthulhu anthologies are just pure fan fiction but there's plenty of them (The Black Wings series, etc.) that include stories that stand up to (and in many cases surpass) anything Lovecraft himself wrote.
Wrong thread I know, but if you're into reading writers who've taken the spirit of Lovecraft but led it into completely fresh territory, I'd strongly recommend Thomas Ligotti and Laird Barron.
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You've recommnded Ligotti before, I think.
Though wasn't it in a discussion about the "Yellow King" character in True Detective?
What's the best place to start with Ligotti?