| 1 | * Lovecraft once wrote a highly humorous Creator/TSEliot parody entitled "Waste Paper." |
| 2 | * Despite his reputation, Lovecraft has a lot of comedic short stories, such as "Ibid", "A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson", "The Battle That Ended The Century", and of course ''[[Funny/SweetErmengarde Sweet Ermengarde]]''. |
| 3 | * Just the fact that the HereditaryCurse in "The Alchemist" is something so mundane [[spoiler:as an immortal being both petty enough and determined enough to just straight-up murder the people in the family he "cursed".]] |
| 4 | ** The funniest part is that the titular alchemist is named [[spoiler: Charles Le Sorcerer]]. |
| 5 | ** [[spoiler:CHUCK WIZARD'S CURSE OF SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE!]] |
| 6 | * [[ValuesDissonance The fact that]] Lovecraft was inspired to write ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', particularly its concluding twist, after learning that he was--{{Main/GASP}}--''[[AntiClimax part Welsh]]!!!'' |
| 7 | * ''The Statement of Randolph Carter's'' final line can be amusing in a BlackComedy sort of way. |
| 8 | * Someone noticed that Lovecraft's poem "Nemesis" is set to the same meter as Music/BillyJoel's song "Piano Man", leading to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKKTqB_Lzv0 this.]] |
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