Small world, sort of. My naming convention for computers at home is based on Lovecraft's universe. I have/had shoggoth, innsmouth, ithaqua, dromos, numinos, kadath, ibid and arkham. And I own the domain miskatonic.ac.nz

I really enjoyed his writing style but found none of it particularly horrifying (with the exception of his rather creepy short story about the radio conversation between two chaps exploring a tomb, one on the surface, the other down below), just sort of wierd instead. But generally a very fun read.