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"Lovecraft’s is one of the most visited graves in the cemetery and workers at the gate often meet foreign tourists who struggle with English except to say “Lovecraft.” Offerings frequently adorn his grave, and the day we visited, there were pennies (a visitor said it’s connected to Lovecraft dying penniless), a plant and notes, including one marked with a lipstick kiss. As Mr. Hobbs talked about the regular procession of visitors, a car drove up and two men, off-duty police detectives, got out for a look. One of them said he was a Lovecraft fan and had always been curious to see the grave.

Lovecraft, like his Providence, has that effect on people. This, after all, is the legacy of a man who wrote a line that became his epitaph: “I am Providence.”