OK. You're 16 years old and just got your driver's license. You're a book nerd who already read four grades above your "supposed-to-be" reading level, until they ran out of grades above you. You've always liked monsters and Twilight-Zoney stuff.
You go into the bookstore and see paperbacks with covers like these.
Wow! You've found a modern-day (you think) Edgar Allan Poe!
Pretty psychedelic, huh?
These are from the Lancer Books paperback editions of Lovecraft stories.
You can tell the Colours volume reflects the story "The Whisperer in Darkness" inside, and I think it's a pretty sure bet that the Dunwich Horror cover is supposed to reflect Wilbur Whately or his brother.
The next few postings will feature covers from the Ballantine Lovecraft paperbacks.
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