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Originally Posted by Severian
Honestly, Lovecraft is almost a genre unto himself. Like, literally. Have you ever walked into the horror section of a Barnes & Noble? There are more books of fiction written by other authors in the "Lovecraftian" style than there are actual Lovecraft books. I've never actually read any of these, not even the ones with big names like Gaiman of King, because it's basically fan fiction, and I'm not super interested in that. But in addition to all those anthologies that actually declare themselves to be "Lovecraftian," there are also hundreds of books that are heavily influenced by Lovecraft's style without being overt tribute to him.
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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.