" The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form. H.P. LOVECRAFT, Supernatural Horror in Literature "

― Lon Milo DuQuette , The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All