Also: the classic essay by H P Lovecraft: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx

(The last line is especially memorable!)

If anyone wants more discussion on weird fiction, I'd recommend Fisher's The Weird and the Eerie. It's a fairly short but interesting read and not particularly political like most of his writing is.

Thanks for submitting the article, this gives me lots of new stories and books to check out. This is a genre I've always loved (Edgar Allen Poe was my favorite author from a young age) but haven't explored the width of enough.