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Poe, I like the imagery better, and I find that stuff that's too fantastical loses emotional resonance for me. Lovecraft is great, though. It's just that Poe is more powerful to me.
Actually, Poe was a huge influence on Lovecraft, to the extent that Lovecraft was frustrated by some of his early stories because he felt he was following Poe's style too closely. Just an interesting fact, I don't mean to imply that this makes Poe better than Lovecraft in any way - everyone has their influences. Poe was an obsessive fan of Byron, himself.
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