Where we are finding, or may soon find, new discoveries and disciplines that provide new ways of evoking good old sense of cosmic awe and horror we associate with Lovecraft's finest work? How do we find new ways of staging a horror story, without giving up the timeless goal of scaring the reader? HPL kept current with scientific discoveries, and was engaged philosophically with the intellectual traditions of his day (for better or worse), and these served as springboards for his imagination. What are some of the new areas being mined, or on the horizon? Many writers have their pet passions, or places they turn to look for fresh inspiration, as they develop an original voice.