Jonathan Carroll is a writer I have read for many years and while he is not Lovecraftian, his stories might appeal to at least some of the same readers, and I will always plug his work. Plus anyone who has their own Weird Tales issue has a place here.
Tor is offering his short story "Mama Bruise" on their website. It is a great place to start.
from my comment on Tor.com
"Jonathan Carroll, wow, I have read him for years. His stories can be horrific, funny, thoughtful heartrending or all of the above in the same work. He transforms the mundane world into a place of magic and angels, tattoos that come alive, cancers, murders, myths and fairytales. And there are dogs, when I started reading him with Land of Laughs I did not realize that Nails the bull terrier would only be the first of so many memorable dogs. There would be Friend, the Jack Russell, in Friend’s Best Man, Mailbox in My Zoondel. And of course there was another bull terrier, Big Top who appeared in both Sleeping in Flames and Outside the Dog Museum. And many more dogs, and now here is another. Carroll’s dogs are magic creatures, angels, guides, protectors and well, dogs. And here we have another dog, another role. Jonathan Carroll obviously loves dogs and understands them. One of my favourite of Carroll’s lines comes from his short story Waiting to Wave.
“The wind is gusting, the dog runs full speed towards nothing but happiness…,”
Because that is what dogs do, and Carroll knows that."
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