Weird Providence — Local services in Providence

Do you like horror, but scanning through standard bookstores' singular horror shelf dominated by Stephen King is uninspiring at best? Go here. Even if you don't care about HPL (cannot relate, but to each their own), the staff are friendly, knowledgeable, and will give expert recommendations about the store's diverse and excellently chosen stock of weird, fringe, experimental horror, along with related history, science, science fiction, and fantasy. I walked away with one of the most disturbing books I have ever read and I am very, very happy. I've never before been in a bookstore whose selection felt specifically tailored for me, and it was a wonderful, once in a lifetime experience. However, even if you are not, like me, the target audience, anyone looking for something new in horror or sci-fi has something to love here, and the staff would be happy to show you....

Awesome piece of the Providence experience. I've lived in Rhode island for my childhood and most of my adult life, and I can think of few places as intriguing as the providence arcade. Along with purportedly being one of the oldest indoor malls in the world, it houses unique charm and great atmosphere- of which Lovecraft Arts and Sciences is simply the tinsel on the tree! This novelty, gift and book store is located directly across from a great cafe, and from my experience, it's employees are positively steeped in knowledge of Providence's rich literary history, H.P. Lovecraft and the occult! I would recommend that any fan of cosmic horror make a pilgrimage to this store if they find themselves in...

An incredible book store, cannot recommend it highly enough.

I'm a Lovecraft geek while my partner has never read any of his work or other weird horror. I expected I would enjoy myself, maybe pick up another short story collection and my partner would hopefully not be too bored.

Not only did I get an excellent recommendation from a brief description of my interest in the genre, but my partner found a book on speculative astrobiology. Furthermore, seeing the astrobiology book, they shared fascinating collection of essays on marine biology that my partner also bought.

Friendly, thoughtful, queer-friendly and extremely knowledgeable staff running a non-profit bookstore. What more...