Literature and writing
- Lovecraft
- M. R. James
- Arthur Machen
- Tolkien
- Dunsany
- Robert McFarland
- Robert Chambers
- Terry Pratchett
- Leigh Brackett
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Alan Moore
- William Blake
- Sir Thomas Malory
- Howard Pyle
- Mary Shelley
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Alex Raymond
Art
- Aubrey Beardsley
- William Blake
- Alphonse Mucha
- Medieval illumination
- 17th/18th century chapbook engravings
- Arthur Rackham
- Ivan Bilibin
- Brian Froud
- Wendy Froud
- Harry Clarke
Film and Television
- The Detectorists
- Mark Gatiss
- John Carpenter
- Merlin (BBC)
- Blackadder
- Hilda
- Universal Monster movies
Games designers
- Simon Washbourne
- David Black
- Nate Treme
- Ken St Andre
- Ian Livingstone
- Steve Jackson
- Dave Arneson
- Gary Gygax
- S. John Ross
- Gavin Norman
The above is very white male dominated, which is something I'm keen to address in 2020, but I do suppose I do have antiquated tastes.
