This Book and I has a long thoughtful review of the Cthulhurotica anthology. I hadn’t realised that it also has an essay, as well as fiction…

Jennifer Brozek in her essay “The Sexual Attraction of the Lovecraftian Universe” [points] to common elements of Lovecraft’s fiction that welcome an erotic interpretation. […] Lovecraft is known for his lush descriptions of decaying towns, dark forests, and arcane ruins that become veritable Scenery Porn. “‘Food porn’ and ‘woodworking porn,'” Emily points out, “… can get as gratuitous as they want: there is no cultural stigma around watching cooking shows or looking at craft magazines, so we don’t feel we need to apologize.”