[Druidic]

Lovecraft, like his alter ego Pickman, was a realist at heart.

Me, too.

The only Lovecraft stories you could add an erotic element to would be "The Thing on the Doorstep" or "Medusa's Coils."

I wouldn't; but you could.

I consider "The Story of O" to be the last true Gothic novel so I'm not exactly a Puritan. But Lovecraft and eroticism? Nyarlathotep punishes such thoughts.