HBO kills Lovecraft Country. A mercy kill?

RIP Lovecraft Country - HBO cancelled you because you deserved nothing but the best.

HBO has opted not to renew Lovecraft Country for a second season despite strong reviews and a just-as-strong viewership. Why? Well, it was based on a book and the series ran out of original source material to mine.

Spat out of the media-release-o-matic was this statement from HBO:

“We will not be moving forward with a second season of ‘Lovecraft Country,'…