It's even lampshaded several times by the narrator himself.

All First-Person Narrators Write Like Novelists: 'The Chymist' is a justified variant of this trope: The character is an Insufferable Genius with an obvious penchant towards self-indulgent soliloquy, and hence speaks rather vividly.

Alice Allusion: The narrator of 'Alice's Last Adventure' finds her life turning into an ever-darkening Wonderland.

Affably Evil: The aforementioned John Doe is very friendly to the protagonist.

Other works by Thomas Ligotti contain examples of: Works by Thomas Ligotti with their own pages include: Ligotti himself cowrote the script with Brandon Trenz, also his collaborator on the unfilmed The X-Files script 'Crampton.' In 2007 a 21-minute adaptation of Ligotti's short story 'The Frolic' was released. He also supplies 'ghost' recordings that appear throughout.Īlso, he created on his own EP titled The Unholy City, which is Ligotti reciting a cycle of poems over borderline minimalistic musical accompaniment.

The Light is Leaving Us All (2018): Ligotti's voice Bookends the album.This Degenerate Little Town (2001): Ligotti recites his poem of the same name with backing from Current 93.I Have A Special Plan For This World (2000): Based around Tibet's reading of Ligotti's poem of the same name.Foxtrot (compilation, 1998): Ligotti plays steel guitar on Current 93's track 'A Dream Of TheInmostLight (For Christoph Heemann)'.In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land (1997): Released with the book of the same name as a musical companion piece.'The Frolic' is also based on the story of the same name ( in a roundabout way). All the Pretty Little Horses (1996): Ligotti reads an excerpt from his short story 'Les Fleurs' at the end of the album.Ligotti has also had a long-standing friendship with David Tibet of the English experimental music outfit Current 93, and has collaborated with them on the following albums: Copies of Ligotti's most recent fiction ( My Work is Not Yet Done and Teatro Grottesco) and a retrospective ( The Shadow At The Bottom Of The World) are now available in major chain stores, while older collections are gradually being reissued in revised form. And yes, the webmaster has a copy.) Most of his works were later released in trade paperback, which have recently been re-printed by Mythos Books. (For a particularly extreme example, look here. He also has a steadfast dedication to the small press, with some of his collections only being produced in editions of under a thousand.

Due to having been afflicted with agoraphobia, panic-anxiety disorder, and severe bipolar disorder, Ligotti is unable to meet directly with fans or conduct face-to-face interviews. He has been nominated for and won awards for his short stories and poetry on numerous occasions. Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is a supernatural horror writer. Thomas Ligotti, in an interview with Neddal Ayad

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