(b.Thomas Ligotti is a writer of horror stories. Something of a cult figure, Ligotti is rather little known, but has seen high praise as one of the most effective and unique horror writers of recent decades: The Washington Post called him "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction".
Genres: Horror
Collections
The Nightmare Factory (1984)
In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land (1985)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1989)
Grimscribe (1991)
Noctuary (1994)
The Agonising Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein (1994)
My Work Is Not Yet Done (2002)
The Thomas Ligotti Reader (2003)
Sideshow and Other Stories (2003)
The Shadow at The Bottom of The World (2005)
The Evil Entwines, Extended version (2005) (with John B Ford and F Paul Wilson)
Teatro Grottesco (2007)
Death Poems (poems) (2013)
The Spectral Link (2014)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe (2015)
In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land (1985)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1989)
Grimscribe (1991)
Noctuary (1994)
The Agonising Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein (1994)
My Work Is Not Yet Done (2002)
The Thomas Ligotti Reader (2003)
Sideshow and Other Stories (2003)
The Shadow at The Bottom of The World (2005)
The Evil Entwines, Extended version (2005) (with John B Ford and F Paul Wilson)
Teatro Grottesco (2007)
Death Poems (poems) (2013)
The Spectral Link (2014)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe (2015)
Plays
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Thomas Ligotti
Heroic Visions II (1986)
Prime Evil (1988)
Fine Frights (1988)
Best New Horror (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
A Whisper of Blood (1991)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology (1994)
Visions of Fear (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
Cthulhu 2000 (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
Darkside (1996)
The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales (1996)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eight (1997)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
999 (1999)
Prime Evil (1988)
Fine Frights (1988)
Best New Horror (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
A Whisper of Blood (1991)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology (1994)
Visions of Fear (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
The Best New Horror 5 (1995)
Cthulhu 2000 (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
Darkside (1996)
The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales (1996)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eight (1997)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
999 (1999)
Short stories
| Autumnal | |||
| The Career of Nightmares | |||
| Conversations in a Dead Language | |||
| Death without End | |||
| The Demon Man | |||
| The Eternal Marriage | |||
| The Interminable Equation | |||
| Invocation to the Void | |||
| Mad Night of Atonement | |||
| The Master's Eyes Shining with Secrets | |||
| The Mocking Mystery | |||
| Mr Rinaldi's Angel | |||
| The Nameless Horror | |||
| New Faces in the City | |||
| One May be Dreaming | |||
| The Order of Illusion | |||
| The Physic | |||
| Primordial Loathing | |||
| The Prodigy of Dreams | |||
| The Puppet Masters | |||
| Salvation by Doom | |||
| The Spectral Estate | |||
| The Unfamiliar | |||
| The Voice in the Bones | |||
| The Chymist (1981) | |||
| Les Fleurs (1981) | |||
| Dream of a Mannikin (1982) | |||
| Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes (1982) | |||
| The Frolic (1982) | |||
| The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise (1983) | |||
| Dr Voke and Mr Veech (1983) | |||
| Eye of the Lynx (1983) | |||
| The Greater Festival of Masks (1985) | |||
| The Heart of Count Dracula, Descendant of Attila, Scourge of God (1985) | |||
| Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story (1985) | |||
| The Lost Art of Twilight (1986) | |||
| Masquerade of a Dead Sword (1986) | |||
| Professor Nobody's Little Lectures on Supernatural Horror (1986) | |||
| The Troubles of Dr Thoss (1986) | |||
| Dr Locrian's Asylum (1987) | |||
| The Journal of J. P. Drapeau (1987) | |||
| The Music of the Moon (1987) | |||
| The Spectacles in the Drawer (1987) | |||
| Vastarien (1987) | |||
| Alice's Last Adventure (1988) | |||
| The Sect of the Idiot (1988) | |||
| The Strange Design of Master Rignolo (1989) | |||
| The Last Feast of Harlequin (1990) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| The Shadow at the Bottom of the World [short story] (1990) | |||
| The Glamour (1991) | |||
| The Medusa (1991) | |||
| Mrs Rinaldi's Angel (1991) | |||
| The Tsalal (1994) | |||
| The Bungalow House (1995) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| Gas Station Carnivals (1996) | |||
| The Nightmare Network (1996) | |||
| Teatro Grottesco [short story] (1996) | |||
| The Bells Will Sound Forever (1997) | |||
| The Shadow, The Darkness (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) |
Awards
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Thomas Ligotti recommends
The Void (2002)
Teri A Jacobs
"In The Void Teri A. Jacobs ambitiously and relentlessly pursues a darkness beyond darkness."
The Tyrant (2003)
Michael Cisco
"Michael Cisco's works immerse the reader in worlds that are not simply dreamlike in the quality of their imagination but somehow manage to capture and convey the power of the dream itself. The Tyrant is his masterpiece."
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