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Thomas Ligotti

(Thomas Robert Ligotti)

(b.1953)

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".

Awards: Stoker (2019), BFA (1997) see all

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 Evil Entwines, Extended version (2005) (with John B Ford and F Paul Wilson)
   The Shadow at The Bottom of The World (2005)
   Teatro Grottesco (2007)
   The Nightmare Factory 2 (2009)
   Death Poems (poems) (2013)
   The Spectral Link (2014)
   Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe (2015)

Series contributed to

Little Book Series III
5. A Little White Book of Screams and Whispers (2021)

Plays show

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Books containing stories by Thomas Ligotti

Speaking of Horror (2022)
(Speaking of Horror, book 1)
edited by
Darrell Schweitzer

Horror For RAICES (2019)
A Charitable Anthology
edited by
Jennifer Wilson and Robert S Wilson

The Red Brain (2017)
Great Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
edited by
S T Joshi

More books

Awards

	2019 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
	2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction : My Work Is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror
	1997 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection : The Nightmare Factory
	1996 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection : The Nightmare Factory
	1996 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction : The Red Tower

Award nominations

	2006 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Shadow at The Bottom of The World
	1997 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Nightmare Factory
	1997 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Nightmare Factory
	1997 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Teatro Grottesco
	1997 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Red Tower
	1995 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Noctuary
	1995 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (nominee) : The Bungalow House
	1992 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Grimscribe: His Life and Works
	1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Last Feast of Harlequin

Thomas Ligotti recommends

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."

The Void (2002)
Teri A Jacobs
"In The Void Teri A. Jacobs ambitiously and relentlessly pursues a darkness beyond darkness."

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