**Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (_The_ _Washington Post_)** The recent smash success of HBO's _True Detective_ has sparked new interest in cult horror favorite Thomas Ligotti, who was cited by the show's creator, Nic Pizzolatto, as a prime infl
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
โ Scribed by Ligotti, Thomas
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 322 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Ligotti eschews cheap, gory thrills for his own brand of atmospheric horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels. Ligotti's stories take on decaying cities and lurid dreamscapes in a style ranging from rich, ornamental prose to cold, clinical detachment. His raw and experimental work lays bare the unimportance of our world and the sickening madness of human consciousness. Like the greatest writers of cosmic horror, Ligotti bends reality until it cracks, opening fissures through which he invites us to gaze on the unsettling darkness of the abyss below.;Songs of a dead dreamer -- Grimscribe.
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