An ambitious title.Β It is intended that, one day, this collection will contain the complete short fiction of Thomas Ligotti.
The stories are presented in chronological order. An index in alphabetical order, replete with strike-throughs to show missing stories, is available here for those who have a title in mind but cannot quite place the year it appeared. 'The' and 'A/An' are ignored for alphabetical ordering purposes, i.e. The MedusaΒ is to be found, quite rightly, amongst Mad Night Of Atonement and The**Mystics Of Muelenburg.
The introduction to each story shows where each tale was first published, with best attempts at accuracy--the history of Ligotti's work is harder to clarify the further one regresses towards the early eighties, particularly given his tendency to rewrite for newer collections. Owning Ligotti originals is expensive: my own collection doesn't allow me to provide different versions of revised pieces. I do give details of Thomas Ligotti collections which contain the piece but do not include other anthologies or appearances. Consequently www.ifsdb.org is recommended for full details of where any given story may be tracked down.
1.0 Initial Public Release--3rd June, 2012
Contains most commonly-available Ligotti stories, and a number of rarities. Stories from Crypt of Cthulhu and My Work Is Not Yet Done due in next version. With thanks to Duat.