Teatro Grottesco

Name: Teatro Grottesco
Author: Thomas Ligotti

by Thomas Ligotti

Collection of grotesque theatrical horror stories in surrealist and expressionist styles

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Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti is an American horror writer widely considered the greatest living writer in the tradition of Lovecraftian cosmic horror. His short stories, collected in The Nightmare Factory and Teatro Grottesco, deploy an uncompromising philosophical pessimism as the engine for genuinely terrifying supernatural fiction. True Detective drew heavily on his work and worldview.

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