Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer 9 (3) Thomas Ligotti's Career of Nightmares by Matt Cardin 12 (11) Weird Tales Talks with Thomas Ligotti by Darrell Schweitzer 23 (9) The Mystagogue, the Gnostic Quest, the Secret Book by Robert M. Price 32 (6) Nothing Is What It Seems to Be by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz 38 (15) Disillusionment Can Be Glamorous: an Interview with Thomas Ligotti by E.M. Angerhuber and Thomas Wagner 53 (19) The Transition from n Literary Horror to Existential Nightmare in Thomas Ligotti's "Nethescurial" by Matt Cardin 72 (6) The Dark Beauty of Unheard of Horrors by Thomas Ligotti 78 (7) Liminal Terror and Collective Identity in Thomas Ligotti's "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" by Matt Cardin 85 (16) Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil: Thomas Ligotti and the Post-Industrial English Underground by William Burns 101 (10) Soft Black Star: Some Thoughts on Knowing Thomas Ligotti by David Tibet 111 (5) The Dream Quest of Thomas Ligotti: a Study of In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land by Ben P. Indick 116 (11) Ligotti's Corporate Horror by Darrell Schweitzer 127 (8) Thomas Ligotti: Escape from Life by S.T. Joshi 135 (19) A Thomas Ligotti Bibliography by Douglas Anderson 154 (26) Contributors 180 (4) Index
Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer 9 (3) Thomas Ligotti's Career of Nightmares by Matt Cardin 12 (11) Weird Tales Talks with Thomas Ligotti by Darrell Schweitzer 23 (9) The Mystagogue, the Gnostic Quest, the Secret Book by Robert M. Price 32 (6) Nothing Is What It Seems to Be by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz 38 (15) Disillusionment Can Be Glamorous: an Interview with Thomas Ligotti by E.M. Angerhuber and Thomas Wagner 53 (19) The Transition from n Literary Horror to Existential Nightmare in Thomas Ligotti's "Nethescurial" by Matt Cardin 72 (6) The Dark Beauty of Unheard of Horrors by Thomas Ligotti 78 (7) Liminal Terror and Collective Identity in Thomas Ligotti's "The Shadow at the Bottom of the World" by Matt Cardin 85 (16) Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil: Thomas Ligotti and the Post-Industrial English Underground by William Burns 101 (10) Soft Black Star: Some Thoughts on Knowing Thomas Ligotti by David Tibet 111 (5) The Dream Quest of Thomas Ligotti: a Study of In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land by Ben P. Indick 116 (11) Ligotti's Corporate Horror by Darrell Schweitzer 127 (8) Thomas Ligotti: Escape from Life by S.T. Joshi 135 (19) A Thomas Ligotti Bibliography by Douglas Anderson 154 (26) Contributors 180 (4) Index