>Thomas Ligotti>Ramsey Campbell>Clive Barker (at least the Books of Blood)>Dean KoontzAnyone else?
I'm just gonna say itLovecraft is shitSaying "and then his mind exploded from the sheer incomprehensibility of it all" is a cop out
>>24778391I always liked his dream cycle more than the cthulhu stuff
>>24778223>Ligotti g8 b8 m8 i r8 8/8
Ten Steps to Thin Mountainby Thomas Ligotti1. One day I saw it on a very old map: Thin Mountain. No elevation was noted. In my mind vague images began to form. I set the map aside and closed my eyes. Then there was a sudden commotion, the kind that may start up anyplace, whether on a train rocking along its tracks or just around an old bench somewhere. A group of people ran by me, waving their arms and making odd noises. What was it that suddenly made me reach for the old map, only to find it was gone? And I just sat there wondering what things were like on Thin Mountain.2. No one knows all the legends inspired by Thin Mountain, but there are a few I’ve recently picked up—that its atmosphere will turn you into a raving visionary in a matter of hours, that after a few days you experience strange yearnings that are impossible to fulfill, that longtime residents become immortal and after death walk the mountain woods as skeletons. What can you expect from hearsay? But one thing is certain among these conjectures: no one wants to give Thin Mountain a chance.3. Only one way to Thin Mountain: absolute madness. There is no pretense to esoteric knowledge in this statement. It is simple enough. Once you find that no one will vouch for your sanity, that is when you know you are making progress. You have become … wayward. To be at eye level with the world leads nowhere. When your gaze slips off the horizontal, though, hope becomes part of the equation. A grinning dwarf beckons you from the ledge of a tall building, gargoyles perched on cathedrals angle their snouts in your direction. And before you know it, you’re lying around on Thin Mountain!4. Not all that I have discovered about Thin Mountain is glamorous. Despite a great deal of picturesque scenery—floating strands of mists, crooked trees, fabulous fingerlike peaks—this region contains more than a few perils. One of them is a solitude fit only for fanatics of exile, their eyes always draining the distances. Another is a wind which seems to be composed of countless tiny voices, the chattering populace of an invisible universe. The half-lit days and the sorcery of its nights, moments in which nothing moves and others in which everything stirs ceaselessly. But what would you expect from a place called Thin Mountain?5. Once I heard the words “Thin Mountain” spoken in a crowd. Did I say that I saw who said them? I did not. It could have been anyone standing along the platform, waiting for the train to arrive. The same day someone threw himself under that train. He was cut in half … but what a happy expression was plastered on the face of that corpse. “Thin Mountain!” I couldn’t help crying out in front of everyone. But as I suspected, no one came forward to confront me.6. Not once but a thousand times have I wished to dwell forever on Thin Mountain, even at the price of my mental balance. Even at the cost of my miserable life. No happiness except on those peaks!
>>247785137. One morning I awoke and the pain in my head was worse than ever. I had to cover my eyes, the light coming through my window was so bright. Only the thought of Thin Mountain brought me any relief.8. There is no secret, I now realize, concerning the existence of Thin Mountain. It seems everyone has known about it all along. I hear them discussing it everywhere. Thin Mountain, yes. Thin Mountain, certainly.9. On Thin Mountain no one talks about Thin Mountain.10. The train will be here soon.
>>24778391He wrote quite a bit of horror that wasn’t that. That was just his favorite to write, plus his stiche.
>>24778506>>24778513>>24778514>this and thatFor lack of a better description:>Monster go BOO!>Boy go AHHHHH!There! There you go, Ligotti, now write your first ever horror story!
Why is Aickman so unpopular on this board?
Ligotti always writes the short stories with "show don't tell" attitude so I don't understand why some people find his works unbearable.
Good horror is written when you write your most extreme sexual fetish but play it completely straight instead of getting off to it
>>24779289kek, that's pretty good
>>24779285You're only rarely supposed to show the monster
