We Can Hide From Horror Only in the Heart of Horror

by Thomas Ligotti

“Notes and Aphorisms“ From 1976 to 1982 notebooks of Thomas Ligotti. Available to read online.

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Published January 1, 1976

About the author

Thomas Ligotti is a contemporary American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure. His writings, while unique in style, have been noted as major continuations of several literary genres—most prominently Lovecraftian horror—and have overall been described as works of "philosophical horror", often written as philosophical novels with a "darker" undertone which is similar to gothic fiction. The Washington Post called him "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction"; another critic declared "It's a skilled writer indeed who can suggest a horror so shocking that one is grateful it was kept offstage."