Weird Tales No. 303, Winter 1991-1992 | Special Thomas Ligotti Issue

by Thomas Ligotti, Tanith Lee, William F. Wu

This issue of Weird Tales celebrates Thomas Ligotti, a winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and called "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" bt The Washington Post. We feature an interview with Ligotti, counducted by Darrell Schweitzer , as well as three original "Nethescurial"; "The Cocoons" and "Miss Plarr." Other fiction in this

“Homecoming” by Holly Thomas
"He Knows If You've Been Bad or Good” by R. G. Evans
"Visitors” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
"Revenant” by Keith Taylor
"Scent of Sandalwood” by William F. Wu
"The Classic “The Messenger” (excerpt) by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Winter Ghosts” by Tanith Lee
"To Become a Sorcerer” by Darrell Schweitzer
plus poetry by Darrell Schweitzer, Keith Allen Daniels, Robert Frazier, Stanley McNail, Robert E. Howard

FEATURES The Eyrie (editorial and letters); The Den (book reviews)

132 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1991

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."