Tag: Thomas Ligotti

• Thomas Ligotti Interviewed by the Weird Fiction Review

  Here’s an interview with Thomas Ligotti from Weird Fiction Review: Ligotti: The first story I read that is usually classed as a specimen of weird fiction was Arthur Machen’s “The Great God Pan.” I didn’t fully understand the story, but I felt immediately captivated by it. There was a real whiff of evil behind the events of the narrative. I then read…

  Bill Ectric

  March 2, 2014

  Ann Vandermeer, Jeff Vandermeer, Thomas Ligotti, weird fiction, Weird Fiction Review

• Forrest Aguirre’s Fantastic Fugue – Interview by Bill Ectric

  Forrest Aguirre is an American fantasy and horror author, and winner of the 2003 World Fantasy Award for his editing work on Leviathan 3. His fiction has been published in numerous genre periodicals and in the collection Fugue XXIX. His first novel is Swans Over the Moon. He often writes about Africa, and is deeply interested in the continent. Zoran Zivkovic,…

  Bill Ectric

  July 22, 2013

  Aleister Crowley, Bible, Borges, Brian Evenson, Dante, fantasy, Forrest Aguirre, Fugue XXIX, historical fiction, history, horror, horror writers, Jorge Luis Borges, Mason & Dixon, Old Testament, Rikki Ducornet, Science Fiction, Swans Over the Moon, The SF Site, Thomas Ligotti, Thomas Pynchon, Zoran Zivkovic

• Notes on My Novel

  Tamper strives to balance mainstream storytelling with some of the more modern conventions, sometimes called meta-fiction, without alienating fans of either style. This gives fans of both meta-fiction and mainstream fiction something to talk about. To borrow a phrase from Cory Doctorow, it “brings more people into the tent.”  In his book, The Modern Weird…

  Bill Ectric

  March 7, 2009

  Henry James, mainstream fiction, metafiction, S. T. Joshi, Sleepy Hollow, Tamper, Thomas Ligotti, Thomas Tryon, Washington Irving, Weird Tales, writing, writing tips

• Fiction for Readers Who Enjoy the Mechanics of Literature

  One reason why I am drawn to the works of Vladimir Nabokov, Jeff VanderMeer, Steve Aylett, and James Morrow is that they write for people who not only like to read, but who also enjoy the mechanics and study of literature, especially as it relates to the humanities.  Chapter 5 of  The Modern Weird Tale…

  Bill Ectric

  December 24, 2008

  metafiction, Nabokov, S. T. Joshi, Thomas Ligotti, Weird Tales