Mysteriarch π commented on Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti (Penguin Classics)
Thomas Ligottiβs debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed β¦
Flowers of the Abyss β β A weaker story but nonetheless containing quite a bit of evocative moments. A man is sent to cjeck out (or spy) on a reclusive inhabitant of a decrepit house in the woods, where years ago a family seemed to have befallen a 'tragedy'. The recluse is a kind but detached host, lost after confronting 'the madness of things'.