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Titillating Low-t Lay Love Of Her Life
  07/03/25
Yes; currently reading Skipp & Spector’s The Clean...
Blue confused ticket booth persian
  07/03/25
top 3 Ligotti short stories?
mind-boggling sinister marketing idea
  07/03/25
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Titillating Low-t Lay Love Of Her Life
  07/03/25
The Town Manager The Clown Puppet The Frolic
Blue confused ticket booth persian
  07/03/25
The Frolic, really? I would replace that with The Tsalal or ...
comical translucent heaven mood
  07/03/25
The reason I find it so effective is that it’s like a ...
Blue confused ticket booth persian
  07/03/25
I have not, I'll check it out.
comical translucent heaven mood
  07/03/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYDh5vZbvo
Blue confused ticket booth persian
  07/04/25
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mind-boggling sinister marketing idea
  07/04/25
what are your favprite ligotti stories
Blue confused ticket booth persian
  07/04/25
let me think on it today.
mind-boggling sinister marketing idea
  07/04/25
Our temporary supervisor Not a short story, but conspirac...
mind-boggling sinister marketing idea
  07/05/25


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Date: July 3rd, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: Titillating Low-t Lay Love Of Her Life



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Date: July 3rd, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Blue confused ticket booth persian

Yes; currently reading Skipp & Spector’s The Clean-Up (sort of a coked our dark new wave post punk vigilante/superhero(?) story)



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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: mind-boggling sinister marketing idea

top 3 Ligotti short stories?

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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Titillating Low-t Lay Love Of Her Life



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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Blue confused ticket booth persian

The Town Manager

The Clown Puppet

The Frolic

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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: comical translucent heaven mood

The Frolic, really? I would replace that with The Tsalal or The Medusa, or maybe Last Feast of Harlequin. The Frolic feels like a separate exercise from the rest of his output.

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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Blue confused ticket booth persian

The reason I find it so effective is that it’s like a magic trick. Right before your eyes the entire frame of reality/reference shifts. I also think it works well as a creepy horror story. He kind of does it in Gas Station Carnivals too but it’s a little more telegraphed.

I haven’t read Medusa or Tsalal in forever so forget what happens.

I also really like Purity which is again sort of an outlier in some ways—it’s much more “realistic”. It all comes down to that final line which is a great punchline that somehow makes perfect sense and ties it all up without actually following. It’s satisfying on a subconscious level; like Aickman or Campbell.

Have you ever read the William Sansom story “A Woman Seldom Found?” Not exactly relevant to what we are discussing but it’ll take you 3 minutes to read

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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: comical translucent heaven mood

I have not, I'll check it out.

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Date: July 4th, 2025 9:48 AM
Author: Blue confused ticket booth persian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYDh5vZbvo



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Date: July 4th, 2025 9:40 AM
Author: mind-boggling sinister marketing idea



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Date: July 4th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Blue confused ticket booth persian

what are your favprite ligotti stories

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Date: July 4th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: mind-boggling sinister marketing idea

let me think on it today.

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Date: July 5th, 2025 12:12 AM
Author: mind-boggling sinister marketing idea

Our temporary supervisor

Not a short story, but conspiracy against the human race is brilliant

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