Teatro Grottesco

In his stories, Ligotti has followed a literary tradition that began with Edgar Allan Poe, portraying characters that are outside of anything that might be called normal life, depicting strange locales far off the beaten track, and rendering a grim vision of human existence as a perpetual nightmare.

In povestile sale, Ligotti a urmat o traditie literara care a inceput cu Edgar Allan Poe, infatisand personaje care sunt in afara oricarui lucru care ar putea fi numit viata normala, infatisand locuri ciudate, departe de drumurile batute si redand o viziune sumbra a existentei umane ca un cosmar perpetuu.