The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti (Raven, July 17, 1996, 1-85487-436-5, £8.99, xxii+551pp, tp, co, cover by Eric Dinyer)
Collection of 45 stories of dark fantasy, including the collection Grimscribe (1991), as well as selections from Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1986) and Noctuary (1994); and a sequence of new stories. Includes a foreword by Poppy Z. Brite. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.
- ix · Foreword · Poppy Z. Brite · fw
- xi · The Consolations of Horror · Thomas Ligotti · ar Horror Magazine #13, 1982
- 1 · Part I: from Songs of a Dead Dreamer
- 3 · The Frolic · Thomas Ligotti · ss Fantasy Tales #9, Spring 1982
- 16 · Les Fleurs · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #23, Summer 1981
- 23 · Alice’s Last Adventure · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, 1986
- 39 · Dream of a Manikin · Thomas Ligotti · ss Eldritch Tales #9, 1983, as “Dream of a Mannikin, or the Third Person”
- 52 · The ‘Chymist · Thomas Ligotti · ss Nyctalops #16, March 1981
- 62 · Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes · Thomas Ligotti · ss Nyctalops #17, June 1982
- 71 · Eye of the Lynx · Thomas Ligotti · ss Nyctalops #18, April 1983
- 79 · The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grimoire #3, Winter 1983; subtitled “A Tale of Possession in Old Grosse Pointe”.
- 87 · The Lost Art of Twilight · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #30, Summer 1986
- 103 · The Troubles of Dr. Thoss · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, 1986
- 114 · Masquerade of a Dead Sword: A Tragedie · Thomas Ligotti · ss Heroic Visions II ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace, 1986
- 132 · Dr. Voke and Mr. Veech · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grimoire #5, Summer 1983
- 141 · Dr. Locrian’s Asylum · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grue #5, 1987
- 150 · The Sect of the Idiot [Cthulhu] · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #56, Roodmas 1988
- 159 · The Greater Festival of Masks · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, 1986
- 166 · The Music of the Moon · Thomas Ligotti · ss Fantasy Macabre #9, 1987
- 173 · The Journal of J.P. Drapeau · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dagon #20, November/January 1987
- 179 · Vastarien · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #48, St. John’s Eve 1987
- 193 · Part 2: Grimscribe
- 193 · Grimscribe: His Lives and Works · Thomas Ligotti · co Robinson, 1991
- 195 · The Last Feast of Harlequin [Cthulhu] · Thomas Ligotti · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1990
- 229 · The Spectacles in the Drawer · Thomas Ligotti · ss Etchings & Odysseys #10, 1987
- 240 · Flowers of the Abyss · Thomas Ligotti · ss Nyctalops #19, April 1991
- 247 · Nethescurial · Thomas Ligotti · nv Weird Tales Winter 1991/1992
- 260 · The Dreaming in Nortown · Thomas Ligotti · nv Tiamat #5, 1991
- 280 · The Mystics of Muelenburg · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #51, Hallowmas 1987
- 287 · In the Shadow of Another World · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dagon #21, March/May 1988
- 299 · The Cocoons · Thomas Ligotti · ss Weird Tales Winter 1991/1992
- 308 · The Night School · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Carroll & Graf, 1991
- 318 · The Glamour · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Carroll & Graf, 1991
- 327 · The Library of Byzantium · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dagon #22/23, September/December 1988
- 339 · Miss Plarr · Thomas Ligotti · ss Weird Tales Winter 1991/1992
- 348 · The Shadow at the Bottom of the World · Thomas Ligotti · ss Fear #16, April 1990
- 357 · Part 3: from Noctuary
- 359 · The Medusa · Thomas Ligotti · nv Fantasy Tales, #7 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1991
- 377 · Conversations in a Dead Language · Thomas Ligotti · ss Deathrealm #8, Spring 1989
- 389 · The Prodigy of Dreams · Thomas Ligotti · ss All the Devils Are Here ed. David D. Deyo, Jr., Unnameable Press, 1986
- 399 · Mrs. Rinaldi’s Angel · Thomas Ligotti · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 409 · The Tsalal · Thomas Ligotti · nv Noctuary by Thomas Ligotti, Robinson, 1994
- 436 · Mad Night of Atonement · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grue #9, 1989
- 449 · The Strange Design of Master Rignolo · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grue #10, Fall 1989
- 459 · The Voice in the Bones · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #65, St. John’s Eve 1989
- 467 · Part 4: Teatro Grottesco and other tales
- 469 · Teatro Grottesco · Thomas Ligotti · ss
- 486 · Severini · Thomas Ligotti · ss
- 498 · Gas Station Carnivals · Thomas Ligotti · ss
- 514 · The Bungalow House · Thomas Ligotti · nv The Urbanite #5, 1995
- 533 · The Clown Puppet · Thomas Ligotti · ss
- 542 · The Red Tower · Thomas Ligotti · ss
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