Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti
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The title alone, "Teatro Grottesco," evokes images of an unsettling, grotesque theatre, and that's precisely what Ligotti serves up. This collection of stories is a grand theatre of the bizarre and the macabre, a stage where the line between the audience and the performance blurs. As each story unfolds, the reader becomes both a spectator and a participant in a play of existential horror and surreal landscapes. A standing ovation is in order, albeit one accompanied by a shiver down the spine. Clearly, SFcrowsnest knows its audience well to include such an eerie spectacle.