. . "Ligotti, Thomas"@en . . . "1953Z"^^ . "1953-07-09Z"^^ . "American writer" . . . . "Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is a contemporary American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure. His writings have been noted as rooted in several literary genres \u2013 most prominently Lovecraftian horror \u2013 and have overall been described by critics such as S.T. Joshi as works of \"philosophical horror,\" often written as short stories and novellas and with similarities to gothic fiction."@en . . . . "Thomas Ligotti"@en . . . . "1981Z"^^ . .