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An Unfinished Story That I Don't Remember Writing

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Dear Living Dark reader,

Whenever I browse through the bristling papers, pages, files, and archives of my unpublished writings—an activity that comes over me from time to time—I invariably find many things...

17 days ago
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The Best Thomas Ligotti Story You’ve Probably Never Read

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Dear Living Dark readers,

Today, I want to commend to your attention a short story by Thomas Ligotti titled “Ghost Stories for the Dead.” Whether you’re already familiar with Ligotti or have never read hi...

a month ago
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Writing from the Source: Talking to Joanna Penn About Creativity

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Dear Living Dark readers,

I was recently interviewed by Joanna Penn, the bestselling author and creative entrepreneur, for her podcast The Creative Penn. The episode dropped today under the title “Writing...

2 months ago
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Be the Writer You Are

First page of Lovecraft's original, unrevised manuscript to The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, 1927. Public domain

Dear Living Dark Reader,

There are many different ways of being a writer. The comprehensive field of possibilities encompas...

2 months ago
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Introducing The Living Dark Reader

A new quarterly companion for deep reading.

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