Peter Tennant's Notes on the Reviewing of Ligotti

Peter Tennant of "Black Static" magazine published an unusual review of Thomas Ligotti's My Work Is Not Yet Done. In his piece, he parodies Ligotti's other short work titled "Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story," a metafictional essay where Ligotti explored different styles of writing the same horror story, with the added caveat--through some incredible Ligottian wizardry--that the essay itself became a sort of horror story. Tennant's review passes over the most common and hackneyed lenses used by critics to cover a work of fiction, mixing in a lot of humor and cold truth. The segment in which he examines My Work Is Not Yet Done from a feminist point of view is particularly entertaining.

This review couldn't have come at a better time either. The United States release of a new paperback edition (already available in Europe for several months now) of Ligotti's work of corporate horror is due next week. Additionally, Tennant reports that the tenth issue of "Black Static" will include a Case Notes section with Thomas Ligotti as the featured author, including a new interview with Ligotti. Happily, it seems there is still plenty to look forward to from one of the modern visionaries of weird fiction.

-Grim Blogger