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Fascinating thread, folks. I don't think I have anything unsaid to add, but I doubly appreciate these sorts of ad hoc definitions.

Putting Ligotti's name against established adjectives like Kafkaesque and Lovecraftian seems like the better path to take. Both words have succinct explanations, so something like [to paraphrase] bendk's "characterized as facing inevitable, impending doom" seems about right. Though I'm not sure if my insertion of "impending" is quite the right note.