Favorite Ligotti Story

[Thossyphus]

In no particular order:
"The Library of Byzantium"
"Teatro Grottesco"
"Gas Station Carnivals"
"The Spectacles in the Drawer"
"The Troubles of Dr. Thoss"
"The Tsalal"
"Vastarien"
"The Clown Puppet"
"The Shadow, The Darkness"

Calling these 'favorites' isn't quite right. These made and continue to make such an impression (in the same way that being impaled by something leaves 'an impression') that I see them and hear them more vividly and loudly after the pages ran out than some of the others.

...anybody else feel stricken with physically painful anxiety when asked to choose favorites among cherished things? Not that I ever forget, but boy oh boy does this Tom fellow's work mean a lot to me.