Sir Edward MacGregor.

[Jeff Coleman]

...I considered writing a comment playing along with it, including something like "...of course, de Sade got his writings published and is now a well-known name, but he still gave a 'yes' to life in his exuberance, and perhaps it was the deep pessimism of Sir Edward MacGregor, even more than his devilish imaginings and crimes, that led to him being struck from the historical record."

[Waffiesnaq]

HG's thread has proved itself an interesting experiment, but since yesterday I have been somewhat haunted, through my restless dreams, by a most nightmarish notion: What if all the works we attribute to Thomas Ligotti have, in fact, not been written by Ligotti but... some other guy named Thomas Ligotti!??

Upon this conception I considered flinging myself from my cursed PC and out the window with a wail... but reason won. I am now dabbing my forehead with a wet cloth to calm myself, my poor self, and reading Ossian to soothe these nerves with poetry. Ah, Ossian! there's an author whose authenticity cannot be—