In looking for contemporary weird fiction recommendations.

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Greetings,

As a nearly lifetime fan of Lovecraft it is only relatively recently that I discovered Thomas Ligotti (as well as other instances of weird fiction, such as The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgeson). I was wondering if some users who are more well-versed in this area than I am could recommend good up-and-coming authors in a similar vein. I'd also welcome publisher recommendations and other more general ways to follow this sort of material.

I suppose I should also note that I'm already very much into many of the "Ligotti Influences" listed here (Celine, Schulz, Torpor, etc.).

As a side note, to those of you who are published authors in this field, just out of curiosity, how old were you when you first felt that your work was ready for submission? Did you go to magazines or book publishers first?

Thanks much!
-A. Void