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| One of the 20th century's greatest satirists and fantasy writers. |
| Ms.Carter's mixture of magical realism, bawdry, and folklore is intoxicating. |
| Inspired by the language of the King James version of the Bible, Dunsany went on to write some of the most beautiful and esoteric fantasy of the early 20th century. Also acknowledged by H.P. Lovecraft as one of the primary influences on his Pre-Cthulhu fiction. |
| Spain's greatest exponent of 19th century romanticism. |
| One of the greats of Russian literature, Gogol's mixture of satire, folklore, and fantastic horror has no equal in the Russian literary canon. |
| Originator of the Cthulhu Mythos, and the real creator of the Necronomicon. |
| Rhymes with "blacken". Arthur Machen was influenced by the terrain and lore of his native Wales. His fin de siecle tales of horror were a great influence on the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and James Branch Cabell. His later writings took a more mystical approach and near the end of his life he mostly wrote nostalgia about the simple life in Britain before the two World Wars. |
| Edgar Allen Poe's House of Usher has everything you need to know about the most influental and most misunderstood American writer of the 19th century. |
| Early 20th century Uruguayan master of the weird tale. |
| Argentine connosieur of the weird, and master of the intellectual fantasy tale. |
| Between his translations of Poe's ouvre and his own "Fleurs du Mal", this dark prince of poetry cast a long shadow over the world of French literature for the latter half of 19th century. |
| Protege of San Franciscan poet George sterling, Smith's poetry has a sublime and otherworldly beauty. At Lovecraft's behest, he tried his hand at short fiction, producing some of the most macabre tales ever to grace the pages of Weird Tales magazine. |
| Part of the 19th century symbolist movement in France, and master of the macabre vignette, I fell under his dark spell when I stumbled upon an English translation of his tale "Bloody Blanche". |
| Member of the bohemian "Scapigliatura", and much ignored purveyor of the Gothic tale from 19th century Italy, whose stories have only recently been translated into English. |
| My tribute to the Salem-born author |
| No, Ichabod Crane is not a Disney creation |
| Litgothic's resource for America's very first novelist. |
| England's answer to Baudelaire; he would have succeeded Tennyson, as poet laureate of England, if it weren't for his peculiar proclivities. |
| Ornery wit known primarily as the author the Devil's Dictionary as well as some of the most poignant stories about the American Civil War; he also wrote many great weird tales and ghost stories. |
| Creator of the Nutcracker, and a major influence on the supernatural literature of the 19th century. |
| The German Earl-King |