(Above: Video comparing lines from True Detective to phrases from the works of Thomas Ligotti.) Like many fans of weird fiction, I was overjoyed to discover HBO’s True Detective.  But as the season progressed, I became increasingly uneasy.  It seemed to me that True Detective writer Nic Pizzolatto was “borrowing” words and phrasing from other authors, especially Thomas Ligotti. … Continue reading Did the writer of “True Detective” plagiarize Thomas Ligotti and others?