Masterclass In Darkness and De Non Profundis
By Devika Brendon
I was struck by the almost concurrent deaths in January 2025, both physical and metaphorical, of two giants of fantasy, goth, horror and surrealism: David Lynch, a master of film, and Neil Gaiman, a master of words.
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