The Last Feast of Harlequin

"The Last Feast of Harlequin" is a novella about an anthropologist studying clown festivals. While investigating a particularly odd one, previously the object of study by his former mentor who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the narrator discovers the monstrous truth behind the town of Mirocaw and its bizarre traditions...

In the observation of H. P. Lovecraft scholar and biographer S. T. Joshi, Ligotti's fascinating story "may perhaps be the very best homage to Lovecraft ever written."