Right, this thread has gone way too far without having mentioned China Mieville. Perdido Street Station is an absolute masterpiece of weird. Dude's a genius of surreal genre-exploding brilliance.
I always liked that one as well, especially the Houdini angle.Imprisoned With The Pharoes by H P Lovecraft
Pigeons From Hell Robert E. Howard One of his best horror stories.
Nice to see that story here because i was just thinking you cant have this thread without Howard,a master of weird tales, horror in that vein.
Other than this story i also like very much "A Man on the Ground"
Given my particular and … peculiar interests, I think I shall have to find this one, and read it.Down There by Ramsey Campbell Why an elevator ride the basement of a building might not be the best idea.