I have a few contemporary authors I consider my favorites. Clive Barker Neil Gaiman William Gibson. I keep them as some of my very few possessions. They serve as a muse before I write my own material.
@Punxi He gets a bit bloody but his imagination in Weaveworld and Imajica is unparalleled. I do recall reading “The Great and Secret Show. I read the first two when they came out and read them a second time the past five years. This might sound unusual but I also generated copious notes and a decent list for my vocabulary. I love analyzing Novels. It is like looking at a master work of art, stroke by stroke.