That's why I said not regarding the Ligotti stuff. I'd read previously that he'd plagiarised the actual plot but wherever I'd read it now seems to be drowned out in Google searches by all the Ligotti stuff. I couldn't give a single fúck about the Ligotti stuff anyway.
I'm not overly committed to its veracity. It just seems very strange that S1 was absolutely outstanding and s2 and 3 were utter dogshit in comparison.