Yikes.

Were there any books or plays famous for being badly written almost to an archetypal hilarity before My Immortal? Like were there any 19th century memetic gothic romances or?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night

don’t forget “English as She Is Spoke”, a guide to speaking English written by a man who spoke no English. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_As_She_Is_Spoke

There’s also “Naked Came the Stranger” which was a collaborative effort to write the worst novel possible and still get it published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Came_the_Stranger

Also, “A Tragedy” by Theophile-Jule-Henri “Theo” Marzials, considered by some to be the worst poem ever written in the English language. (Obviously I am in love with it and intend to somehow incorporate it into my wedding vows.)  http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/bad/Marzials.Tragedy.html

A fire whirl, also sometimes known as a fire devil, is a whirlwind induced by fire. It can also be made up of flame and ash and occur when rising heat and strong winds combine forming a whirl of air. Very rarely, they can grow to become actual tornadoes, which are very dangerous.

Tauba Auerbach - Alphabetized Bible (2006)

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