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I'm the author of North American Lake Monsters: stories, coming from Small Beer Press in July 2013. I'm currently at work on my first novel and several more short stories. I live with my daughter in Asheville, NC.

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(Neil Snowdon is curating a series of blog posts celebrating the work of the late Charles L. Grant, one of the premier writers and editors of horror fiction. The parent post, with links to other posts, can be found here.) I didn’t learn to appreciate Charles L. Grant until later in life. I think I first … Continue reading Coming late to Charles L. Grant

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	North American Lake Monsters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,335 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell 4.17 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecce Monstrum: un bestiario contemporáneo by Nathan Ballingrud (Goodreads Author), Silvia Schettin (Translator) , Omar Moreno (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monsters of Heaven 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Dale Bailey (Contributor) , Richard Bowes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 3,150 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teeth: Vampire Tales by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terri Windling (Editor) , Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 1,967 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird by Paula Guran (Editor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor) , China Miéville (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 1,849 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nathan Ballingrud and 4 other people liked Don's review of North American Lake Monsters: "Plain and simple, if this collection doesn't win the Shirley Jackson Award or the World Fantasy Award for 2013, there really is no f**ing justice in the world. I hung on every word in this collection. I was enthralled by every story, something I ha..." Read more of this review »
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“She’s like a thousand different people right now, all waiting to be, and every time she makes a choice, one of those people goes away forever. Until finally you run out of choices and you are whoever you are.”
― Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters

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“He imagined the room bathed in blood, himself striding through it, a raven amongst the carcasses. Strutting like any carrion king.”
― Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters

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“Silence blew from the hole she had dug like smoke. She could feel what lay just beyond. The new countryside. The unspeaking multitude. Steeples and arches of bone; temples of silence. She felt the great shapes that moved there, majestic and unfurled, utterly silent, utterly dark.”
― Nathan Ballingrud, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection

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