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John Langan

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June 06, 1969

Website

https://johnpaullangan.wordpress.com

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Genre

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John Langan is the author of two novels, The Fisherman (Word Horde 2016) and House of Windows (Night Shade 2009), and two collections of stories, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hippocampus 2013) and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime 2008). With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (Prime 2011). He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine.

John Langan lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and many, many animals. He teaches at SUNY New Paltz. He's working toward his black belt in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do.

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Lovecraft eZine Part Deux: With Laird Barron and Paul Tremblay

It’s time for another of my sporadic efforts to update ye olde blog. Let’s begin with a link to another visit I had to the Lovecraft eZine podcast just a couple of months after I’d been on to promote the release of Sefira and Other Betrayals. This time, it was to take part in a round table discussion with the Honey Badger and the Pickle King. I had a blast, and if we’re no closer to answerin...

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	The Fisherman 3.97 avg rating — 4,686 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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 Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies 4.14 avg rating — 1,202 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters 3.82 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 2008	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
	House of Windows 3.54 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan, Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters by John Langan (Editor), Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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 Shallows 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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 Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Hill (Goodreads Author) , George R.R. Martin 3.85 avg rating — 8,849 ratings — published 2008 — 10 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 Book of Cthulhu (The Book of Cthulhu, #1) by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor) , Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 1,998 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	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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“Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?”
― John Langan, The Fisherman

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“Heaven doesn’t want me, and hell’s afraid I’ll take over.”
― John Langan, The Fisherman

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“You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,” Clara says. “All you need is persistence and a sharp enough knife.”
― John Langan, The Fisherman

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