We’ll end this weekend with a collection of literate horror short stories.
Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by John Langan is collection of his longer short stories. At the end of the book, he has several pages of story notes that tells the story behind the creation of the story.
As Mr. Langan explains in his story notes, one of goals he has in writing is to examine the classic monster in the horror genre and see if it’s possible to tell a new, fresh story with them.
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Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy EncountersAuthor: Langan, John |
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Nominated for the 2008 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Collection From award-nominated writer John Langan comes a collection of uneasy meetings. A frustrated professor and his graduate student assistant accompany a group of soldiers to a remote Scottish island to learn what is buried there. A man plays an audiotape left for him by his late father and is initiated into a family story of monstrous deeds. A student learns frightening lessons in a surreal tutoring center. A young couple struggles to make their stand against a group of inhuman pursuers in a ravaged landscape. And, in a new story, an artist discovers a mysterious statue whose completion becomes his obsession. Table of Contents:
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December 2008 (Hardcover — Prime Books)
December 2008 (Hardcover — Prime Books)
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