Description: Collects nine interconnected stories of cosmic horror and dark fantasy set in the Pacific Northwest.
Review Quotes: WINNER OF THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST FICTION COLLECTION
NOMINATED FOR THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST COLLECTION
--Nic Pizzolatto, creator of HBO's True Detective "If you think there aren't any new Richard Mathesons or Harlan Ellisons out there, you need to read Laird Barron."
--Stewart O'Nan, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and Last Night at the Lobster "Relentlessly readable, highly atmospheric, sharply and often arrestingly written--Barron's prose style resembles, by turns, a high-flown Jim Thompson mixed with a pulp Barry Hannah."
--Slate "I've come to Laird Barron relatively late, but I'm adding him to my pantheon of greats (and I don't use that word lightly)."
--Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual "The scariest writer on the planet has to be Laird Barron."
--Paul Goat Allen, The Barnes & Noble Book Blog "Laird Barron has, in a remarkably short period of time, emerged as one of the leading writers of contemporary weird fiction."
--S. T. Joshi "You could say these stories are what happens when Jack London and Zane Grey go drinking with William Hope Hodgson and Algernon Blackwood. But what they really are is Laird Barron, and they are terrifying and awe-inspiring. If you haven't yet tried his work, this is a great place to start."
--Brian Keene, author of The Rising