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Nathan Ballingruds Shirley Jackson Award winning debut collection is a shattering and luminous experience not to be missed by those who love to explore the darker parts of the human psyche. Monsters, real and imagined, external and internal, are the subject. They are us and we are them and Ballingruds intense focus makes these stories incredibly intense and irresistible. These are love stories. And also monster stories. Sometimes these are monsters in their traditional guises, sometimes they wear the faces of parents, lovers, or ourselves. The often working-class people in these stories are driven to extremes by love. Sometimes, they are ruined sometimes redeemed. All are faced with the loneliest corners of themselves and strive to find an escape. Nathan Ballingrud was born in Massachusetts but has spent most of his life in the South.
About the Author
I'm Nathan Ballingrud. I live in Asheville, NC, with my daughter. I write literary dark fantasy and horror. I'm a big fan of writers like Richard Ford, Annie Proulx, Lucius Shepard, and Clive Barker. I think the world is a pretty dark and unforgiving place, but a beautiful place, too. That's what I like to write about.
