num_pages: 322
description: John Langan has in the last few years established himself as one of the leading voices in contemporary horror literature. Gifted with a supple and mellifluous prose style an imagination that can conjure up clutching terrors with seeming effortlessness and a thorough knowledge of the rich heritage of weird fiction Langan has already garnered his share of accolades. This new collection of nine substantial stories includes such masterworks as Technicolor an ingenious riff on Poes Masque of the Red Death; How the Day Runs Down a gripping tale of the undead; and The Shallows a powerful tale of the Cthulhu Mythos. The capstone to the collection is a previously unpublished novella of supernatural terror Mother of Stone. With an introduction by Jeffrey Ford and an afterword by Laird Barron.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reading Langan by Jeffrey FordKidsHow the Day Runs DownTechnicolor The Wide Carnivorous SkyCity of the DogThe ShallowsThe Revel June 1987. Hitchhiking. Mr. Norris. Mother of Stone Story Notes Afterword: Note Found in a Glenfiddich Bottle by Laird BarronAcknowledgments
language: English
title: The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies
publisher: Hippocampus Press