Lovecraft’s mythos, specifically his famous tale, Pickman’s Model. Cover: The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by Santiago Caruso Notes: Info from Amazon.com. Of course, writing this now, I can’t help but realize that How the Day Runs Down and Technicolor are both tales masquerading in other narrative formats.The most avant-garde of these stories is The Revel. I marveled at his ability to use nostalgia in the service of telling a good horror story. This new collection of nine substantial stories includes such masterworks as “Technicolor,” an ingenious riff on Poe’s “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.
This is one I’d love to reread in print since I listened to The Wide, Carnivorous Sky on Audible.
This one made my spine tingle quite a bit. "—Paul Tremblay, author of 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. Abstract: Carnivorous plants have emerged as model systems for addressing many ecological and evolutionary questions, and since Lentibulariaceae comprise more than half of all known carnivorous species (325 spp. Hippocampus Press The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan - Introduction by Jeffrey Ford Afterword by Laird Barron Cover artwork by Santiago Caruso ISBN 978-1-61498-054-4 paperback ISBN 978-1-61498-071-1 ebook 322 pp 2013 An Interview with John Langan by Edie Nugent in Weird Tales A Conversation with John Langan at Shock Totem "An emerging master of … Langan’s story is a masterclass on creating a believable character.
"—Nick Gevers, co-editor of Be the first to write a review. Leave a Comment / Vivarium , Plants / By Owner of VivariumTips You probably understand that feeling of when you have a passion for a certain subject and start searching for online communities – it can be a bummer if you don’t find it. The last tale to mix up narrative conventions is the final one in the collection, Mother of Stone. About the Author: John Langan 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 … item 2 The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hardback or Cased Boo - The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hardback or Cased Boo.
He blends meticulously crafted traditional narratives with joyous genre-bending and narrative rule-breaking. About two weeks later, I encountered Mr. Langan in person.Soon after my beach trip, I was lucky enough to present my academic paper, The Shadow Over Horror Tropes, at NecronomiCon 2019, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Langan uses the second person to tell a story about local lore and exorcisms.
The book collects nine of John Langan’s short stories, some original and some reprinted.
As a writer thinking about craft, I wonder how much of that was due to hearing the narrator refer to “you” instead of a third person protagonist?While I’ve devoted a little extra page space to the experimental tales, the five traditional tales are just as fun. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky is an outstanding collection that would have been well worth the cover price just for Mother of Stone alone, but in addition to this thoroughly engrossing, disturbing and masterful novella, you have 8 other wonderful short stories, in which Langan treats some of the most familiar horror tropes in a unique and original way.
Hitchhiking. The collection opens with Kids, a short and visceral story about a teacher dealing with, let’s say, unruly students. Wide, Carnivorous Sky, indeed. No ratings or reviews yet.
Langan even mentions my favorite superhero team, the X-Men, in a few of his stories. Lastly, there is June, 1987. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan. The protagonist is extremely well developed, and I loved the haunting ending, which leaves the protagonist filled with fear and regret. It was there that I listened to Langan speak during the In my opinion, the tales in The Wide, Carnivorous Sky can be divided into two types. The story uses nostalgia in a similar way to Outside the House, Watching for the Crows. And since I just listened to three short story collections in a row on audible, I think a return to novels is warranted. It’s effective in a similar way to City of the Dog, as regret is a core part of the tale again, but the tone is bleaker since the world has been wiped out. War-of-the-Worlds-Martian by Davesrightmind the wide, carnivorous sky by unded Azathoth by tohdraws The Color out of Space by Daandric Beyonder by D34dAsDust:cthulu: by Helen-Baq Out of town on the 15th. The first was How the Day Runs Down, a tale in the form of a play concerning the zombie apocalypse and the afterlife. - See you in the 22nd! I highly recommend checking out The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies. The major difference is that City of the Dog connects with H.P. Best Selling in Fiction & Literature.
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