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John Langan


Born
in The United States
June 06, 1969

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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 2013) and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime 2008). With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (Prime 2011). He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine.

John Langan lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and many, many animals. He teaches at SUNY New Paltz. He's working toward his black belt in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do. ...more

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The Fisherman
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“Heaven doesn’t want me, and hell’s afraid I’ll take over.”
― John Langan, The Fisherman
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“It’s hard to hold onto any tragedies that aren’t your own for very long.”
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“It would be a lie to say the time passes quickly. It never does, when you want it to.”
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