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The Lost
- GenresHorrorShort Stories
9 pages, Chapbook
First published March 1, 2008
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Sarah Langan
52 books909 followersSarah grew up on Long Island, got her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, her MS in environmental toxicology from NYU, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her family, two rabbits, and three chickens.
Her next novel TRAD WIFE is due out from S&S and Tor UK in Summer, 2026.
Her most recent works include A BETTER WORLD, GOOD NEIGHBORS, PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER, YOU HAVE THE PRETTIEST MASK, "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Electric Sheep?," "Squid Teeth," "The Devil's Children," and "I Miss You Too Much."
*I acknowledge that I have massacred the punctuation surrounding the above quotations marks. I will now resume talking about myself in the third person.*
Her books have received favorite of the year distinctions from NPR, Newsweek, The Irish Times, Publisher's Weekly, and the AARP (best of the last five years).
She is also three-time Bram Stoker award winner for outstanding novel in 2007 - The Missing, outstanding short story in 2008 - The Lost, and outstanding novel in 2009 - Audrey's Door.
Blog:https://sarahlangan.com/blog/
Her next novel TRAD WIFE is due out from S&S and Tor UK in Summer, 2026.
Her most recent works include A BETTER WORLD, GOOD NEIGHBORS, PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER, YOU HAVE THE PRETTIEST MASK, "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Electric Sheep?," "Squid Teeth," "The Devil's Children," and "I Miss You Too Much."
*I acknowledge that I have massacred the punctuation surrounding the above quotations marks. I will now resume talking about myself in the third person.*
Her books have received favorite of the year distinctions from NPR, Newsweek, The Irish Times, Publisher's Weekly, and the AARP (best of the last five years).
She is also three-time Bram Stoker award winner for outstanding novel in 2007 - The Missing, outstanding short story in 2008 - The Lost, and outstanding novel in 2009 - Audrey's Door.
Blog:https://sarahlangan.com/blog/
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December 8, 2019
The idea of someone so disconnected from the world that they slowly disappear from it isn't a new one - I always think of that Buffy episode when I come across a story like this, though I doubt that was the first version of it either. But this is nicely done, particularly the way in which it describes how people will avoid seeking medical help for their problems, first out of fear and denial and then out of shame. On the other hand it's unfortunate that the disappearing protagonist is just so very unlikeable. Perhaps that is a deliberate choice on Langan's part, however, and one which is meant to implicate the reader. I'd avoid this trainwreck of a person too, which would, in this universe, contribute to her loss. Perhaps that should make me feel guilty, even if at some remove... but it doesn't.
August 24, 2017
A dark short story I found at Nightmare Magazine.
March 29, 2019
Got to about 90% but couldn’t finish because I was too irritated by pretty much every aspect of it
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