The Shallows

by John Langan

Genres: Horror, Lovecraftian, Novella

Unknown Binding

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. I'm a big fan of Langan's writing, and he does an amazing job here crafting a touching story set in a truly bizarre, end-of-times world where eldritch horrors seem to be slowly infecting and mutating our world, on both a grand and small scale.