Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters

John Langan

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From award-nominated writer John Langan comes a collection of uneasy meetings. A frustrated professor and his graduate student assistant accompany a group of soldiers to a remote Scottish island to learn what is buried there. A man plays an audiotape left for him by his late father and is initiated into a family story of monstrous deeds. A student learns frightening lessons in a surreal tutoring center. A young couple struggles to make their stand against a group of inhuman pursuers in a ravaged landscape. And, in a new story, an artist discovers a mysterious statue whose completion becomes his obsession.

Contents:

  • Introduction by Elizabeth Hand
  • On Skua Island
  • Mr. Gaunt
  • Tutorial
  • Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of Purple Flowers
  • Laocöon, or, The Singularity
Published
2008
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John Langan

John Langan (born 1969) is an American author and writer of contemporary horror. Langan has been a finalist for International Horror Guild Award. In 2008, he was a Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection. He is on the Board of Directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards.