Horror
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies
2020·388 pages
This collection of horror short stories explores eerie tales of mysterious auditions, ancient creatures, and spectral dinosaurs, blending pulp adventure with metatextual tributes to...
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This collection of horror short stories explores eerie tales of mysterious auditions, ancient creatures, and spectral dinosaurs, blending pulp adventure with metatextual tributes to...
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John Langan, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Fisherman, returns with a new book of stories. An aspiring actress goes to an audition with a mysterious director. An editor receives the last manuscript of his murdered friend. A young lawyer learns the terrible connection between her grandfather and an ancient race of creatures. A bodyguard drives her employer across a frozen road toward an immense hole in the earth. In these stories and others, John Langan maps the branches of his...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief mentions of sexual situations; no explicit on-page scenes.
Violence & gore
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Frequent gore and body horror, including graphic depictions of creatures and violence in multiple stories.
Profanity
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Occasional mild profanity scattered throughout the stories.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Witchcraft / occult
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Occult elements like ancient races, spectral creatures, and mysterious rituals in several stories.
Political content
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Themes of severe misogyny and period-typical ableism recur in some narratives.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief references to mental illness; no direct self-harm or suicide depictions.
Sexual assault
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Mention of rape in one story; not graphically depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Instances of mental illness, misogyny, and ableism causing suffering; some cruelty in horror contexts.
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