{"product_id":"occultation-and-other-stories","title":"Occultation and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Shirley Jackson Award, nine stories of cosmic horror from the heir apparent to Lovecraft's throne.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, building on the eldritch tradition pioneered by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti. His stories have garnered critical acclaim and have been reprinted in numerous year's best anthologies and nominated for multiple awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy awards. His debut collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Imago Sequence and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, was the inaugural winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe returns with his second collection, \u003ci\u003eOccultation\u003c\/i\u003e. Pitting ordinary men and women against a carnivorous, chaotic cosmos, \u003ci\u003eOccultation\u003c\/i\u003e's nine tales of terror (two published here for the first time) were nominated for just as many Shirley Jackson awards, winning for the novella \"Mysterium Tremendum\" and the collection as a whole. Featuring an introduction by Michael Shea, \u003ci\u003eOccultation\u003c\/i\u003e brings more of the spine-chillingly sublime cosmic horror Laird Barron's fans have come to expect.\u003cbr\u003e Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.","brand":"Night Shade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948077547751,"sku":"9781597805148","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_3227279b-f60e-4f2f-9970-aa65fcf6d706.jpg?v=1775507500","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/occultation-and-other-stories","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}