Laird Barron: Laird Barron is the author of two collections: The
Imago
Sequence, and Occultation. His work has appeared in
many magazines and anthologies. An expatriate Alaskan,
Barron currently resides in the wilds of Upstate New York
WINNER OF THE 2007 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST COLLECTION
"One of my favorite writers, period. ... one of the most unique and
accomplished prose talents now working in America. He writes
dangerous stories, in something I've described as like a cross
between H.P. Lovecraft and James Dickey ... Very much like crack to
my brain."
Nic Pizzolatto, creator of HBO's True Detective
[Barron’s] successfully transposed the oddly yoked pleasure and
dread of Lovecraft's work to a modern and more complex idiom with
skillful craftsmanship, intelligence, and a fertile, detailed
imagination.”
William Mingin, Strange Horizons
When a horror story really works for me, I throw the book against
the wall with a shriek and hide behind the sofa. Then, trembling,
and in tears I crawl across the floor in supplication and pick up
where I left off. Laird Barron does this to me.”
Christopher Hsiang, io9.com
"Barron’s dark and haunting fiction also frequently draws on the
tradition of hard-boiled detectives and noir that are clear
influences on True Detective. The Imago Sequence, his first
collection, is a great place to start."
Buzzfeed
Laird Barron is one of those writers who makes other writers want
to break their pencils. I’m serious. His work is that good. Worse
than that, he’s an original (damn him!), and the finest writer to
join the ranks of the dark fantastic in a long, long time.”
Norman Partridge, author of Dark Harvest and Lesser Demons
"Relentlessly readable, highly atmospheric, sharply and often
arrestingly writtenBarron’s prose style resembles, by turns, a
high-flown Jim Thompson mixed with a pulp Barry Hannah."
Slate
"The scariest writer on the planet has to be Laird Barron."
Paul Goat Allen, The Barnes & Noble Book Blog
"Laird Barron has, in a remarkably short period of time, emerged as
one of the leading writers of contemporary weird fiction."
S. T. Joshi
WINNER OF THE 2007 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST COLLECTION
"One of my favorite writers, period. ... one of the most unique and
accomplished prose talents now working in America. He writes
dangerous stories, in something I've described as like a cross
between H.P. Lovecraft and James Dickey ... Very much like crack to
my brain."
Nic Pizzolatto, creator of HBO's True Detective
[Barron’s] successfully transposed the oddly yoked pleasure and
dread of Lovecraft's work to a modern and more complex idiom with
skillful craftsmanship, intelligence, and a fertile, detailed
imagination.”
William Mingin, Strange Horizons
When a horror story really works for me, I throw the book against
the wall with a shriek and hide behind the sofa. Then, trembling,
and in tears I crawl across the floor in supplication and pick up
where I left off. Laird Barron does this to me.”
Christopher Hsiang, io9.com
"Barron’s dark and haunting fiction also frequently draws on the
tradition of hard-boiled detectives and noir that are clear
influences on True Detective. The Imago Sequence, his first
collection, is a great place to start."
Buzzfeed
Laird Barron is one of those writers who makes other writers want
to break their pencils. I’m serious. His work is that good. Worse
than that, he’s an original (damn him!), and the finest writer to
join the ranks of the dark fantastic in a long, long time.”
Norman Partridge, author of Dark Harvest and Lesser Demons
"Relentlessly readable, highly atmospheric, sharply and often
arrestingly writtenBarron’s prose style resembles, by turns, a
high-flown Jim Thompson mixed with a pulp Barry Hannah."
Slate
"The scariest writer on the planet has to be Laird Barron."
Paul Goat Allen, The Barnes & Noble Book Blog
"Laird Barron has, in a remarkably short period of time, emerged as
one of the leading writers of contemporary weird fiction."
S. T. Joshi
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