Horror
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies
2020·388 pages
John Langan crafts a haunting collection of stories in *Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies*, exploring eerie and unsettling encounters. Characters face mysterious directors, ancient creatures, and chilling legacies, while Langan weaves connections to the dark fiction that shaped his work. Stephen Graham Jones provides an insightful introduction to this literary exploration.
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John Langan crafts a haunting collection of stories in *Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies*, exploring eerie and unsettling encounters. Characters face mysterious directors, ancient creatures, and chilling legacies, while Langan weaves connections to the dark fiction that shaped his work. Stephen Graham Jones provides an insightful introduction to this literary exploration.
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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. Mention of rape in one story; not graphically depicted.
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.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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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.
Abuse & suffering
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Instances of mental illness, misogyny, and ableism causing suffering; some cruelty in horror contexts. Mention of rape in one story; not graphically depicted.
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