Shirley Jackson Award–Winning Author
Nathan Ballingrud
Books
Featured Work
Cathedral of the Drowned
The Lunar Gothic Trilogy. A horror/sci-fi trilogy of novellas — Crypt of the Moon Spider (2024), Cathedral of the Drowned (2025), and Kingdom of the Conqueror Worm (2027) — blending cosmic horror, pulp adventure, and dark fantasy across a shared universe. The sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned is an oozing, squirming, scuttling […]
Monsterland / North American Lake Monsters: Stories
Monsterland / North American Lake Monsters: Stories (2013). Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, this collection blends Southern Gothic horror, fantasy, and literary fiction to examine the lives of working-class Southerners confronting monsters both literal and metaphorical. Known for its bleak realism and emotionally intense characters, the stories use supernatural elements to reflect human suffering, […]
The Strange
The Strange (2023). A “space western” set on an alternate 1930s Mars, following a young woman seeking vengeance after her family is attacked, blending sci-fi, western, and horror elements in a dangerous frontier colony.
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell (2019). A horror/dark fantasy short story collection featuring six interconnected tales set against grim Southern and working-class landscapes, exploring the boundaries between the known world and Hell through supernatural horror and psychological dread. The collection includes “The Visible Filth,” later adapted into a film.
