As was the case with my previous novel, House of Windows, The Fisherman took a while to find a home. The genre publishers said it was too literary, the literary publishers, too genre. Thanks to Ross Lockhart and Word Horde for responding so immediately and enthusiastically to the book.
While this is a work of fiction, its composition was aided by details found in Bob Steuding’s The Last of the Hand Made Dams: The Story of the Ashokan Reservoir (1989) and the 2002 documentary, Deep Water: The True Story of the Ashokan Reservoir, by Tobe Carey, Bobbie Dupree, and Artie Traum. Alf Evers’ The Catskills: From Wilderness to Woodstock (1972) is a treasure-trove of information about the Catskill region.
And a final, heartfelt thank you to you, the reader, for the gifts of your time and attention. You make this writing life I have possible, and I’m grateful for it.
Titles Available from Word Horde
Tales of Jack the Ripper
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart
We Leave Together
a Dogsland novel by J. M. McDermott
The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the
Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart and Justin Steele
Vermilion
a novel by Molly Tanzer
Giallo Fantastique
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart
Mr. Suicide
a novel by Nicole Cushing
Cthulhu Fhtagn!
an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart
Painted Monsters
a collection by Orrin Grey
Furnace
a collection by Livia Llewellyn
The Lure of Devouring Light
a collection by Michael Griffin
A Brutal Chill in August (August 2016)
a novel by Alan M. Clark
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About the Author
John Langan is the author of a previous novel, House of Windows (Night Shade, 2009), and three collections of stories: Sefira and Other Betrayals (Hippocampus, 2016), The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hippocampus, 2013), and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime, 2008). With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (Prime, 2011). One of the co-founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, he served as a juror for their first three years. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and a houseful of animals.