Crypt of the Moon Spider

Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the surface of the moon, a gargantuan spider once lived. Its silk granted its first worshippers immense faculties of power and awe. It's now 1923 and Veronica Brinkley is touching down on the moon for her intake at the Barrowfield Home for Treatment of the Melancholy. A renowned facility, Dr. Barrington Cull's invasive and highly successful treatments have been lauded by many. And they're so simple! All it takes is a little spider silk in the amygdala, maybe a strand or two in the prefrontal cortex, and perhaps an inch in the hippocampus for near evisceration of those troublesome thoughts and ideas. But trouble lurks in many a mind at this facility and although the spider's been dead for years, its denizens are not. Someone or something is up to no good, and Veronica just might be the cause.

About the author

Nathan Ballingrud was born in Massachusetts in 1970, but spent most of his life in the South. His short story collection, North American Lake Monsters, won the Shirley Jackson award, and his collection Wounds was adapted by Netflix. His work has been nominated for the WorlFantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker awards. Among other things, he has been a cook on oil rigs and barges, a waiter, and a bartender in New Orleans. He now lives in Asheville.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Ballingrud, Ballingrud Nathan
• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781803368801
• ISBN: 978-1-80336-880-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: The Lunar Gothic Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories, Horror and supernatural fiction