{"product_id":"9781618730602","title":"North American Lake Monsters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Nathan Ballingrud is one of my favorite short fiction writers.\"—Jeff VanderMeer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nathan Ballingrud's 'The Way Station' is another story of the sort I've come to expect from him: emotionally intense, riveting, and deeply upsetting in many ways. It deals with loss, with the aftereffects of Katrina on a homeless alcoholic who's haunted by the city itself be-fore the flood, and in doing so it's wrenching. . . . It's an excellent story that paints a riveting por-trait of a man, his city, and his loss.\"—Tor.com on \u003ci\u003eThe Naked City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"But the two most remarkable stories in Naked City are by relatively new authors: 'The Projected Girl' (Haifa) by Lavie Tidhar and 'The Way Station' (New Orleans and St. Petersburg, Florida) by Nathan Ballingrud are both heartbreakers.\"—John Clute on \u003ci\u003eStrange Hori-zons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are love stories. And also monster stories. Sometimes these are mon-sters in their traditional guises, sometimes they wear the faces of parents, lovers, or ourselves. The often working-class people in these stories are driven to extremes by love. Sometimes, they are ruined; sometimes redeemed. All are faced with the loneliest corners of themselves and strive to find an escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Ballingrud \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Massachusetts but has spent most of his life in the South. He worked as a bartender in New Orleans and New York City and a cook on offshore oil rigs. His story \"The Monsters of Heaven\" won the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Small Beer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057721426160,"sku":"9781618730602","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781618730602","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}