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Nathan Ballingrud

(b.1970)

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 World Fantasy, 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.

Awards: Jackson (2014) see all

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

New and upcoming books

August 2025

Cathedral of the Drowned
(Lunar Gothic Trilogy, book 2)

Series

Lunar Gothic Trilogy
1. Crypt of the Moon Spider (2024)
2. Cathedral of the Drowned (2025)

Novels

The Strange (2023)

Collections

   North American Lake Monsters (2013)
     aka Monsterland
   Wounds (2019)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Visible Filth (2015)

Books containing stories by Nathan Ballingrud

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 (2023)
(Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, book 9)
edited by
John Joseph Adams and R F Kuang

Screams From the Dark (2022)
edited by
Ellen Datlow

The Best Horror of the Year Volume 13 (2021)
(Best Horror of the Year, book 13)
edited by
Ellen Datlow

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Awards

	2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection : North American Lake Monsters
	2008 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Fiction : The Monsters of Heaven

Award nominations

	2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award (shortlist) : The Strange
	2024 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Strange
	2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Butcher's Table
	2020 Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection (nominee) : Wounds
	2020 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Butcher's Table
	2016 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Visible Filth
	2014 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : North American Lake Monsters
	2014 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Good Husband
	2014 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : North American Lake Monsters
	2014 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : North American Lake Monsters
	2013 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Wild Acre
	2013 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (nominee) : North American Lake Monsters
	2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Sunbleached
	2010 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The Crevasse

Nathan Ballingrud recommends

No One Dies from Love (2023)
Robert Levy
"Robert Levy's No One Dies From Love may well end up being the book of the year for me. There is a frankness, a boldness, and a compassion in these stories that give real weight to the darkness they hold. It's easy to caricature human pain and vulnerability in service to a horror story, but Levy writes with honesty and depth, and it makes all the difference. I saw some of my own dark corners reflected back to me in this book, and felt the peace that comes from recognition. And that, to me, is what stories are all about."

The Black Maybe (2022)
Attila Veres
"The Black Maybe, by Attila Veres, is a refreshing blast of cold cellar air. The horror is insidious and surreal, slowly chewing away what you think is real until you find yourself surrounded by a nightmare. I love this book!"

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes (2022)
Eric LaRocca
"Eric LaRocca is like a punk rocker crashing the over-produced world of arena rock in the 1970s: he's ferocious, angry, and coming on at a hundred miles an hour. He reminds us of what horror does better than any other genre: it lets loose the raw primal scream of life."

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