{"title":"Nathan Ballingrud","description":"Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters. He's twice won the Shirley Jackson Award, and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and Locus Awards. His stories have been adapted into the Hulu limited series Monsterland and the film Wounds. He lives in Asheville, NC.","products":[{"product_id":"cathedral-of-the-drowned-paperback","title":"Cathedral of the Drowned - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sequel to \u003ci\u003eCrypt of the Moon Spider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCathedral of the Drowned \u003c\/i\u003eis an oozing, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are two halves of Charlie Duchamp's brain. 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