January 2024 -- Bonus Episode ('The Fisherman" by John Langan)

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Full disclosure before you listen to this episode: our discussion of this novel does not shy away from spoilers. If you are planning to read this title based on our recommendation, then we urge you to finish the novel before listening.

With that said, we also urge you to read it. It’s a damn fine novel.

John Langan’s The Fisherman ended up on both of our to-be-read piles for two very different reasons. It’s a horror novel of the more cosmic variety (full description of what that means in the episode), but this is horror with cross-genre audience appeal. The story centers around two men who come to terms with the death of their individual spouses by bonding on weekend fishing trips. At Dutchman’s Creek. Where the creepy, weird dude at the diner specifically told them not to go.