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"Blodsuger" by John Langan

"Blodsuger" by John Langan

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Michael Hartford
Jan 02, 2023
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All of the stories in Ellen Datlow's anthology "Screams From the Dark" are great - she is far and away the best collector of horror, science fiction, and fantasy stories working today - but the closing tale, John Langan's "Blodsuger," is especially good. It uses its structure and setting to position itself within the weird tradition going back to Washin…

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