"The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly committed an unforgivable act of violence, from the award-winning author of The Devil in Silver and Big Machine"--
"Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever. This dizzying tale is ultimately a story about family and the unfathomable secrets of the people we love"--
"The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly committed an unforgivable act of violence, from the award-winning author of The Devil in Silver and Big Machine"--
"Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever. This dizzying tale is ultimately a story about family and the unfathomable secrets of the people we love"--
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Speculative horror and dark fantasy fiction often blend psychological realism with classic folkloric terror, as demonstrated in the award-winning novel The Changeling. Victor LaValle has established a notable body of work that reimagines traditional fairy tales, gothic monsters, and cosmic horror through modern social frameworks and urban settings. His writing spans short stories, novels, novellas, and comic books, earning accolades across both literary and genre fiction.
Born on February 3, 1972, in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York, by his Ugandan mother and grandmother, Victor LaValle developed an early passion for horror literature and comic books. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. LaValle debuted in 1999 with the short-story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, followed by his debut novel The Ecstatic in 2002. He went on to write four additional novels—Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women—alongside novellas such as Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom, as well as comic series including Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve.
In addition to his career as an author, LaValle serves as a professor and Fiction Concentration Head at Columbia University. His fiction has earned numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, Shirley Jackson Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and a British Fantasy Award. His work has also expanded into screenwriting and adaptation, including the television adaptation of The Changeling for Apple TV and his role as creator and showrunner for the adaptation of The Devil in Silver.
LaValle's narrative style combines eerie supernatural elements with acute social commentary on race, mental health, isolation, and family dynamics. Drawing inspiration from classic creators like Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, and H.P. Lovecraft, he frequently subverts established genre tropes by placing marginalized characters at the center of supernatural encounters. The Changeling operates as a dark fairy tale designed to evoke fear through anxiety surrounding parenthood and modern technology, while The Ballad of Black Tom reinterprets classic cosmic horror to critique historic racial oppression.
4 books in catalog
Speculative horror and dark fantasy fiction often blend psychological realism with classic folkloric terror, as demonstrated in the award-winning novel The Changeling. Victor LaValle has established a notable body of work that reimagines traditional fairy tales, gothic monsters, and cosmic horror through modern social frameworks and urban settings. His writing spans short stories, novels, novellas, and comic books, earning accolades across both literary and genre fiction.
Born on February 3, 1972, in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York, by his Ugandan mother and grandmother, Victor LaValle developed an early passion for horror literature and comic books. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. LaValle debuted in 1999 with the short-story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, followed by his debut novel The Ecstatic in 2002. He went on to write four additional novels—Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women—alongside novellas such as Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom, as well as comic series including Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve.
In addition to his career as an author, LaValle serves as a professor and Fiction Concentration Head at Columbia University. His fiction has earned numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, Shirley Jackson Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and a British Fantasy Award. His work has also expanded into screenwriting and adaptation, including the television adaptation of The Changeling for Apple TV and his role as creator and showrunner for the adaptation of The Devil in Silver.
LaValle's narrative style combines eerie supernatural elements with acute social commentary on race, mental health, isolation, and family dynamics. Drawing inspiration from classic creators like Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, and H.P. Lovecraft, he frequently subverts established genre tropes by placing marginalized characters at the center of supernatural encounters. The Changeling operates as a dark fairy tale designed to evoke fear through anxiety surrounding parenthood and modern technology, while The Ballad of Black Tom reinterprets classic cosmic horror to critique historic racial oppression.
