Martin Cahill of Tor praised the novel saying "Langan's novel is deliberate, elegant, and beautifully written the horror and trauma of these two men is explored to the bone, and in the end, knowing them so well only makes the horrors to come that much more terrifying". The Fisherman received mostly positive reception. They are faced with the choice to help him and regain their lost loves or defy him and fight for survival.
At the creek they come face to face with the mysterious "Der Fisher", who is attempting to catch the primordial Leviathan. On their way to the creek, they stop at a diner and are warned of the dangers of Dutchman's Creek ignoring the warning, the two men continue on their way. After some weekends of fishing Dan suggests the pair try out Dutchman's Creek, a mysterious fishing spot with a cursed past that's rumoured to bring back lost loved ones. Abe forms a friendship with his coworker Dan, who recently survived a terrible accident that left him a widower as well. After a bout of alcoholism, Abe uses fishing to find peace. ContentsĪbraham or Abe, as he prefers, is a widower who struggles to find peace after his wife's death. The Fisherman is an American horror novel by John Langan. He's working toward his black belt in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do.2016 American horror novel by John Langan The Fisherman John Langan lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and many, many animals. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine. He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (Prime 2011). Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime 2008). John Langan is the author of two novels, The Fisherman (Word Horde 2016) and House of Windows (Night Shade 2009), and two collections of stories, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hippocampus 2013) and Mr. He's working toward his black belt in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do. He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. The Fisherman, published in 2017 by Word Horde (a small press specialized in speculative / supernatural fiction run by Ross Lockhart in Petaluma, CA), is John Langan’s second novel.
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