{"product_id":"the-darkly-splendid-realm-by-richard-gavin","title":"The Darkly Splendid Realm by Richard Gavin","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the most outré and original voices in contemporary horror come thirteen nightmares—plus two bonus tales included in this new edition: \"How Could It Be Elsewise?\" with H. P. Lovecraft himself as protagonist, and \"A Massing of the Shades,\" set in W. H. Pugmire's Sesqua Valley. Richard Gavin takes his readers on hellrides through magical mysteries and the ostensibly mundane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGavin can find terror in ordinary domestic relationships: difficult parents, an abusive grandmother, spouses at odds with each other, but also in trappings of everyday life: an amusement park, a vacation in the countryside, a job from . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly peculiar, terrible accounts dwell here, drawn from human and inhuman myth and history: a small town suffering from . . . attrition; a not-quite-dead poet; dreams of empire that can only be attained by destroying what came before; unwanted gifts . . . and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEDITIONS\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePRAISE FOR RICHARD GAVIN\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gavin’s prose is always quietly controlled, carefully crafted, but it inexorably leads his men and women into realms of terrifying otherness, where they are changed, changed utterly.”\u003cbr\u003e— Michael Dirda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Literate horror fans who have yet to encounter Canadian author Richard Gavin are in for a treat. The lyrical prose is often at a higher level than usual presentations of otherworldly demons and malevolent forces. Gavin has a knack for original plotlines. The author easily creates a feeling of cosmic dread.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Richard Gavin pens tales of grimness and melancholy, of ghosts and things much darker than ghosts...He knows how to get under your skin and haunt you.”\u003cbr\u003e— Laird Barron\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gavin demonstrates that he can pay reverent homage to the pioneers of weird fiction while forging and developing a distinctive voice all his own. Accordingly, his stories sweat and bleed the eldritch, fluidly and often beautifully.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003eRue Morgue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Richard Gavin summons ancient gods and vengeful ghosts. He nods knowingly to the horror\/weird fiction greats but forges a singularly unique vision.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003ePriya Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gavin's writing serves as a testament that great masters once crafted great stories...and as evidence that they shall do so again.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003eThomas Ligotti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/0534\/6357\/files\/Author_photo_Richard_Gavin_2026.jpg?v=1787838297\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Gavin’s writing explores the bond between fear and the numinous. His supernatural horror fiction has been published in seven collections, including \u003cem\u003eNocturnal Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e (2026) and \u003cem\u003egrotesquerie\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), and has been translated into ten languages. His works of esotericism include \u003cem\u003eThe Infernal Masque\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) and \u003cem\u003eThe Moribund Portal\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). Richard lives in Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weird House Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53413134270773,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/0534\/6357\/files\/TheDarklySplendidRealm.jpg?v=1787838328","url":"https:\/\/weirdhousepress.com\/products\/the-darkly-splendid-realm-by-richard-gavin","provider":"Weird House Press, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}