{"product_id":"the-midnight-muse-paperback-1","title":"The Midnight Muse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a metal band's lead singer vanishes in the woods, the mushrooms in the forest might know more than they're letting on in this mycelium-metal horror novel from Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Jo Kaplan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dead collect in low places.\u003c\/i\u003e That's what Brynn Werner, lead singer of metal band Queen Carrion, wrote in her notebook before she vanished while staying at a cabin in Oregon's Umpqua National Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA year later, on the anniversary of her disappearance, the rest of her bandmates visit the cabin to remember her and find a way to move on. But tensions arise over who should be their new singer and who is responsible for Brynn's disappearance--tensions that boil over as they realize not all is as it seems at Trail Creek Cabin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrange entries in the guestbook write about visions of a pale form that moves through the trees, figures wearing gas masks lurk in the distance, and there's a strange fungus growing from the wall of a tunnel in the cabin's basement. Then they hear Brynn's voice echo impossibly through the forest--and the pale form that emerges from the trees is her perfect likeness. Is it her ghost...or something else?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrynn knew there was a secret in these woods. It's why she chased her muse here to finish her masterpiece. \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Muse\u003c\/i\u003e is an alluring and grotesque dissection of self and fungus. Kaplan delivers an ominous spiral of psychological torment as the members of Queen Carrion slip into a more \u003ci\u003enatural\u003c\/i\u003e skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJo Kaplan is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eIt Will Just Be Us\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Night Bells Ring\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eFireside Quarterly, Black Static, Nightmare Magazine, Vastarien, Horror Library, Nightscript\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other anthologies and magazines. In addition to writing, she teaches English at Glendale Community College and is the co-chair of the Horror Writers Association's Los Angeles chapter. She also plays cello in both the Symphony of the Verdugos and the band Guerra\/paz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533321945337,"sku":"9781960988805","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/opG9FmEgsP9781960988805_76c5745e-6b81-4630-88af-314f4c057b2f.webp?v=1773868072","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-midnight-muse-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}