{"product_id":"the-midnight-muse-jo-kaplan-paperback","title":"The Midnight Muse -- Jo Kaplan, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jo Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clash Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\" H x 6\" L x 0.77\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781960988805\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52673807974699,"sku":"9781960988805","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781960988805.jpg?v=1777874337","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-midnight-muse-jo-kaplan-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}