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* HumanoidAbomination: The Children of the Old Leech, who are the recurring villains of many of Barron's stories. They can be described as some sort of intergalatic parasite, who procreate by [[TheAssimilator assimilating other "lesser" spieces by turning them into more of themselves]] and [[EmotionEater feed on emotions]] (primarily revulsion, fear, and anguish) as well as [[EatsBabies human children]], both of which they consider delicacies. While their true form is implied to be worm-like (and is further implied to be a much lesser version of their father, the Old Leech himself), they mostly assume a human form while on Earth, mostly due to the fact that they abhor sunlight and can better resist it while dressed in a human shell and it makes it easier for them to walk around unnoticed.
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* HumanoidAbomination: The Children of the Old Leech, who are the recurring villains of many of Barron's stories. They can be described as some sort of intergalatic intergalactic parasite, who procreate by [[TheAssimilator assimilating other "lesser" spieces species by turning them into more of themselves]] and [[EmotionEater feed on emotions]] (primarily revulsion, fear, and anguish) as well as [[EatsBabies human children]], both of which they consider delicacies. While their true form is implied to be worm-like (and is further implied to be a much lesser version of their father, the Old Leech himself), they mostly assume a human form while on Earth, mostly due to the fact that they abhor sunlight and can better resist it while dressed in a human shell and it makes it easier for them to walk around unnoticed.
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* ReligiousHorror: Barron has noted in several interviews and retrospective that he often goes to Literature/TheBible as a source of inspiration for his stories, as he sees much of the material in the Old Testament as very open to being PlayedForHorror, describing God as depicted in the Old Testament as "a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath." More specifically, the Old Leech can very easily be read as a twisted take on old Yahweh himself, and then there is the other recurring villain from several of his stories, Black Bill aka Splayfoot Bill, who is depicted as a demon-like entity that overtly leans into several trappings of the BigRedDevil trope (although in thread with Barron's other stories, Bill might actually be an alien entity).
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* ReligiousHorror: Barron has noted in several interviews and retrospective retrospectives that he often goes to Literature/TheBible as a source of inspiration for his stories, as he sees much of the material in the Old Testament as very open to being PlayedForHorror, describing God as depicted in that part of the Old Testament book as "a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath." More specifically, the Old Leech can very easily be read as a twisted take on old Yahweh himself, and then there is the other recurring villain from several of his stories, Black Bill aka Splayfoot Bill, who is depicted as a demon-like entity that overtly leans into several trappings of the BigRedDevil trope (although in thread with Barron's other stories, Bill might actually be an alien entity).
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and, more often than not, have quite a few dirty deeds on their resumé, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and, more often than not, have quite a few dirty deeds on their resumé, only to who end up being caught-off caught off-guard when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and, more often than not, quite a few dirty deeds, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and, more often than not, have quite a few dirty deeds, deeds on their resumé, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and quite dirty deeds, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and and, more often than not, quite a few dirty deeds, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and the occasional dirty deed, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and the occasional quite dirty deed, deeds, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, and the occasional dirty deed, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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* ''Not a Speck of Light'' (planned for 2024)
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* CosmicHorrorReveal: While the ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series appears to be set in a mundane world, there are several references and allusions to Barron's other works. ''Worse Angels'' then firmly reveals that it does indeed take place in the same universe as ''The Croning'' and the other Old Leech stories, when Coleridge have an encounter with the supernatural. That said, the story does offer a rational explanation for everything that happened, though Barron has commented that it is mostly there to prevent ContinuityLockOut for readers unfamiliar with his other works.
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* CosmicHorrorReveal: While the ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series appears to be set in a mundane world, there are several references and allusions to Barron's other works. ''Worse Angels'' then firmly reveals that it does indeed take place in the same universe as ''The Croning'' and the other Old Leech stories, when Coleridge have has an encounter with the supernatural. That said, the story does offer a rational explanation for everything that happened, though Barron has commented that it is mostly there to prevent ContinuityLockOut for readers unfamiliar with his other works.
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Many of Barron's stories are by to varying degrees implied to be set in the same universe with bits of their mythology overlapping and having occasional references to each other, though occasionally he changes setting entirely to worlds were history and the workings of the world obviously is quite different his main setting. Even then, there hints that these other settings might actually be connected through some sort of [[TheMultiverse a multiverse]] that contains several {{Alternate Timeline}}s.
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Many of Barron's stories are by to varying degrees implied to be set in the same universe with bits of their mythology overlapping and having occasional references to each other, though occasionally he changes setting entirely to worlds were the history and the workings of the world obviously is quite different to his main setting. Even then, there hints that these other settings might actually be connected through some sort of [[TheMultiverse a multiverse]] that contains several {{Alternate Timeline}}s.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world their own grit and determination, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, quite of few of his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world through their own grit and determination, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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Quite a few of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Looking over his body of work, he tends to show some pronounced unique quirks of his own. Much like how King tends to have his stories set in and around his homestate of Maine, Barron tends to have his stories set in the American Northwest, either in his native state of Alaska, or the state of Washington, especially around the city of Olympia.Olympia in the latter case. Meanwhile, his protagonists are very much unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars and antiquarians, usually being more traditionally masculine, frequently being tough, self-confident, {{Manly M|an}}en who are used to make their way in the world their own grit and determination, only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
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* CosmicHorrorReveal: While the ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series appears to be sent in somewhat mundane world, there are several references and allusions to Barron's other works. ''Worse Angels'' then firmly reveals that it does indeed take place in the same universe as ''The Croning'' and the other Old Leech stories, when Coleridge have an encounter with the supernatural. That said, the story does offer a rational explanation for everything that happened, though Barron has commented that it is mostly there to prevent ContinuityLockOut for readers unfamiliar with his other works.
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* CosmicHorrorReveal: While the ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series appears to be sent set in somewhat a mundane world, there are several references and allusions to Barron's other works. ''Worse Angels'' then firmly reveals that it does indeed take place in the same universe as ''The Croning'' and the other Old Leech stories, when Coleridge have an encounter with the supernatural. That said, the story does offer a rational explanation for everything that happened, though Barron has commented that it is mostly there to prevent ContinuityLockOut for readers unfamiliar with his other works.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Characters in the short story "More Dark" are barely disguised stand-ins for Barron himself and other contemporary horror writers; in particular the figure central to the plot is the caricature of Creator/ThomasLigotti. Some of the caricatures are quite [[AffectionateParody affectionate]], others... not so much.
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Many of Barron's stories are by to varying degrees implied to be set in the same universe with bits of their mythology overlapping and having occasional references to each other, though occasionally he changes setting entirely to worlds were history and the workings of the world obviously is quite different his main setting. Even then, there hints that these other settings might actually be connected through some sort of a multi-verse that contains several {{Alternate Timeline}}s.
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* CastFullOfGay: Willem, the protagonist of the short, ''Mysterium Tremendum'', is a gay man. The three other principal characters in the story are Willem's boyfriend, Glenn, and Victor and Dane, another gay couple that Willem and Glenn are close friends with.
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* ReligiousHorror: Barron has noted in several interviews and retrospective that he often goes to Literature/TheBible as a source of inspiration for his stories, as he sees much of the material in the Old Testament as very open to being PlayedForHorror, describing God as depicted in the Old Testament as "a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath." More specifically, the Old Leech can very easily be read as a twisted take on old Yahweh himself, and then there is the other recurring villain from several of his stories, Black Bill aka Splayfoot Bill, who is depicted as a demon-like entity that overtly leans into several trappings of the BigRedDevil trope (although in thread with Barron's other stories, he might actually be an alien entity).
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Laird Samuel Barron (born 5 March 1970) is an American author, who mainly writes within the Horror and DarkFantasy genres.
Barron grew up in rural Alaska, and described his upbringing as "dirt poor, Depression-era poor," and noted that his exceedingly harsh youth kick-started his interest in reading, leading to him developing an early affection for [[PulpMagazine pulp fiction]], [[TheWestern westerns]], and [[FilmNoir noir]], and eventually writing stories of his own, as he felt it was the only real escape he had from his hardships.
Many of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars antiquarians, however, Barron's protagonists tend to be more traditionally masculine, frequently being [[RatedMForManly though, self-confident, manly men who are used to make their way in the world their own grit and determination]], only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
!!Body of work
!!!{{Short Stor|y}}ies Collections
* ''The Imago Sequence & Other Stories'' (2007)
* ''Occultation'' (2010)
* ''The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All'' (2013)
* ''A Little Brown Book of Burials'' (2015)
* ''Swift to Chase'' (2016)
!!!Novels
* ''The Light is the Darkness'' (2010)
* ''Literature/TheCroning'' (2012)
* The ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series
** ''Blood Standard'' (2018)
** ''Black Mountain'' (2019)
** ''Worse Angels'' (2020)
** ''The Wind Began to Howl'' (2023)
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!! Tropes in his works:
* CosmicHorrorReveal: While the ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series appears to be sent in somewhat mundane world, there are several references and allusions to Barron's other works. ''Worse Angels'' then firmly reveals that it does indeed take place in the same universe as ''The Croning'' and the other Old Leech stories, when Coleridge have an encounter with the supernatural. That said, the story does offer a rational explanation for everything that happened, though Barron has commented that it is mostly there to prevent ContinuityLockOut for readers unfamiliar with his other works.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Children of the Old Leech, who are the recurring villains of many of Barron's stories. They can be described as some sort of intergalatic parasite, who procreate by [[TheAssimilator assimilating other "lesser" spieces by turning them into more of themselves]] and [[EmotionEater feed on emotions]] (primarily revulsion, fear, and anguish) as well as [[EatsBabies human children]], both of which they consider delicacies. While their true form is implied to be worm-like (and is further implied to be a much lesser version of their father, the Old Leech himself), they mostly assume a human form while on Earth, mostly due to the fact that they abhor sunlight and can better resist it while dressed in a human shell and it makes it easier for them to walk around unnoticed.
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Barron grew up in rural Alaska, and described his upbringing as "dirt poor, Depression-era poor," and noted that his exceedingly harsh youth kick-started his interest in reading, leading to him developing an early affection for [[PulpMagazine pulp fiction]], [[TheWestern westerns]], and [[FilmNoir noir]], and eventually writing stories of his own, as he felt it was the only real escape he had from his hardships.
Many of his stories have CosmicHorrorStory trappings, and frequently homages and takes inspiration from the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/ThomasLigotti, Creator/PeterStraub, and other prominent writers from the genre. Unlike Lovecraft's withdrawn and nerdy scholars antiquarians, however, Barron's protagonists tend to be more traditionally masculine, frequently being [[RatedMForManly though, self-confident, manly men who are used to make their way in the world their own grit and determination]], only to end up being caught-off when they inevitably stumble upon something that is trougher, older, and much, much meaner than themselves.
!!Body of work
!!!{{Short Stor|y}}ies Collections
* ''The Imago Sequence & Other Stories'' (2007)
* ''Occultation'' (2010)
* ''The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All'' (2013)
* ''A Little Brown Book of Burials'' (2015)
* ''Swift to Chase'' (2016)
!!!Novels
* ''The Light is the Darkness'' (2010)
* ''Literature/TheCroning'' (2012)
* The ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series
** ''Blood Standard'' (2018)
** ''Black Mountain'' (2019)
** ''Worse Angels'' (2020)
** ''The Wind Began to Howl'' (2023)
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!! Tropes in his works:
* CosmicHorrorReveal: While the ''Isaiah Coleridge'' series appears to be sent in somewhat mundane world, there are several references and allusions to Barron's other works. ''Worse Angels'' then firmly reveals that it does indeed take place in the same universe as ''The Croning'' and the other Old Leech stories, when Coleridge have an encounter with the supernatural. That said, the story does offer a rational explanation for everything that happened, though Barron has commented that it is mostly there to prevent ContinuityLockOut for readers unfamiliar with his other works.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Children of the Old Leech, who are the recurring villains of many of Barron's stories. They can be described as some sort of intergalatic parasite, who procreate by [[TheAssimilator assimilating other "lesser" spieces by turning them into more of themselves]] and [[EmotionEater feed on emotions]] (primarily revulsion, fear, and anguish) as well as [[EatsBabies human children]], both of which they consider delicacies. While their true form is implied to be worm-like (and is further implied to be a much lesser version of their father, the Old Leech himself), they mostly assume a human form while on Earth, mostly due to the fact that they abhor sunlight and can better resist it while dressed in a human shell and it makes it easier for them to walk around unnoticed.
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