Nathan Ballingrud: "The Maw"

It's spooky season! To celebrate all things murderous, malevolent, and macabre, we have a story suggestion from long-running (but long-absent) Books & Beer veteran Jud Widing. I've read it. It's weird, freaky, bloody, haunting—but also kind of beautiful? I can see why Jud decided to take a night off work specifically to join this discussion. ["The Maw" by Nathan Ballingrud](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-maw/) (Nightmare Magazine link) "The Maw" by Nathan Ballingrud (PDF) Bring your spooky selves!