legal name : barron , laird samuel birthplace : palmer , alaska , usa birthdate : 1970 wikipedia entry : http : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/laird_barron webpage : http : //www.benjamindesign.com/lairdbarron/index.html interviews : the laird barron sequence : defining the undefinable biography : bio : laird barron bibliographic comments : author : laird barron collections the imago sequence and other stories ( 2007 ) occultation [ forthcoming : may 15 2010 ] shortfiction hour of the cyclops ( 2000 ) shiva , open your eye ( 2001 ) old virginia ( 2003 ) bulldozer ( 2004 ) proboscis ( 2005 ) the imago sequence ( 2005 ) parallax ( 2005 ) the royal zoo is closed ( 2006 ) hallucigenia ( 2006 ) procession of the black sloth ( 2007 ) the forest ( 2007 ) the lagerstatte ( 2008 ) also appeared as : variant title : the lagerstatte ( 2008 ) the lonely death of mr. haringa ( 2008 ) the occultation ( 2008 ) also appeared as : variant title : occultation ( 2008 ) mysterium tremendum ( 2010 ) 30 ( 2010 ) six six six [ forthcoming : may 15 2010 ] catch hell [ forthcoming : may 15 2010 ] strappado [ forthcoming : may 15 2010 ] the broadsword [ forthcoming : may 15 2010 ] essays introduction : dark star : the michael shea experience ( 2008 ) http : //www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi ? laird_barron 7 .