#Nadia Bulkin

[nettirw]

PRISMS - PRE-ORDER

PRISMS – PRE-ORDER

PRISMS, an anthology of dark science fiction and fantasy co-edited by Darren Speegle and Michael Bailey, is now available to pre-order. This anthology was previously published in limited hardcover by PS Publishing in March 2021, but will be made available in a wider release by Written Backwards on March 21st, 2023. Features cover artwork by Ben Baldwin. Prisms are instruments, mirrors,…

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#A.C. Wise #B.E. Scully #Ben Baldwin #Brian Evenson #Chaz Brenchley #Damien Angelica Walters #Darren Speegle #E. Catherine Tobler #Erinn L. Kemper #Fantasy #Ian Watson #J. Lincoln Fenn #Kristi DeMeester #Lynda E. Rucker #Michael Bailey #Michael Marshall Smith #Nadia Bulkin #Paul Di Filippo #Paul Meloy #Prisms #Richard Thomas #Roberta Lannes #Science Fiction #Scott Edelman #Tlotlo Tsamaase

[saint-starflicker]

#polls #nautical #dark nautical #dark academia #bookblr #zine #zines #zinester #zinesters #the others already in: #Truth is Order and Order is Truth by Nadia Bulkin #Moby Dick by Herman Melville #The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury #Manor by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs #The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

[valdevia]

Lot 6: Indonesian Statue of Unknown Deity.

"In his journals, Moertono described the statue as "hideous" and "shapeless" and "malformed," indicating it was but a deeply-imperfect attempt at capturing something else, some shape beyond the mastery of human hands or human eyes."

This is one of the illustrations I made for the Dagon Collection book, along with an extract from the accompanying story, written by Nadia Bulkin! You can get the book here:

#unreality #horror art #photoshop #dagon collection #get the book it's great! (not a paid endorsment I just really liked working on this!)

[brokehorrorfan]

Bound in Blood will be published in hardcover and e-book on September 10 via Titan Books. The 357-page anthology of cursed stories is edited by Johnny Mains.

It features stories by Adam Cesare, Eric LaRocca, Zin Rocklyn, Nadia Bulkin, Isy Suttie, Charlie Higson, Angeline Morrison, A.G. Slatter, Priya Sharma, A.K. Benedict, Guy Adams, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Ramsey Campbell, Alison Moore, Laura Mauro, Reggie Oliver, Anna Taborska, and Kim Newman.

A terrifying and chilling anthology of over 20 original stories by award-winning writers exploring cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals and the end of the world. You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in the attic, desperate to be read; lurking on your bookshelf, never seen before. Crack the spine, feel the ancient pages. Read it aloud, if you dare. This anthology brings together horror’s best and brightest to delve into the pages of cursed books, Eldtritch tomes and haunted bookstores.

Pre-order Bound in Blood.

#adam cesare #kim newman #eric larocca #priya sharma #charlie higson #ramsey campbell #horror #horror books #horror anthology #titan books #book #gift #johnny mains #isy suttie

[haveyoureadthispoll]

The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse. From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season. Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry... Featuring stories   Nadia Bulkin Terry Dowling Tananarive Due Jeffrey Ford Christopher Golden Stephen Graham Jones Glen Hirshberg Richard Kadrey Alma Katsu Cassandra Khaw John Langan Josh Malerman Nick Mamatas Garth Nix Benjamin Percy M. Rickert Kaaron Warren

#book: christmas and other horrors #author: various #genre: horror #genre: short stories #genre: christmas

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.

The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse.

From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season.

Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry...

Featuring stories from: 

Nadia Bulkin Terry Dowling Tananarive Due Jeffrey Ford Christopher Golden Stephen Graham Jones Glen Hirshberg Richard Kadrey Alma Katsu Cassandra Khaw John Langan Josh Malerman Nick Mamatas Garth Nix Benjamin Percy M. Rickert Kaaron Warren

Review:

Come one come all for some holiday horrors! This is a really fun anthology filled with holiday horror stories based on winter solstice traditions around the world. These are short and sweet and perfect for little horrors for the winter time.

*Thanks Netgalley and Titan Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

#book review #bookish #holiday horror stories

[mypralaya]

thinkin bout Red Goat Black Goat by Nadia Bulkin and “The Goat is our real mother, SHE IS EVERYONE’S REAL MOTHER” and the positive depictions of submissive yielding earth mothers, from the Mesopotamian Kishar to the Virgin Mary, even Gaia can only strike back by giving birth to monstrous children who will, to the wicked monster mothers like Tiamat and Echidna who are themselves dangerous monsters and how Haven kinda walks the line because she had all the traits of the former but in practice was the latter even if it was not her true nature idk where I’m going with this

[kelcipher]

Currently Reading – "There Is No Death, There Are No Dead: Tales of Spiritualism Horror" by Kathe Koja, Gemma Files, Lee Murray, Laird Barron, S.P. Miskowski, Gwendolyn Kiste, Helen Marshall, Chesya Burke, Lisa Morton, David Demchuk, Seanan McGuire, Catherine Lord, Nadia Bulkin, Michelle Belanger, Crystal Lake Publishing, Jess Landry, Aaron J. French.

Start reading it for free: https://a.co/aCzZnwy

[legendsoftabletop]

The Dark Worlds of Junji Ito (NecronomiCon 2022)

The Dark Worlds of Junji Ito (NecronomiCon 2022)

“It was made for me!” The Dark Worlds of Junji Ito Internationally acclaimed mangaka Junji Ito creates stories of strange obsession, transformation, and contamination unlike any other. Our panelists discuss his work and influences, and his impact as one of the masters of the international weird. Panelists: Nadia Bulkin (M), Cassandra Khaw, Sean Moreland, K. H. Vaughan CORE Products:…

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#Junji Ito #NecronomiCon

[thebibliothecar]

Truth is Order and Order is Truth, by Nadia Bulkin

Truth is Order and Order is Truth, by Nadia Bulkin

“You live in a monster’s empire. You’re only upset because you’re not the biggest monster anymore.”Nadia Bulkin, “Truth is Order and Order is Truth” “Regarding the setting for tales—I try to be as realistic as possible.”—H.P. Lovecraft to Emil Petaja, December 29, 1934 Last year I had the pleasure of reading some of the stories contained in the Valancourt BOOK OF WORLD HORROR STORIES, VOL. 1,…

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#black cranes #colonialism #cosmic horror #Cthulhu #father dagon #indonesia #innsmouth #lee murray #lovecraft #lovecraftian #mother hydra #mythos #nadia bulkin #politics #r&039;yleh #ruthanna emrys #shadow over innsmouth #she said destroy #war #white privilege #winter tide

[tachyonpub]

Get Ellen Datlow’s must-have anthology LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS for $1.99!

Ellen Datlow’s acclaimed anthology LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS is a Kindle Daily Deal for Friday, December 13.

For today only, the ebook is available for just $1.99!

“Some of the best Lovecraftian short fiction of the past 30 years.” —Washington Post

Behold these newly-illustrated legends of modern horror’s most wicked progeny. In LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS, H. P. Lovecraft’s famous creations—Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, and more—are celebrated in all their terrifying glory. Contributors include such literary luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Karl Edward Wagner, Elizabeth Bear, and Nick Mamatas. The monsters are lovingly rendered in spectacular original art by World Fantasy Award–winning artist John Coulthart (The Steampunk Bible).

“If you like Lovecraft even a little bit, this collection is a must.” —Book Riot

Table of Contents

Introduction by Ellen Datlow

Foreword by Stefan Dziemianowicz

“Only the End of the World Again” by Neil Gaiman

“The Bleeding Shadow” by Joe R. Lansdale

“Love Is Forbidden, We Croak and Howl” by Caitlín R. Kiernan

“Bulldozer” by Laird Barron

“A Quarter to Three” by Kim Newman

“Inelastic Collisions” by Elizabeth Bear

“That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable” by Nick Mamatas

“Red Goat Black Goat” by Nadia Bulkin

“Jar of Salts” and “Haruspicy” by Gemma Files

“Black as the Pit From Pole to Pole” by Howard Waldrop and Steven Utley

“I’ve Come to Talk With You Again” by Karl Edward Wagner

“The Sect of the Idiot” by Thomas Ligotti

“The Dappled Thing” by William Browning Spencer

“The Same Deep Waters as You” by Brian Hodge

“Remnants” by Fred Chappell

“Waiting at the Cross Roads Motel” by Steve Rasnic Tem

“Children of the Fang” by John Langan

“Ellen Datlow’s second editorial outing into the realm of Lovecraft proves even more fruitful than the first. Focusing on Lovecraftian monsters, Datlow offers readers sixteen stories and two poems of a variety that should please any fans of the genre.” —The Arkham Digest

For more information on LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS, visit the Tachyon site.

Cover and illustrations by John Coulthart

#ellen datlow #lovecraft's monsters #h. p. lovecraft #kdd #kindle daily deal #stefan dziemianowicz #neil gaiman #joe r lansdale #caitlín r. kiernan #laird barron #kim newman #elizabeth bear #nick mamatas #nadia bulkin #gemma files #howard waldrop #steven utley #karl edward wagner #thomas ligotti #william browning spencer #brian hodge #fred chappell #steve rasnic tem #john langan #john coulthart

[nettirw]

PRISMS

Prisms (co-edited by Darren Speegle and yours truly) is now available by PS Publishing. Available in trade hardcover or limited signed / numbered hardback (only 100, signed by all). Instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained herein are nineteen transformative tales from some of speculative fiction’s…

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#A.C. Wise #B.E. Scully #Brian Evenson #Chaz Brenchley #Damien Angelica Walters #Darren Speegle #E. Catherine Tobler #Erinn L. Kemper #Ian Watson #J. Lincoln Fenn #Kristi DeMeester #Lynda E. Rucker #Michael Bailey #Michael Marshall Smith #Nadia Bulkin #Paul Di Filippo #Paul Meloy #Prisms #PS Publishing #Richard Thomas #Roberta Lannes #Scott Edelman #Tlotlo Tsamaase

[ruhin1art]

A bear inspired by the story “There is a bear in the woods”, by Nadia Bulkin.

#draw #drawing #my art #art #digital #digital drawing #lovecraftian #digital art #monochrome #black #black and white #b&w #bear #woods #there is a bear in the woods #nadia bulkin #autumn cthulhu #this image was freaky

[wordhordepress]

Nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award: Nadia Bulkin’s She Said Destroy A dictator craves love–and horrifying sacrifice–from his subjects; a mother raised in a decaying warren fights to reclaim her stolen daughter; a ghost haunts a luxury hotel in a bloodstained land; a new babysitter uncovers a family curse; a final girl confronts a broken-winged monster… Word Horde presents the debut collection from critically-acclaimed Weird Fiction author Nadia Bulkin. Dreamlike, poignant, and unabashedly socio-political, She Said Destroy includes three stories nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award, four included in Year’s Best anthologies, and one original tale.

#gif #shesaiddestroy #nadia bulkin #stories #horror #books

[fictionz]

New Fiction 2020

Previously: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

Short Stories

“Evolution Never Sleeps” by Elisabeth Malartre (1999)

“Sexual Dimorphism” by Kim Stanley Robinson (1999)

“Game of the Century” by Robert Reed (1999)

“In a Tub” by Amy Hempel (1985)

“Tonight Is a Favor to Holly” by Amy Hempel (1985)

“Celia Is Back” by Amy Hempel (1985)

“The Glitch” by Rebekah Frumkin (2013)

“John Starks” by Salvatore Pane (2012)

“The Jon Lennin Xperience” by Rachel B. Glaser (2010)

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Arthur Conan Doyle (1892)

"The Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie (1933)

“Sadie When She Died” by Ed McBain (1972)

“The Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving (1824)

“The Apparition of Mrs. Veal“ by Daniel Defoe (1706)

“Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” by Clive Barker (1984)

“The Soul of the Great Bell” by Lafcadio Hearn (1887)

“In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2000)

“The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce (1898)

“A Visit” (prev. “The Lovely House”) by Shirley Jackson (1952)

“Night Surf” by Stephen King (1969)

“The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948)

"The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards (1864)

“Afterward” by Edith Wharton (1910)

“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen (1945)

“The Tower” by Marghanita Laski (1955)

“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971)

“███████” by Joyce Carol Oates (1998)

“Vampire Princess” by Ryuki Mao (2004)

“Cruel Sistah” by Nisi Shawl (2005)

“The You Train” by N.K. Jemisin (2007)

“Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor (2011)

“Pearls” by Priya Sharma (2012)

“Monstro” by Junot Díaz (2012)

“Bugs” by Ageha (2013)

“The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell (2013)

“How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (2014)

“Sixteen Minutes” by Premee Mohamed (2016)

“Wish You Were Here” by Nadia Bulkin (2016)

“A Diet of Worms” by Valerie Valdes (2016)

“None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago (2016)

“The Taming of the Tongue” by Russell Nichols (2016)

“Wet Pain” by Terence Taylor (2007)

Novels

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926)

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930)

The Crazy Kill by Chester Himes (1959)

The Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell (1986)

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012)

Comic Shorts/Single Issues

“The Enigma of Amigara Fault” by Junji Ito (2001)

“Out of Skin” by Emily Carroll (2013)

Video Games

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order dev. Respawn Entertainment (2019)

Hogs of War dev. Infogrames Sheffield House (2000)

MASSIVE CHALICE dev. Double Fine Productions (2015)

Far Cry Primal dev. Ubisoft Montreal (2016)

Star Wars: Republic Commando dev. LucasArts (2005)

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II dev. LucasArts (1997)

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith dev. LucasArts (1998)

Ape Out dev. Gabe Cuzzillo (2019)

The Last of Us Part II dev. Naughty Dog (2020)

Prehistoric Isle in 1930 dev. SNK (1989)

CARRION dev. Phobia Game Studio (2020)

Drakengard 3 dev. Access Games (2014)

South Park: The Stick of Truth dev. Obsidian Entertainment (2014)

The Walking Dead: The Final Season dev. Telltale Games and Skybound Games (2018-2019)

EarthBound dev. Ape and HAL Laboratory (1995)

Spider-Man: The City that Never Sleeps dev. Insomniac Games (2018)

Spider-Man: Miles Morales dev. Insomniac Games (2020)

Short Films

“Dcera (Daughter)” dir. Daria Kashcheeva (2019)

“Hair Love” dir. Matthew A. Cherry & Karen Rupert Toliver (2019)

“Kitbull” dir. Kathryn Hendrickson & Rosana Sullivan (2019)

“Mémorable” dir. Bruno Collet (2019)

“Sister” dir. Siqi Song (2018)

“Henrietta Bulkowski” dir. Rachel Johnson (2019)

“The Bird and the Whale” dir. Carol Freeman (2018)

“Hors Piste” dir. Léo Brunel, Camille Jalabert, Loris Cavalier, Oscar Malet (2018)

“Maestro” dir. Florian Babikian & Victor Caire (2019)

“A Sister” dir. Delphine Girald (2018)

“Brotherhood” dir. Meryam Joobeur (2018)

“Nefta Football Club” dir. Yves Piat (2018)

“Saria” dir. Bryan Buckley (2019)

“The Neighbors’ Window” dir. Marshall Curry (2019)

“Papers, Please – The Short Film” dir. Nikita Ordynskiy (2018)

“Playdate with Destiny” dir. David Silverman (2020)

“Black Box” dir. Monica Garrison (2010)

Movies

Michael Clayton dir. Tony Gilroy (2007)

Little Women dir. Greta Gerwig (2019)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) dir. Cathy Yan (2020)

1917 dir. Sam Mendes (2020)

Sonic The Hedgehog dir. Jeff Fowler (2020)

Onward dir. Dan Scanlon (2020)

The Invisible Man dir. Leigh Whannell (2020)

Bloodshot dir. David S. F. Wilson (2020)

The Hunt dir. Craig Zobel (2020)

Cabin Boy dir. Adam Resnick (1994)

Manos: The Hands of Fate dir. Harold P. Warren (1966)

The Castle of Cagliostro dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1979)

Misery dir. Rob Reiner (1990)

The Descent dir. Neil Marshall (2005)

The Descent Part 2 dir. Jon Harris (2009)

Black Rock dir. Katie Aselton (2012)

The Nightingale dir. Jennifer Kent (2018)

Labyrinth dir. Jim Henson (1986)

Dark City dir. Alex Proyas (1998)

Night of the Hunter dir. Charles Laughton (1955)

In the Mouth of Madness dir. John Carpenter (1994)

Sorcerer dir. William Friedkin (1977)

Paperhouse dir. Bernard Rose (1988)

Strangers on a Train dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1951)

Gone Girl dir. David Fincher (2014)

Dune dir. David Lynch (1984)

Nosferatu the Vampyre dir. Werner Herzog (1979)

Blacula dir. William Crain (1972)

Splice dir. Vincenzo Natali (2009)

In the Tall Grass dir. Vincenzo Natali (2019)

Fright Night dir. Tom Holland (1985)

Near Dark dir. Kathryn Bigelow (1987)

Don’t Look Now dir. Nicolas Roeg (1973)

The Ritual dir. David Bruckner (2017)

Thirst dir. Park Chan-wook (2009)

Hush dir. Mike Flanagan (2016)

A Tale of Two Sisters dir. Kim Jee-woon (2003)

The Invitation dir. Karyn Kusama (2015)

Bird Box dir. Susanne Bier (2018)

Jennifer’s Body dir. Karyn Kusama (2009)

Pee Wee's Big Adventure dir. Tim Burton (1985)

Smooth Talk dir. Joyce Chopra (1985)

The Muppet Movie dir. James Frawley (1979)

Police Story dir. Jackie Chan (1985)

Tomorrow Never Dies dir. Roger Spottiswoode (1997)

The World Is Not Enough dir. Michael Apted (1999)

Die Another Day dir. Lee Tamahori (2002)

Quantum of Solace dir. Marc Forster (2008)

Skyfall dir. Sam Mendes (2012)

Spectre dir. Sam Mendes (2015)

Just Another Christmas dir. Roberto Santucci (2020)

A California Christmas dir. Shaun Piccinino (2020)

Soul dir. Pete Docter (2020)

TV Episodes

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" (2020)

Bob's Burgers - "Heartbreak Hotel-oween" (2020)

TV Series

Gargoyles - Seasons 2 & 3 (1995-1997)

Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 (2020)

Star Trek: Discovery - Seasons 1 & 2 (2017-2019)

Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018)

Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2017-2018)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 7 (2020)

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Seasons 12-14 (2017-2019)

American Horror Story: 1984 (2019)

The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)

The Magic School Bus - Seasons 1-2 (1994-1995)

What We Do in the Shadows - Seasons 1-2 (2019-2020)

Hannibal - Seasons 1-3 (2013-2015)

Bee and PuppyCat - Season 1 (2014-2016)

The Twilight Zone - Seasons 4-5 (1963-1964)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Seasons 6-7 (2019-2020)

The Good Place - Season 4 (2019-2020)

BoJack Horseman - Seasons 5-6 (2018-2020)

House of Cards - Seasons 5-6 (2017-2018)

#new fiction #2020 #fiction #lists

[rockislandadultreads]

Short Story Collections: Horror edition

In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus by Stephen Jones, Neil Gaiman

Frankenstein... His very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead.

Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the Secrets of Life, as science fiction meets horror when the world's most famous creature lives again.

Here are collected together for the first time twenty-four electrifying tales of cursed creation that are guaranteed to spark your interest—with classics from the pulp magazines by Robert Bloch and Manly Wade Wellman, modern masterpieces from Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, David J. Schow, and R. Chetwynd-Hayes, and new contributions from Graham Masterton, Basil Copper, John Brunner, Guy N. Smith, Kim Newman, Paul J. McAuley, Roberta Lannes, Michael Marshall Smith, Daniel Fox, Adrian Cole, Nancy Kilpatrick, Brian Mooney and Lisa Morton.

Plus, you're sure to get a charge from three complete novels: The Hound of Frankenstein by Peter Tremayne, The Dead End by David Case, and Mary W. Shelley's original masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

As an electrical storm rages overhead, the generators are charged up, and beneath the sheet a cold form awaits its miraculous rebirth. Now it's time to throw that switch and discover all that Man Was Never Meant to Know.

She Said Destroy by Nadia Bulkin

A dictator craves love--and horrifying sacrifice--from his subjects; a mother raised in a decaying warren fights to reclaim her stolen daughter; a ghost haunts a luxury hotel in a bloodstained land; a new babysitter uncovers a family curse; a final girl confronts a broken-winged monster... Word Horde presents the debut collection from critically-acclaimed Weird Fiction author Nadia Bulkin. Dreamlike, poignant, and unabashedly socio-political, She Said Destroy includes three stories nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award, four included in Year's Best anthologies, and one original tale, with an Introduction by Paul Tremblay.

His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler, Kendare Blake, Rin Chupeco, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Stephanie Kuehn, Amanda Lovelace, Marieke Nijkamp, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Hillary Monahan, Caleb Roehrig, Fran Wilde

Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.

Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales, and how they’ve been brought to life in 13 unique and unforgettable ways.

The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.

In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin’s doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect “found dolls” from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family's estate. But just what kind of dolls are they? In “Gun Accident,” a teenage girl is thrilled when her favorite teacher asks her to house-sit, even on short notice. But when an intruder forces his way into the house while the girl is there, the fate of more than one life is changed forever. In “Equatorial,” set in the exotic Galapagos, an affluent American wife experiences disorienting assaults upon her sense of who her charismatic husband really is, and what his plans may be for her.

In The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates evokes the “fascination of the abomination” that is at the core of the most profound, the most unsettling, and the most memorable of dark mystery fiction.

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922." the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

"Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitely ends a good marriage.

Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, George R.R. Martin, Bob Leman, Haruki Murakami, Mervyn Peake, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Franz Kafka, Stephen King, Kelly Link

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature.

Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon.

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