Year's best weird fiction. Volume one by Barron, Laird, editor; Kelly, Michael, editor instant download

Year's best weird fiction. Volume one by Barron, Laird, editor; Kelly, Michael, editor instant download

332 pages ; 22 cm, The inaugural volume of the Year's Best Weird Fiction. No longer the purview of esoteric readers, weird fiction is enjoying wide popularity. Chiefly derived from early 20th-century pulp fiction, its remit includes ghost stories, the strange and macabre, the supernatural, fantasy, myth, philosophical ontology, ambiguity, and a healthy helping of the outre. At its best, weird fiction is an intersecting of themes and ideas that explore and subvert the Laws of Nature. It is not confined to one genre, but is the most diverse and welcoming of all genres. Hence, in this initial showcase of weird fiction you will discover tales of horror, fantasy, science fiction, the supernatural, and the macabre, We are for the weird / Laird Barron -- The nineteenth step / Simon Strantzas -- Swim wants to know if it's as bad as swim thinks / Paul Tremblay -- Dr. Blood and the ultra fabulous glitter squadron / A.C. Wise -- Year of the rat / Chen Qiufan -- Olimpia's ghost / Sofia Samatar -- Furnace / Livia Llewellyn -- Shall I whisper to you of moonlight, of sorrow, of pieces of us? / Damien Angelica Walters -- Bor urus / John Langan -- A quest of dream / W.H. Pugmire -- The Krakatoan / Maria Dahvana Headley -- The girl in the blue coat / Anna Taborska -- (he) Dreams of Lovecraftian horror / Joseph S. Pulver Sr. -- In limbo / Jeffrey Thomas -- A cavern of Redbrick / Richard Gavin -- Eyes exchange bank / Scott Nicolay -- Fox into lady / Anne-Sylvie Salzman -- Like feather, like bone / Kristi DeMeester -- A terror / Jeffrey Ford -- Success / Michael Blumlein -- Moonstruck / Karin Tidbeck -- The key to your heart is made of brass / John R. Fultz -- No breather in the world but thee / Jeff VanderMeer