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Cold Comfort
2001
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27 chilling tales from a modern master of the erotic and the bizarre. With a foreword by Paula Guran. "Nancy Kilpatrick is never afraid to take risks, and her risks pay off." Poppy Z. Brite Contents xii • Foreword (Cold Comfort ) • (2001) • essay by Paula Guran xvi • Preface (Cold Comfort ) • (2001) • essay by Nancy Kilpatrick 3 • Woodworker • (1995) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 9 • Alien Love • (1998) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick (aka Demon Love) 15 • What Matters • (2001) • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick 17 • Heartbeat • (1995) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 25 • Megan's Spirit • (1991) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 35 • When Shadows Come Back • (1991) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 41 • Snow Angel • (1995) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 49 • Brina • (1997) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 55 • The Children of Gael • (1997) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick and Benoit Bisson 67 • Animal Rites • (1992) • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick 71 • Base of a Triangle • (1998) • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick 75 • Creature Comforts • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 83 • Horrorscope • (2001) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 89 • An Eye for an Eye • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 95 • Generation Why • (1997) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 101 • ...And Thou! • (1997) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 107 • Rural Legend • (1998) • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick 109 • Youth Not Wasted • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 115 • The Power of One • (1993) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 121 • Truth • (1993) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 129 • Inspiriter • (1999) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 137 • Punkins • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 143 • Vermiculture • (2000) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 151 • The Middle of Nowhere • (2001) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 155 • Cold Comfort • (2001) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 159 • Whitelight • (1993) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 163 • Projections • (1995) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 171 • Metal Fatigue • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick 176 • About the Stories (Cold Comfort) • (2001) • essay by Nancy Kilpatrick 179 • About the Author (Cold Comfort) • (2001) • essay by uncredited 181 • Other Works by Nancy Kilpatrick (Cold Comfort ) • (2001) • essay by uncredited

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Paula Guran
Paula Guran
Author · 17 books
Paula Guran is senior editor for Prime Books. She edited the Juno fantasy imprint from its small press inception through its incarnation as an imprint of Pocket Books. She is also senior editor of Prime's soon-to-launch digital imprint Masque Books. Guran edits the annual Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror series as well as a growing number of other anthologies. In an earlier life she produced weekly email newsletter DarkEcho (winning two Stokers, an IHG award, and a World Fantasy Award nomination), edited Horror Garage (earning another IHG and a second World Fantasy nomination), and has contributed reviews, interviews, and articles to numerous professional publications.
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