Arguably the worlds greatest scholar of the Weird Fiction genre, editor S.T. Joshi has selected 21 eerie tales around the theme of "the Weird Place." We believe that the Authors list speaks for itself. All but one presented here for the first time. Richard Corben dustjacket art. Richly illustrated by Rodger Gerberding . Contents Introduction by S. T. Joshi Iced In by Melanie Tem At Home with Azathoth by John Shirley The Girl Between the Slats by Michael Aronovitz The Patter of Tiny Feet by Richard Gavin At Lorn Hall by Ramsey Campbell Blind Fish by Caitlín R. Kiernan An Element of Nightmare by W. H. Pugmire The Reeds by Gary Fry Crawldaddies by Steve Rasnic Tem Three Dreams of Ys by Jonathan Thomas Willie the Protector by Lois H. Gresh Miranda’s Tree by Hannes Bok The Beautiful Fog Ascending by Simon Strantzas Exit Through the Gift Shop by Nick Mamatas Going to Ground by Darrell Schweitzer Dark Equinox by Ann K. Schwader Et in Arcadia Ego by Brian Stableford The Shadow of Heaven by Jason V Brock Flesh and Bones by Nancy Kilpatrick The Sculptures in the House by John D. Haefele Ice Fishing by Donald Tyson
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Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Woodard, was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for various science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds of black and white interior illustrations. Bok's work graced the pages of calendars and early fanzines, as well as dust jackets from specialty book publishers like Arkham House, Llewellyn, Shasta, and Fantasy Press. His paintings achieved a luminous quality through the use of an arduous glazing process, which was learned from his mentor, Maxfield Parrish. Bok was the first artist to win a Hugo Award. Today, Bok is best known for his cover art which appeared on various pulp and science fiction magazines, such as Weird Tales, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Other Worlds, Super Science Stories, Imagination, Fantasy Fiction, Planet Stories, If, Castle of Frankenstein, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Novels: Alice Walks The Witch of the Wood Collections: Seven Deadly Pleasures The Voices in Our Heads Writer of Reviews and Criticism on / in: Hellnotes The Weird Fiction Review Chiaroscuro The Australian Metro Anthologies: Searchers After Horror The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror Upcoming: Novel- "Phantom Effect" Night Shade Books / February 2016 Novel- "Becky's Kiss" Vinspire Press / November 2015 under the pseudonym Nicholas Fisher
Donald Tyson is a Canadian from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Early in life he was drawn to science by an intense fascination with astronomy, building a telescope by hand when he was eight. He began university seeking a science degree, but became disillusioned with the aridity and futility of a mechanistic view of the universe and shifted his major to English. After graduating with honors he has pursued a writing career. Now he devotes his life to the attainment of a complete gnosis of the art of magic in theory and practice. His purpose is to formulate an accessible system of personal training composed of East and West, past and present, that will help the individual discover the reason for one's existence and a way to fulfill it.
John Shirley won the Bram Stoker Award for his story collection Black Butterflies, and is the author of numerous novels, including the best-seller DEMONS, the cyberpunk classics CITY COME A-WALKIN', ECLIPSE, and BLACK GLASS, and his newest novels STORMLAND and A SORCERER OF ATLANTIS. He is also a screenwriter, having written for television and movies; he was co-screenwriter of THE CROW. He has been several Year's Best anthologies including Prime Books' THE YEAR'S BEST DARK FANTASY AND HORROR anthology, and his nwest story collection is IN EXTREMIS: THE MOST EXTREME SHORT STORIES OF JOHN SHIRLEY. His novel BIOSHOCK: RAPTURE telling the story of the creation and undoing of Rapture, from the hit videogame BIOSHOCK is out from TOR books; his Halo novel, HALO: BROKEN CIRCLE is coming out from Pocket Books. His most recent novels are STORMLAND and (forthcoming) AXLE BUST CREEK. His new story collection is THE FEVERISH STARS. STORMLAND and other John Shirley novels are available as audiobooks. He is also a lyricist, having written lyrics for 18 songs recorded by the Blue Oyster Cult (especially on their albums Heaven Forbidden and Curse of the Hidden Mirror), and his own recordings. John Shirley has written only one nonfiction book, GURDJIEFF: AN INTRODUCTION TO HIS LIFE AND IDEAS, published by Penguin/Jeremy Tarcher. John Shirley story collections include BLACK BUTTERFLIES, IN EXTREMIS, REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY WEIRD STORIES, and LIVING SHADOWS. source: Amazon
Wilum lived in Seattle, WA and wrote Cthulhu Mythos fiction full-time. He was the self-proclaimed "Queen of Eldritch Horror," and had been writing Lovecraftian weird fiction since the early 1970s. Writing weird fiction was his life, but congestive heart failure slowed his writing. He considered his finest books to be Some Unknown Gulf of Night (Arcane Wisdom Press 2011), Uncommon Places (Hippocampus Press 2012) and The Tangled Muse (Centipede Press 2011).
