Jeff VanderMeer

Jeffrey Thomas

Jeffrey Ford

Chen Qiufan

Sofia Samatar

Paul Tremblay

Maria Dahvana Headley

Michael Blumlein

John Langan

Karin Tidbeck

Joseph S. Pulver Sr.

A.C Wise

Richard Gavin

John R. Fultz

Anne-Sylvie Salzman

Livia Llewellyn

Anna Taborska

Scott Nicolay

Damien Angelica Walters

Kristie DeMeester

Simon Stranzas

W.H. Pugmire

Welcome to the weird! Acclaimed author and editor Laird Barron, one of weird fiction's brightest exponents, brings his expert eye and editorial sense to 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 outré. 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. Contributing authors include Jeffrey Ford, Sofia Samatar, Joseph S. Pulver Sr, John Langan, Richard Gavin, and W. H. Pugmire.

Year's Best Weird Fiction

John Shirley

Gary McMahon

Ramsey Campbell

Tim Lebbon

Guy Smith

Nancy Kilpatrick

Barbie Wilde

Steven Savile

William Meikle

Simon Kurt Unsworth

Scott Nicholson

Johnny Mains

Peter Crowther

Steve Lockley

Stephen Laws

David Riley

Stephen Price

Steve Duffy

Cancer is a monster. It hides, it lurks, and it pounces when you think it's down and defeated. In these 17 stories, established horror writers take the attack to the beast, fighting it the only way they know how. Ramsey Campbell - Introduction Tim Lebbon - Just Breathe Simon Kurt Unsworth - Photographs of Boden Steven Savile & Steve Lockley - The Last Gift John Shirley - Where the Market's Hottest Anna Taborska - Underbelly Stephen James Price - Pages of Promises Scott Nicholson - Heal Thyself Stephen Laws - Harbinger William Meikle - The Unfinished Basement Nancy Kilpatrick - Alien Love David Riley - A Girl, a Toad and a Cask Barbie Wilde - Polyp Johnny Mains - The Cure Guy N Smith - The Big One Pete Crowther - Cankerman Steve Duffy - X for Henrietta Gary McMahon - Bitter Soup Edited by William Meikle Cover art by Simon Marshall Jones

The Unspoken

Bone crushing hags in the Lake District... Cursed woods in sleepy Sussex... Forbidden books at Oxford University... Mutant Londoners in a bleak future metropolis... Fourteen novelettes and short stories, including four previously unpublished tales. With an introduction by Robert Shearman and interior illustrations by Reggie Oliver. Cover art by Paul Mudie.​ From writer and filmmaker Anna Taborska, author of For Those Who Dream Monsters. Anna is a British filmmaker and horror author. She has written and directed two short fiction films, two documentaries and an award-winning TV drama. She has also worked on twenty other films, with actors such as Rutger Hauer, Scott Wilson, Noah Taylor and Jenny Agutter, and was involved in the making of two major BBC television series: Auschwitz: the Nazis and the Final Solution and World War Two behind Closed Doors - Stalin, the Nazis and the West. Anna's short stories have appeared in over thirty anthologies, including Best New Writing 2011, The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four, Best British Horror 2014, Year's Best Weird Fiction Volume 1 and Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror. Anna's debut short story collection, For Those who Dream Monsters, published by Mortbury Press in 2013, won the Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award and was nominated for a British Fantasy Award. Anna's other books include Shadowcats - a micro-collection of cat stories published by Black Shuck Books in June 2019. You can watch clips from Anna's films and check her full biography at Anna Taborska Horror

Bloody Britain

What are you afraid of? What are you haunted by? What waits for you in the dark? Face your fears and embark on a journey to the dark side of the human condition. Defy the demons that prey on you and the cruel twists of fate that destroy what you hold most dear. A sadistic baker, a psychopathic physics professor, wolves, werewolves, cannibals, Nazis, devils, serial killers, ghosts and other monsters will haunt you long after you finish reading FOR THOSE WHO DREAM MONSTERS by Anna Taborska

For Those Who Dream Monsters

Anna Taborska

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