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(0)Angela Slatter
Angela Slatter's first U.S. collection features twelve of the award-winning Australian author's finest, darkest fairy tales, and adds two new stories to her marvelous cauldron of fiction. Stories peopled by women and girls—fearless, frightened, brave, bold, frail, and fantastical—who take the paths less travelled, accept (and offer) poisoned apples, and embrace transformation in all its forms. Reminiscent of Angela Carter at her best,
...Angela Slatter's No Good Deed is a dark fantasy tale of magic, ghosts, and marriage set in her World Fantasy Award-winning Sourdough universe.
Isobel assumed her wedding would be the grandest day of her life, but when she wakes in a ghost-filled tomb still wearing her bridal veil, it's clear events have taken an unexpected turn.
With the assistance of a vengeful spirit Isobel escapes her imprisonment, but her
Traversing the borderlands between terror and lush, fantastic beauty, Winter Children and Other Chilling Tales, Angela Slatter's eighth collection of short fiction, gathers twelve tales of horror, the uncanny, and dark lament.
Here, you will find Lovecraftian terrors, Aussie vampires, fell magic, ancient wisdom, wayward children, and twisted moments of desire gone horribly wrong. From the otherworldly threats of "The Song of Sighs"
...Welcome to The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners and Other Stories.
Slatter's work has been described by the legendary Ramsey Campbell as "enviably original, and told in prose as stylish as it's precise. Not just disturbing but often touching, her work enriches and revives the tale of terror."
From the fierce changeling children of 'Finnegan's Field' to shades of old gods in 'Egyptian Revival', from the Lovecraftian echoes of 'Lavinia's Wood'
When a strange creature approaches Selke's campfire, intent on filling its stomach with who knows what (or whom), Selke disarms it with her own meal and the promise of stories, eager to prolong her life while she searches for salvation.
There follows the tale of Gwynn, a young witch determined to survive the prince's court and avoid the fate of his many wives; the story of a dital harp, imbued with the magic of its maker to aid in her quest
...9) Vigil
Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
"Sleeping in Metal and Bone" by Kristi DeMeester
"The Whalers Song" by Ray Cluley (reprint)
"Driving with Ghosts" by Clara Madrigano
"Honor Thy Mother" by Angela Slatter (reprint)
Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
"Some There Be That Shadows Kiss" by James Bennett
"Dusk" by Angela Slatter (reprint)
"You, the Listener, on a Heavenly Trip" by Françoise Harvey
"W is for Whispers" by Steve Rasnic Tem (reprint)
Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
"Of Gentle Wolves" by James Bennett
"The Names of the Drowned are These" by Angela Slatter (reprint)
"Silk-Wrapped Love Story" by Phoenix Alexander
"The Memory Eater" by H. Pueyo (reprint)
Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
"Mother Love" by Clara Madrigano
"No Good Deed" by Angela Slatter (reprint)
"Forwarded" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"The Man at Table Nine" by Ray Cluley (reprint)
20) Arcana
Tarot card decks have twenty-two major arcana, filled with symbolism and imbued with meaning. Explore the greater secrets and ideas behind those cards with the stories and poems of Arcana. Discovery awaits, in tales such as: a grasping king struggling with his legacy; an alchemist setting a golem out on a mission of revenge; and a woman finding what she didn't know she was looking for.
Each story is like drawing a card from the deck—you
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