“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore
In the aftermath of nuclear war, a man named Jimmon sees all his built-up middle-class resentment explode in civilization’s twilight. Yet Jimmon reaps what he sows…
Tag Archives: short fiction
Dear Sweet Filthy World – Caitlín R. Kiernan
A collection of 28 visions from the grim intersection where desire meets destruction, pulled from Kiernan’s own Sirenia Digest magazine.
Hap and Leonard: Blood & Lemonade – Joe R. Lansdale
A collection of Hap Collins’ younger days growing up in East Texas, and some of his earliest adventures with pal Leonard Pine.
Infernal Parade – Clive Barker
A collection of short stories that forms a novella, a surreal tapestry of dark fantastique as only Clive Barker could tell.
Burning Chrome – William Gibson
Collecting ten of William Gibson’s early cyberpunk short stories from the late 1970s and early 1980s, dark visions of a globalized, high-tech, and deadly future.
Borderline – Lawrence Block
Four tales from Lawrence Block’s early days, living on the border between sleaze and crime: south-o-the-border short novel Border Lust, two short stories, and the detective novella “Stag Party Girl.”
Five Stories High – Jonathan Oliver, ed.
“One House, Five Hauntings, Five Chilling Stories” is the tagline for this anthology of five novellas, each one set in the same nefarious house – Irongrove Lodge
Slipping – Lauren Beukes
The first collection by South African author Lauren Beukes, Slipping contains 21 short stories in a science fiction/horror vein, along with 5 nonfiction pieces.
Nightmares – Ellen Datlow, ed.
A collection of some great horror short fiction of the last decade, including stories by: Caitlín R. Kiernan, Laird Barron, Gene Wolfe, Brian Hodge, Gemma Files, Lisa Tuttle, Garth Nix, and more
The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
When he delivers an occult tome to an old woman in Queens, a street-smart hustler opens a door to deeper kind of magic and attracts the attention of things best left sleeping…
The Stuff of Dreams – Edward Lucas White
A collection of weird fiction and dark, supernatural fantasies inspired by dreams and nightmares, written by the now-overlooked Edward Lucas White.
