Chilling Tales: In Words, Alas, Drown I
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Publisher Description
21 New Spine Tingling Tales...
Canada’s maestro of the macabre, Michael Kelly, brings you CHILLING TALES: In Words, Alas, Drown I, an all new collection of nightmares that will perturb and torment you. Tales that will leave a frisson of fear and raise a quiver of gooseflesh. A chill is in the air.
This tome includes selections by iconic Canadian dark fantasy and horror writers Camille Alexa, Colleen Anderson, Kevin Cockle, Gemma Files, Lisa L. Hannett, Sandra Kasturi, Derek Künsken, Claude Lalumière, Daniel LeMoal, Catherine MacLeod, Helen Marshall, Michael Matheson, David Nickle, Ian Rogers, Douglas Smith, Simon Strantzas, Edo van Belkom, Halli Villegas, Bev Vincent, Robert J. Wiersema, and Rio Youers, with an introduction by Michael Kelly.
Table of Contents:
In Libitina’s House by Camille Alexa
Gingerbread People by Colleen Anderson
Meteor Lake by Kevin Cockle
Homebody by Gemma Files
Snowglobes by Lisa L. Hannett
The Hair Dress by Sandra Kasturi
The Dog’s Paw by Derek Künsken
The Flowers of Katrina by Claude Lalumière
Goldmine by Daniel LeMoal
The Salamander’s Waltz by Catherine MacLeod
The Slipway Grey by Helen Marshall
Weary, Bone Deep by Michael Matheson
Black Hen A La Ford by David Nickle
Day Pass by Ian Rogers
Fiddleheads by Douglas Smith
Dwelling on the Past by Simon Strantzas
Heart of Darkness by Edo van Belkom
Fishfly Season by Halli Villegas
Road Rage by Bev Vincent
Crossroads Blues by Robert J. Wiersema
Honesty by Rio Youers
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Taking up where Don Hutchison's Northern Frights left off, 20 Canadian authors 12 men and eight women offer artfully crafted tales of horror, alienation and death. Found herein are unsavory accounts of dark desires, love and murder entwined, and satanic contracts. As one would expect from horror's glorious history of enthusiastic xenophobia, one that reaches back to Lovecraft and beyond, some of the authors present other cultures in alarming ways calculated to pander to readers' fears, from the hungry revenant unleashed by the outraged Six Nations in "Dwelling on the Past" to a diplomat's embrace of honor killings and public stoning in "The Dog's Paw." Creepy neighbors are used to good effect in "In Libitina's House," while "Day Pass" recalls elements of Alan Moore's classic tale of menacing womanhood "The Curse." While some of the themes in the work may be regrettable, the prose itself is of a solidly consistent level, the work of professionals experienced at their chosen genre. Collectively, the authors prove expert at reinterpreting anxieties old and modern in ways carefully designed to entertain and horrify.
