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The Underhistory

By: Kaaron Warren

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Wholly unique and deeply compelling' - ESQUIRE 'Hauntingly creepy' - ERIN KELLY 'A heartfelt and chilling gothic tragedy' - CHRIS WHITAKER People come to visit my home and I love to show them around. It's not the original house of course. That was destroyed the day my entire family died. But I don't think their ghosts know the difference. Pera Sinclair was nine the day the pilot intentionally crashed his plane into her family's grand home, killing everyone inside. She was the girl who survived the tragedy, a sympathetic oddity, growing stranger by the day. Over the decades she rebuilt the huge and rambling building on the original site, recreating what she had lost, each room telling a piece of the story of her life and that of the many people who died there, both before and after the disaster. Her sister, murdered a hundred miles away. The soldier, broken by war. Death follows Pera, and she welcomes it in as an old friend. And while she doesn't believe in ghosts, she's not above telling a ghost story or two to those who come to visit Sinclair House. As Pera shows a young family around her home on the last haunted house tour of the season, an unexpected group of men arrive. One she recognises, but the others are strangers. But she knows their type all too well. Dangerous men, who will hurt the family without a second thought, and who will keep an old woman alive only so long as she is useful. But as she begins to show them around her home and reveal its secrets, the dangerous men will learn that she is far from helpless. After all, death seems to follow her wherever she goes... Sinister and lyrical, The Underhistory is a haunting tale of loss, self-preservation and the darkness beneath.

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Serpent's Tail

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1800812051

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Mistification

By: Kaaron Warren

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Mistification

By: Kaaron Warren

Marvo is a stage magician. His magic is real. Marvo grows up without knowing his parents, without knowing his heritage, without knowing much about life. The magicians have always been with us, since the beginning of civilisation. They fill our heads with the mist, keeping us from witnessing the stark reality of existence. But are things so bad that Marvo will bring it down on all of us, forever? Marvo begins to understand those around him, and his place in the world; he discovers that his remarkable powers can be put to good, or to evil. He only has to choose... FILE UNDER: Horror [Sleight of Hand / Find the Lady / All is Illusion / Death Rules]

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0857661108

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The Underhistory

By: Kaaron Warren

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The Underhistory

By: Kaaron Warren

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Capturing Ghosts On The Page: Writing Horror & Dark Fiction

By: Kaaron Warren

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Capturing Ghosts On The Page: Writing Horror & Dark Fiction

By: Kaaron Warren

“Don’t write merely to shock. People are used to shock-horror. You need to get beneath the skin. Use a flensing knife and keep it sharp. It’s good to shock, but only as part of the story you tell.” In this chapbook, Kaaron Warren—the Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer behind Slights, The Greif Hole, and Into Bones Like Oil—explores the craft and philosophy of trapping dark and disturbing fiction on the page. Drawn from essays, workshops, and articles about the craft and business of writing, Capturing Ghosts On The Page feature’s Warren’s tips on writing ghost stories, overcoming professional jealousy, working to an anthology brief, tapping your dreams for inspiration, and more. Whether you want an insight into the creative process that drives Warren’s dark and enchanting fiction, or you are an aspiring writer seeking tips from one of the most talented authors of horror fiction writing today, this chapbook is a peek into the mindset and practice of a celebrated Australian author.

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Brain Jar Press

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192247911X

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Walking the Tree

By: Kaaron Warren

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Walking the Tree

By: Kaaron Warren

Botanica is an island, but almost all of the island is taken up by the Tree. Little knowing how they came to be here, small communities live around the coast line. The Tree provides them shelter, kindling, medicine – and a place of legends, for there are ghosts within the trees who snatch children and the dying. Lillah has come of age and is now ready to leave her community and walk the tree for five years, learning all Botanica has to teach her. Before setting off, Lillah is asked by the dying mother of a young boy to take him with her. In a country where a plague killed half the population, Morace will otherwise be killed in case he has the same disease. But can Lillah keep the boy’s secret, or will she have to resort to breaking the oldest taboo on Botanica? Another astonishingly imaginative novel from the acclaimed author of Slights. FILE UNDER: Fantasy [A Stunning World / An Epic Journey / A Terrifying Secret / Ghosts in the Tree]

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Watkins Media Limited

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0857660446

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Creatures

The Legend of Frankenstein

By: Emma Newman,Paul Meloy,Tade Thompson,Rose Biggin,Kaaron Warren

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Creatures

The Legend of Frankenstein

By: Emma Newman,Paul Meloy,Tade Thompson,Rose Biggin,Kaaron Warren

Victor Frankenstein is the first to unlock the key to life, but not the last. Over two centuries of relentless advancement, five more minds find the secret, and five more creatures are made. Five more stories end in tragedy. From the stinking streets of 1850s London to the sun-drenched hysteria of a modern cruise liner, amidst passion, jealousy, art, obsession, desperation and war, Creatures is a hidden history of a forbidden science.

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Rebellion Publishing Ltd

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1786181231

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The Glass Woman

By: Kaaron Warren

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The Glass Woman

By: Kaaron Warren

Subtle depictions of future worlds, of stark contemporary settings and alternate realities are some of the wonders of Warren's imagination. From science fiction to fantasy and eerie, soul-shaking horror. Warren's words will reverberate in all of us. What is there to enjoy in this collection? A profound vision of a future, perhaps dismal without hope, horror that makes your spine feel pierced by hundreds of rings, a smattering of bodily fluids, a few feminist themes, a clear and penetrating vision, the clarity of which is unearthly. Clever, sometimes funny, morbid and at times racy. You'll find all of this in Kaaron Warren's work.

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Wildside Press LLC

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0809572966

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9780809572960

Bright Hearts

A Tor Original

By: Kaaron Warren

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Bright Hearts

A Tor Original

By: Kaaron Warren

A florist becomes obsessed with the strange, haunting red flowers she buys from an equally strange old lady... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1250368685

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Out of the Ruins

The apocalyptic anthology

By: Emily St. John Mandel,Carmen Maria Machado,China Miéville,Clive Barker

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Out of the Ruins

The apocalyptic anthology

By: Emily St. John Mandel,Carmen Maria Machado,China Miéville,Clive Barker

A fresh post-apocalyptic anthology: the end of the world seen through the salvage and ruins. Featuring Emily St John Mandel, Carmen Maria Machado and more. WHAT WOULD YOU SAVE FROM THE FIRE? In the moments when it all comes crashing down, what will we value the most, and how will we save it? Digging through the layers of ruined cities beneath your feet, living in the bombed-out husk of a city, hiding from the monsters on the other side of the wall, can we turn the cataclysm into an opportunity? Featuring new and exclusive stories, as well as classics of the genre, Grassmann takes us through the fall and beyond, to the things that are created after. Calling on the finest traditions of post-apocalyptic fiction, this anthology asks us what makes us human, and who we will be when we emerge out of the ruins? Featuring work from China Miéville, Emily St John Mandel, Clive Barker, Carmen Maria Machado, Charlie Jane Anders, Samuel R. Delaney, Ramsey Campbell, Lavie Tidhar, Kaaron Warrern, Anna Tambour, Nina Allan, Jeffrey Thomas, Paul Di Filippo, Ron Drummond, Nikhil Singh, John Skipp, Autumn Christian, Chris Kelso, Rumi Kaneko, Nick Mamatas and D.R.G. Sugawara.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1789097401

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Bright Hearts

A Tor Original

By: Kaaron Warren

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A Tor Original

By: Kaaron Warren

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Of Gods and Globes II: A Cosmic Anthology

By: Lancelot Schaubert,Kaaron Warren,Howard Andrew Jones

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Of Gods and Globes II: A Cosmic Anthology

By: Lancelot Schaubert,Kaaron Warren,Howard Andrew Jones

Once more, we banded together to compose literature connecting astronomy and mythology: to write Of Gods & Globes II. Man, like the universe, lives and moves through the interplay of rational and irrational forces... which evokes preoccupation with the archetypal implications of myth and the themes of classic literature.

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Of Gods and Globes

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1949547051

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Blood

And Other Cravings

By: Ellen Datlow

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Blood

And Other Cravings

By: Ellen Datlow

A collection of “mesmerizing tales, each one creepier than the next” that go beyond the traditional vampire myths (Library Journal). When we think of vampires, an image instantly arises: fangs sunk deep into the throat of the victim. But bloodsucking is merely one form of vampirism. For this brilliantly original anthology, multiple award-winning editor Ellen Datlow solicited stories from many of the most powerfully dark voices in contemporary horror, who conjure tales that will chill readers to the marrow. In addition to the traditional fanged creatures, Datlow presents stories about the leeching of emotion, the draining of the soul, and other dark deeds of predation and exploitation, infestation, and evisceration . . . tales of life essence, literal or metaphorical, stolen. Seventeen stories by such acclaimed authors as Elizabeth Bear, Richard Bowes, Kathe Koja, Margo Lanagan, Carol Emshwiller, and Lisa Tuttle redefine the terror of vampirism.

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150408876X

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Fearsome Magics

By: K.J. Parker,Garth Nix,Frances Hardinge

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Fearsome Magics

By: K.J. Parker,Garth Nix,Frances Hardinge

A cabinet of magic! A cavalcade of wonder! A collection of stories both strange and wondrous, of tales filled with wild adventure and strange imaginings. Fearsome Magics, the second New Solaris Book of Fantasy, is all these things and more. It is, we think, one of the best books you will read all year. Award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has invited some of the best and most exciting writers working in fantasy today to let their imaginations run wild and to deliver stories that will thrill and awe, delight and amuse. And above all, stories that are filled with fearsome magic! Authors include Garth Nix, K.J. Parker, Justina Robson, Ellen Klages, Christopher Rowe, Isobelle Carmody, Tony Ballantyne, James Bradley, Karin Tidbeck, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Frances Hardinger, Kaaron Warren, Genevieve Valentine and Robert Shearman.

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1781082138

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The Refuge Collection Book 1

Heaven to Some...

By: Ramsey Campbell,Professor of English Paul Kane,Kaaron Warren,Paul Kane

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The Refuge Collection Book 1

Heaven to Some...

By: Ramsey Campbell,Professor of English Paul Kane,Kaaron Warren,Paul Kane

Refuge is (perhaps) a mythical place; somewhere everyone needs at some point in our lives. A place like no other--yet like so many--you might think of Refuge as a retreat from the tedium of our commonplace lives; somewhere to hide from the monstrosities of the real world and the monstrous at our door.As with the people of Refuge who walk its streets and about whom these tales are told, why we seek Refuge and how we arrive is part of our own secret story. Topically, more and more are desperately seeking escape... from military or religious conflict, financial doom, domestic violence, institutional abuse, oppressive governments or spouses.These tales, then, are for the people who have almost given up on hope, who are in search of safe harbour, asylum, sanctuary. In short, they are tales of refuge...This, then, is a collection of tales from Refuge; an encyclopaedia and a guidebook to its people, its places and its peculiarities. A glimpse into their lives, their nightmares. After all, sometimes Refuge isn't what we expected it to be. It has been said that by many that travel here that it's Heaven to some, Hell to others. Steve Dillon, 2016, series editor.

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0994592205

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9780994592200

Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein

The Legacy of Frankenstein

By: Emma Newman,Tade Thompson,Paul Meloy,Kaaron Warren,Rose Biggin

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Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein

The Legacy of Frankenstein

By: Emma Newman,Tade Thompson,Paul Meloy,Kaaron Warren,Rose Biggin

A new anthology bringing together five great new and established writers to explore the world of Mary Shelley’s all-time classic, Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is the first to unlock the key to life, but not the last. Over two centuries of relentless advancement, five more minds find the secret, and five more creatures are made. Five more stories end in tragedy. From the stinking streets of 1850s London to the sun-drenched hysteria of a modern cruise liner, amidst passion, jealousy, art, obsession, desperation and war, Creatures is a hidden history of a forbidden science.

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Abaddon

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1781086117

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Christmas and Other Horrors

An Anthology of Solstice Horror

By: Garth Nix,Josh Malerman,Alma Katsu,Stephen Graham Jones

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Christmas and Other Horrors

An Anthology of Solstice Horror

By: Garth Nix,Josh Malerman,Alma Katsu,Stephen Graham Jones

Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more. The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse. From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season. Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry... Featuring stories from: Nadia Bulkin Terry Dowling Tananarive Due Jeffrey Ford Christopher Golden Stephen Graham Jones Glen Hirshberg Richard Kadrey Alma Katsu Cassandra Khaw John Langan Josh Malerman Nick Mamatas Garth Nix Benjamin Percy M. Rickert Kaaron Warren

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1803363274

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9781803363271

A World of Horror

By: Kaaron Warren

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A World of Horror

By: Kaaron Warren

A World of Horror is an anthology of all new dark and speculative fiction stories written by authors from around the world. Edited by Eric J. Guignard and Illustrated by Steve Lines

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0998938319

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9780998938318

The Humanity of Monsters

By: Nathan Ballingrud,Laird Barron,Indrapramit Das,Gemma Files,Neil Gaiman,Maria Dahvana Headley,Kij Johnson,Chinelo Onwualu,Joe Lansdale,Sofia Samatar,Rachel Swirsky,Catherynne M. Valente,Kaaron Warren

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The Humanity of Monsters

Through the work of twenty-six writers, emerging to award-winning, The Humanity of Monsters plumbs the depths of humane monsters, monstrous humans, and the interstices between. In stories by turns surreal, sublime, brutal, and haunting, there are no easy answers to be found. Featuring Nathan Ballingrud, Laird Barron, Polenth Blake, Leah Bobet, Indrapramit Das, Berit Ellingsen, Gemma Files, Neil Gaiman, Maria Dahvana Headley, Kij Johnson, Joe R. Lansdale, Yoon Ha Lee, Rose Lemberg, Livia Llewellyn, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Meghan McCarron, Sunny Moraine, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Chinelo Onwualu, Sofia Samatar, Rachel Swirsky, Sonya Taaffe, Catherynne M. Valente, Kaaron Warren, Peter Watts, and A.C. Wise.

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Chizine Publications

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1771483598

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9781771483599

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007

20th Annual Collection

By: Kelly Link,Gavin Grant

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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007

20th Annual Collection

By: Kelly Link,Gavin Grant

For twenty years this award-winning compilation has been the nonpareil benchmark against which all other annual fantasy and horror collections are judged. Directed first by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling and for the past four years by Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, it consistently presents the strangest, the funniest, the darkest, the sharpest, the most original--in short, the best fantasy and horror. The current collection, marking a score of years, offers more than forty stories and poems from almost as many sources. Summations of the field by the editors are complemented by articles by Edward Bryant, Charles de Lint and Jeff VanderMeer highlighting the best of the fantastic in, respectively, media, music and comics as well as honorable mentions--notable works that didn't quite make the cut but are nonetheless worthy of attention. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 20th Annual Collection is a cornucopia of fantastic delights, an unparalleled resource and indispensable reference that captures the unique excitement and beauty of the fantastic in all its gloriously diverse forms, from the lightest fantasy to the darkest horror.

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St. Martin's Press

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0312369433

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9780312369439

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007

20th Annual Collection

By: Kelly Link,Gavin Grant

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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007

20th Annual Collection

By: Kelly Link,Gavin Grant

For twenty years this award-winning compilation has been the nonpareil benchmark against which all other annual fantasy and horror collections are judged. Directed first by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling and for the past four years by Datlow and Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, it consistently presents the strangest, the funniest, the darkest, the sharpest, the most original—in short, the best fantasy and horror. The current collection, marking a score of years, offers more than forty stories and poems from almost as many sources. Summations of the field by the editors are complemented by articles by Edward Bryant, Charles de Lint, and Jeff VanderMeer, highlighting the best of the fantastic in, respectively, media, music, and comics, as well as honorable mentions—notable works that didn’t quite make the cut, but are nonetheless worthy of attention. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth Annual Collection is a cornucopia of fantastic delights, an unparalleled resource and indispensable reference that captures the unique excitement and beauty of the fantastic in all its gloriously diverse forms, from the lightest fantasy to the darkest horror.

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0312369425

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