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Inferno
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To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would "provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights very bright and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear."
Mission accomplished. The resulting collection draws together some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories' characters toil within their own hell.
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About Ellen Datlow
was editor of Sci Fiction, the multi award- winning fiction area of scifi.com, for almost six years. Previously, she was fiction editor of
for over seventeen years. She has won the World Fantasy Award seven times, two Bram Stoker Awards, the International Horror Guild Award, the 2002 and 2005 Hugo Award, and the 2005 Locus Award, for her work as an editor. Sci Fiction won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Website. Datlow and Windling are the co-editors of over eleven original anthologies and of seventeen volumes of
.
Other books by Ellen Datlow
Nathan Ballingrud
Nathan Ballingrud is the author of the collections
, and
. He is a two-time winner of the Shirley Jackson Award and has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. His novella “The Visible Filth” was adapted into the movie
, written and directed by Babak Anvari;
was filmed as
an anthology series for Hulu. His first novel,
, was recently published. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
Other books by Nathan Ballingrud
Laird Barron
Laird Barron spent his early years in Alaska. He is the author of several books, including
and
His work has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. Barron currently resides in the Rondout Valley writing stories about the evil that men do.
Other books by Laird Barron
Elizabeth Bear
ELIZABETH BEAR was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005, and is the author of The Eternal Sky trilogy, including
and
. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, a Sturgeon Award, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Bear lives in Brookfield, Massachusetts.
Other books by Elizabeth Bear
Terry Dowling
Terry Dowling has been called “Australia’s finest writer of horror” by
magazine.
series featured more horror stories by Dowling in its twenty-one–year run than any other writer. Dowling is author of
(International Horror Guild Award for Best Collection, 2007),
,
, and
. He can be found at www.terrydowling.com.
Other books by Terry Dowling
Paul Finch
Paul Finch is an ex-cop and journalist turned bestselling author. He first cut his literary teeth penning episodes of the long-running British TV series,
, and has written extensively in horror and fantasy, including for
.
He is best known for his crime thriller novels, one of which,
, was a
bestseller, and for his recent historical adventure novel,
.
Finch lives in Lancashire, England, with his wife and business-partner, Cathy.
Christopher Fowler
Christopher Fowler was the multi award-winning author of over fifty books and short story collections, including the acclaimed Bryant & May mysteries. His novels include
,
,
, and
, plus two volumes of memoirs,
—winner of the Green Carnation Prize—and
, and
thors. In 2015, he won the CWA Dagger In The Library for his body of work. His most recent novel was
. Fowler died in 2023.
Other books by Christopher Fowler
Stephen Gallagher
Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award nominee, winner of the British Fantasy and International Horror Guild Awards for his short fiction, Stephen Gallagher has built a career both as a novelist and as a creator of primetime miniseries and episodic television. His fourteen novels include
,
,
,
, and
, which features Sebastian Becker, Special Investigator to the Lord Chancellor’s Visitor in Lunacy.
Other books by Stephen Gallagher
John Grant
John Grant, real name Paul Barnett, was the author of over sixty books, of which about one‑third were novels. His
is regarded as the standard work in its field. As co-editor with John Clute of
, he received the Hugo, the World Fantasy Award, and several other international awards. He received his second Hugo in 2004 for
with Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville. As technical editor of the Clute/Nicholls
he shared a rare British Science Fiction Association Special Award. He died in 2020.
Other books by John Grant
Glen Hirshberg
Glen Hirshberg’s novels include
,
, and the
trilogy. He is also the author of five widely praised story collections:
,
,
,
, and
. Hirshberg is a three-time International Horror Guild Award winner and five-time World Fantasy Award finalist. Hirshberg won the Shirley Jackson Award for the novelette, “The Janus Tree.” His Substack is at glenhirshberg.substack.com. He lives with his family and cats in the Pacific Northwest.
Other books by Glen Hirshberg
K. W. Jeter
K. W. Jeter was born in Los Angeles in 1950. His novels include
,
, and
. His most recent publication is
, the latest in his Kim Oh thriller series.
Other books by K. W. Jeter
Mike O'Driscoll
Mike O’Driscoll’s fiction has appeared in
and anthologies including
and
. O’Driscoll has published several collections of stories, including
,
, and
, which was the first of a series of standalone novellas. His story, “Sounds Like,” was adapted by Brad Anderson for an episode of the mid-noughts horror anthology show,
.
Other books by Mike O'Driscoll
Mark Samuels
Mark Samuels is an English author of seven short story collections:
,
,
,
, and a “best of” volume,
. He is also the author of three short novels:
,
and
.
Other books by Mark Samuels
Lucius Shepard
Lucius Shepard was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, grew up in Daytona, Florida, and lived the last years of his life in Portland, Oregon. His short fiction won the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the National Magazine Award, the Locus Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He died in 2014.
Other books by Lucius Shepard
Lee Thomas
Lee Thomas is the Bram Stoker and two-time Lambda Award–winning author of the books
,
,
, and
. His work has been translated and optioned for film. Lee lives in Austin, Texas, with his husband, John.
Other books by Lee Thomas
Conrad Williams
Conrad Williams is the author of over ten novels (most recently
), four novellas, and three collections of short stories. He edited the anthologies
and
. He has won the British Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Littlewood Arc Prize. He has taught creative writing at a number of universities around the United Kingdom, and has also worked in the video game industry. He lives in Manchester.
Other books by Conrad Williams
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