3.5
Supernatural Noir
ByPublisher Description
Here are the femme fatales, the tough guys, the down-on-their-luck detectives—but with a twist. Collected by Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow, these stories of the murderous and macabre will take you onto the dark streets of worlds unlike our own, where the monstrous stalk their prey.
At the behest of a beautiful blonde client, a small-town East Texas private eye is drawn into a case of grave robbing by someone—or something—with an unholy interest in "Dead Sister" by Joe R. Lansdale. Elizabeth Bear's "The Romance" takes partygoers on a wild ride when the centerpiece of a birthday celebration turns out to be a haunted merry-go-round. After robbing a pawnshop, a group of small-time crooks get their shocking comeuppance as they flee the scene in "The Getaway" by Paul G. Tremblay. "Little Shit" by Melanie Tem follows a college student with a very unique skill set as she makes money on the side taking down criminals.
also includes bone-chilling tales from Lucius Shepard, Laird Barron, Brian Evenson, Gregory Frost, Richard Bowes, Jeffrey Ford, Lee Thomas, Tom Piccirilli, Nate Southard, Nick Mamatas, and John Langan.
"This anthology has some of the most exciting fiction published in 2011. This is fiction that will make you uncomfortable, that will haunt you, that will show up in your dreams. . . . Horrifyingly wonderful." —
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3.5
“Tales of the supernatural and those of noir share many of the same traits. Both often feature a down-on-his-luck protagonist with many things working against him. Both showcase the darker side of the world. And both often leave the main character in a situation that's often worse than where he started. So with all these similarities, why not put the two genres together? That's just what Dark Horse set out to do with this collection of short stories. Although they're primarily a comic book publisher, this book consists solely of the written word with no art aside from the creepy bird on the cover.
You can read James' full review at Horror DNA by https://www.horrordna.com/books/supernatural-noir-book-review .”
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
Richard Bowes
Richard Bowes has, over the last thirty-five years, published several novels, four short story collections, and eighty-plus stories. He has won two World Fantasy Awards and the Lambda, Million Writers, and International Horror Guild Awards for his work.
Other books by Richard Bowes
Melanie Tem
Melanie Tem, British Fantasy and World Fantasy Award–winning author, passed away in 2015. The most important of her short stories are collected in
. Tem’s other works include her last novel,
, and a recent collection of her plays and poetry,
.
Other books by Melanie Tem
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
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
Joe R. Lansdale
is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including
, the Edgar-award winning
,
, and
. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Other books by Joe R. Lansdale
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
Caitlín R. Kiernan
Caitlín R. Kiernan is a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award. Their novels include
and
and their prolific short fiction has been collected in numerous volumes, including
and
Kiernan is also a vertebrate paleontologist and currently a research associate at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa.
Other books by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including
and
. His short fiction has appeared in
,
, and many other anthologies and magazines. Nick’s previous anthologies include the Bram Stoker Award-winner
(co-edited with Ellen Datlow) and The Locus Award nominees
and
(both co-edited with Masumi Washington). Nick’s editorial work has also been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy awards. He resides in the California Bay Area.
Other books by Nick Mamatas
John Langan
John Langan is the author of two novels and five collections of stories. For his work, he has received the Bram Stoker and This Is Horror Awards. He is one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his family and certainly not too many books.
Other books by John Langan
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