Darker Than Weird: Fourteen Tales of Horror
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From celebrated fantasist John R. Fultz comes a collection of dark and varied tales of horror. As did his 2021 fantasy collection, Worlds Beyond Worlds, Darker Than Weird showcases Fultz's talent for creating compelling characters and stories in fantastic and inventively horrifying worlds. Dark science fiction, Lovecraft-inspired terrors, strange apocalypses and other dooms abound in these pages—a true delight for the horror devotee.
Behind the torn facade of the living world lurks a realm of vivid darkness. Strange currents ebb and flow in the stellar void, spawning monsters, ghosts, and abominations beyond human understanding. Darker Than Weird collects ten years of weird fiction that defies and sometimes utterly destroys the boundaries of genre. From dystopic nightmares to gruesome science fiction, modern terrors to ancient gods, horror is the common thread in this dark tapestry of tales. Fourteen unsettling explorations of the supernatural, the ghastly, and the existentially grotesque. Read them at your own risk.
Trade paperback - 6 x 9 inches - 198 pages
With a foreword by Don Webb and illustrations by Dan Sauer
“John R. Fultz is a powerful and creative writer very much in the Weird Tales tradition. He is well worth your attention.” —DARRELL SCHWEITZER, former editor of Weird Tales
“Fultz has rapidly matured into a major fantasist.” —LAIRD BARRON, Author of Occultation and Black Mountain
“...a master of his craft.” —DON WEBB, Author of Building Strange Temples
“Fultz delivers the goods.” —HOWARD ANDREW JONES, Author of The Ring-Sworn Trilogy
“...an author with an exceptional talent for characterization and world building.” —The Library Journal
CONTENTS
Foreword by Don Webb: A Need for Newer Boxes
THE WEIRDNESS
• The River Flows To Nowhere
• Behind the Eyes
• The Man Who Murders Happiness
• Love in the Time of Dracula
• I Do the Work of the Bone Queen
• The Taste of Starlight
WELCOME TO THE URBILLE
• The Key to Your Heart Is Made of Brass
• Flesh of the City, Bones of the World
• The Rude Mechanicals and the Highwayman
SHADES OF LOVECRAFT
• Anno Domini Azathoth
• The Thing in the Pond
• The Lord of Endings
• This Is How the World Ends
• The Embrace of Elder Things