Darker Than Weird: Fourteen Tales of Horror - Softcover

Fultz, John R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1956702113 ISBN 13: 9781956702118

Publisher: Jackanapes Press, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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

About this title

About the Authors

John R. Fultz is a California writer originally from Kentucky. His published novels include Seven Princes (2012), Seven Kings (2013), and Seven Sorcerers (2013), as well as The Testament of Tall Eagle (2015) and Son of Tall Eagle (2017). His short stories have appeared in Year's Best Weird Fiction, Weird Tales, Black Gate, Weirdbook, That is Not Dead, Shattered Shields, Lightspeed, Way of the Wizard, Cthulhu's Reign, and plenty of other strange places. His latest collection of dark fantasy tales is World Beyond Worlds (2021). fultzauthor.com

DAN SAUER is a graphic designer and artist living in Oregon. In 2016, he co-founded (with editor/publisher Obadiah Baird) The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy, which features his design and illustration work. Since 2017, he has worked extensively on book covers and interior art for Hippocampus Press and other publishers. His art often takes the form of surreal collage and photomontage, as pioneered by artists such as Max Ernst, Wilfried Sätty, Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter.

DON WEBB has written 25 books on subjects ranging from the Greek Magical Papyri to computer security. A former cult leader, he has placed over 11,000 images of cats on Facebook and written Lovecraftian fiction for fifty years (over twice as long as Lovecraft). His most recent book is Building Strange Temples (2020).

Edition details

• Publisher: Jackanapes Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1956702113
• ISBN 13: 9781956702118
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Sauer Dan
• Number of pages: 198