Synopsis
Climate change can be terrifying as we navigate through climate action-- haunted by our past which dictates our future. In this anthology-- Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action-- twenty-one legendary horror authors bring both dark tales and awareness to our worldview. Apocalyptic futures, dire warnings, things unleashed from icy tombs... this collection gets under your skin and gives readers a peek into worlds where prophecy and nihilism reign. Herein are stories FROM authors such as Nuzo Onoh, Clive Barker, Stephen King, Gwendolyn Kiste, Paul Tremblay, and many others-- all brought together to give us fiction that redefines the realities of global warming and climate change. Proceeds from this anthology benefit Climate Outreach-- the leading experts in climate change communications. The organization helps people understand the complexities of the issue in ways that resonates with their identity, values and worldview. Informed consent and support from people across society and around the world creates what CLIMATE OUTREACH calls a social mandate for climate action-- and they believe it's how real change happens. May Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action resonate with you.
About the Author
Priya Sharma's fiction has appeared in venues such as Interzone, Black Static, Nightmare, The Dark and Tor.com. " Fabulous Beasts" was a Shirley Jackson Award finalist and won a British Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. Priya is a Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award winner, and Locus Award finalist, for " All the Fabulous Beasts", a collection of her some of her work, available from Undertow Publications. " Ormeshadow", her first novella (available from Tor), won a Shirley Jackson Award and a British Fantasy Award. Laird Barron, an expat Alaskan, is the author of several books, including The Imago Sequence and Other Stories; Swift to Chase; and Blood Standard. Currently, Barron lives in the Rondout Valley of New York State and is at work on tales about the evil that men do. RICHARD CHIZMAR is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author. He is the co-author (with Stephen King) of the bestselling novella, Gwendy's Button Box and the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than 35 anthologies and his short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including multiple editions of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. PHILIP FRACASSI is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of the story collections Behold the Void and Beneath a Pale Sky. His novels include A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, and Boys in the Valley. His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, and Cemetery Dance. Philip lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Copps Literary Services. Gwendolyn Kiste is the Bram Stoker Award- - winning author of The Rust Maidens, And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe, Pretty Marys All in a Row, The Invention of Ghosts, Boneset & Feathers, and Reluctant Immortals. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Tor's Nightfire, Vastarien, Black Static, Daily Science Fiction, Unnerving, Interzone, and LampLight, as well as Flame Tree Publishing's Gothic Fantasy series, among others. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned horse farm outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, two cats, and not enough ghosts. Clive Barker is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works. Joe R. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including Rusty Puppy, the Edgar-award winning The Bottoms, Sunset and Sawdust, and Leather Maiden. 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. Sadie Hartmann aka Mother Horror is the co-owner of the horror fiction subscription company, Night Worms and the Bram Stoker Awards(R) nominated editor of her own horror fiction imprint, Dark Hart. She is the author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered. She lives in the PNW with her husband of 20+ years where they stare at Mt Rainier, eat street tacos, and hang out with their 3 kids. They have a Frenchie named Owen. Nuzo Onoh is a Nigerian-British writer of Igbo descent. She is a pioneer of the African horror literary subgenre. Hailed as the "Queen of African Horror", Nuzo's works have featured in numerous magazines, podcasts, and anthologies, as well as in several academic studies and publications. Nuzo holds a Law degree and a Masters degree in Writing, both from Warwick University, United Kingdom. She is also a certified Civil Funeral Celebrant, licensed to conduct non-religious burial services. She currently resides in The We
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