When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson
Oates, Joyce Carol; Heuler, Karen; Hand, Elizabeth; Percy, Benjamin
Language: English
Published by Titan Books, 2021
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- Title
- When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol; Heuler, Karen; Hand, Elizabeth; Percy, Benjamin
- Publisher
- Titan Books
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1789097150
- ISBN 13
- 9781789097153
The Stoker Award-winning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today’s best horror writers.
Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more.
A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson.
Shirley Jackson is a seminal writer of horror and mystery fiction, whose legacy resonates globally today. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers.
This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today’s leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.
Featuring:
Joyce Carol Oates
Josh Malerman
Carmen Maria Machado
Paul Tremblay
Richard Kadrey
Stephen Graham Jones
Elizabeth Hand
Kelly Link
Cassandra Khaw
Karen Heuler
Benjamin Percy
John Langan
Laird Barron
Jeffrey Ford
M. Rickert
Seanan McGuire
Gemma Files
Genevieve Valentine.
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About the Author
Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty-five years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year, Lovecraft s Monsters, Fearful Symmetries, Nightmare Carnival, The Doll Collection, The Monstrous, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror, and Black Feathers. Forthcoming are Haunted Nights (with Lisa Morton), and Mad Hatters and March Hares (stories inspired by Alice s Adventures in in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There).
Joyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 70 books, including novels, short story collections, poetry volumes, plays, essays, and criticism, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. Among her many honors are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.
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