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Conrad Williams

Very pleased to hear that Conrad Williams‘s story ‘Cwtch,’ from his collection “I Will Surround You,” is being reprinted in “Best British Stories 2018,” edited by the indefatigable Nicholas Royle. Conrad’s collection is on sale at the Undertow site, as well as at the major online retailers. http://www.undertowbooks.com/product/...

New review of Aickman’s Heirs

And, lo, ‘Aickman’s Heirs,’ skillfully crafted, curated, and edited by the delightful, erudite Simon Strantzas, receives a stellar review from the stellar Paul Di Filippo. The book is, of course, widely available. And I’d love for you to own a copy. Maybe even read it. It’s terrific!! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/review...

Year’s Best Weird Fiction Vol. 5 Table of Contents

Robert Shearman and I are extremely delighted to announce the Table of Contents for the ‘Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5,’ due October. Behold the glorious lineup. We could not be happier. Thanks to all the writers for allowing us to reprint their wonderful work. I do hope you all pick up a copy when available. A 2018 Undertow subscription ensures you get a discounted copy.

“Live Through This” by Nadia Bulkin

“Flotsam” by Daniel Carpenter

“The Narrow Escape of Zipper-Girl” by Adam-Troy Castro

“The Unwish” by Claire Dean

“Worship Only What She Bleeds” by Kristi DeMeester

“The Second Door” by Brian Evenson

“When Words Change the Molecular Composition of Water” by Jenni Fagan

“The Convexity of Our Youth” by Kurt Fawver

“Corzo” by Brenna Gomez

“The Mouse Queen” by Camilla Grudova

“You Will Always Have Family: A Triptych” by Kathleen Kayembe

“The Anteater” by Joshua King

“Curb Day” by Rebecca Kuder

“The Entertainment Arrives” by Alison Littlewood

“The Rock Eater” by Ben Loory

“Eight Bites” by Carmen Maria Carmen Machado

“The Way She is With Strangers” by Helen Marshall

“The Possession” by Michael Mirolla

“Skins Smooth as Plantain, Hearts Soft as Mango” by Ian Muneshwar

“House of Abjection” by David Peak

“Disappearer” by KL Pereira

“Red Hood” by Eric Schaller

“Something About Birds” by Paul Tremblay

“Take the Way Home That Leads Back To Sullivan Street” by Chavisa Woods

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Another terrific review of ATFB

Fantastic review of Priya Sharma’s “All the Fabulous Beasts” over at This is Horror. I’m glad to see the book garnering such praise. It’s a great book, and you all should own a copy. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-re...

Shirley Jackson Award nominations

I’m extremely pleased to hear that “Shadows and Tall Trees, Vol. 7” is a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology. I’m well and truly grateful and honoured. As well, Laura Mauro’s stunning ‘Sun Dogs’ is a finalist in the Novelette category. I couldn’t be happier for Laura, and all the contributors. This is the third time I’ve received a nomination. Third time is the charm, perhaps. Right? Or I’m destined to become the Susan Lucci of the Shirley Jackson Awards. I’m in tough, though, as it’s a truly great list. Congratulations to all the other nominees, especially my colleagues Ellen Datlow, Justin Steele, Sam Cowan, and Ross E. Lockhart.


 


Thanks, as well, to all my contributors, and to the Shirley Jackson Awards jurors and administrative team.

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review of ATFB

“All the Fabulous Beasts” is receiving some very good reviews. Here’s another. Volume 7 of The Pan Review of the Arts features a terrific review of Priya Sharma‘s “All the Fabulous Beasts,” courtesy Mark Andresen. I hope you’ll pick up a copy of this terrific book.

http://panreview.blogspot.ca/2018/05/...

Release day for All the Fabulous Beasts

Official release day for “All the Fabulous Beasts,” by Priya Sharma!


 


Hi, all. Today is the release day for Priya‘s debut short story collection “All the Fabulous Beasts.” So, all Amazon pre-orders will be shipping soon. Thank you for the support. If you haven’t ordered a copy of the book, I urge you to do so. It’s an amazing work. In fact, all the 2018 Undertow titles are superb, imo, of course. We’ve got “Nothing is Everything,” by Simon Strantzas, which I believe is his best work yet. An Undertow title if ever there was one. And the Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, guest-edited by Robert Shearman. Rob has curated a truly inspiring book. We’ll be announcing the superb Table of Contents in a week or so. The 2018 Undertow subscription is still available if you want to get these great books at a discount.


 


For now, why not drop by the newly revamped Undertow website and grab a copy of “All the Fabulous Beasts.” I guarantee you’ll love it.


 


http://www.undertowbooks.com/product/...


 


“The only fault I find with Priya Sharma’s work is that there’s not more of it! Her stories range in theme and even style, but each is beautifully written. This debut collection is well worth having.”


-Paula Guran, The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series


 


“Priya Sharma has been writing and publishing short stories for over a decade, and I’m delighted that she’s finally receiving the recognition her work deserves.


She’s extremely skillful in creating characters with whom we can empathize–no matter their deeds–leading her readers down roads of beauty and horror. I especially love her award-winning novelette ‘Fabulous Beasts,’ a perfect piece of storytelling.”


–Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year series


 


‘Priya Sharma explores liminality and otherness with skill and verve in her engaging and haunting stories.’


–Alison Moore, Author of the Man Booker shortlisted ‘The Lighthouse’


 


 


“Priya Sharma is a consummate storyteller. She writes from the heart, with passion, warmth and authority. Her stories, focusing largely on familial relationships and traditions, brim not only with ideas but with humanity, and her characters are so vividly and exquisitely wrought that they seem to live and breathe beyond the confines of the page. Like Stephen King and Alice Munro, she has the ability to convey so much in prose that is concise, elegant and unfussy, and as a result her stories offer you the best of both worlds: they are both instantly accessible and exhilaratingly profound.”


–Mark Morris, Editor of New Fears

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The Silent Garden

Dear Friends,


 


On behalf of the Silent Garden Collective, I will be publishing the inaugural volume of The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism.


 


The Silent Garden is a peer-reviewed journal, edited and curated by the Silent Garden Collective, a professional group of editors, writers, and scholars interested in exploring those liminal borderlands where darkness bends.


 


The Collective’s aim is to provide an annual journal of exceptional writing and art focussed on horror and the numinous, the fabulist, the uncanny, the weird, the gnostic, the avant-garde, the esoteric, and the dark interstices of the known and unknown world.


 


The Silent Garden Collective is an organic and changing group of editors. Each volume (assuming the first sells well enough) will be edited and curated by a different group. Thus, given the number of people potentially involved, they thought it prudent to form a Collective.


 


The book is currently in production, and should be available in August. Pricing and ordering information should be available soon. The amazing Table of Contents is listed below. If you want to be notified when it’s available, just drop me an e-mail and I will add you to the mailing list.


 


Thanks for the interest, folks. I think this is going to be a very special and unique project.


 


THE SILENT GARDEN: A JOURNAL OF ESOTERIC FABULISM


 


DELUXE SQUARE (8.5” X 8.5”) HARDBACK, WITH INTERIOR COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS, PRINTED ON 70LB. PAPER.


 


The inaugural volume features the following:


 


ART


 


Transcending the Grotesquerie: The Surreal Landscapes of David Whitlam


 


NON-FICTION


 


“Translating The Ritual,” by J.T. Glover


 


“The Raw Food Movement: Comparing Transformative Diets in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2015) and Julia Ducournau’s Raw (2016),” by V.H. Leslie


 


“Unstitching the Patriarchy: A review of Camilla Grudova’s The Doll’s Alphabet,” by Rudrapriya Rathore


 


“Cinema of the Body: The Politics of Performativity in Lars Von Trier’s Dogville and Yorgos Lanthimo’s Dogtooth,” by Angelos Koutsourakis


 


POETRY


 


“Lincoln Hill,” by Daniel Mills


 


“Deposition of Darkness,” by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles (Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim)


 


“Contortionist,” by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles (Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim)


 


FICTION


 


“Waystations of the High Night,” by Marcel Brion (Translated by Edward Gauvin)


 


“Her Blood the Apples, Her Bones the Trees,” by Georgina Bruce


 


“La Tierra Blanca,” by Maurizio Cometto (Translated by Rachel S. Cordasco)


 


“Embolus of Cinnabar,” by Patricia Cram


 


“Palisade,” by Brian Evenson


 


“Under the Casket, A Beach!” by Nick Mamatas


 


“The Other Tiger,” by Helen Marshall


 


“Coruvorn” by Reggie Oliver


 


“Blood and Smoke, Vinegar and Ashes” by D.P. Watt


 


“The Palace of Force and Fire,” by Ron Weighell


 


“Nox Una,” by Marian Womack


 


https://www.thesilentgarden.com/

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Amazon sale

Dear Friends,

Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (and their affiliate sites) have heavily discounted several Undertow titles in paperback and hardcover. In most cases the paperback is around $11 U.S. and the hardcover $23.

http://amzn.to/2gMeEIE

All the Fabulous Beasts shipping

Dear Friends,

Priya Sharma’s incredible debut collection is now available in Trade paperback and hardcover editions, and shipping direct from me, or Amazon.com. Amazon U.K. has it as a pre-order. Official release date is May 1. But don’t let that dissuade you from purchasing now. Many of you have been waiting for a book-length selection of Priya’s potent stories. It’s been worth the wait. It’s an amazing book. The eBook will be coming very soon.

All the Fabulous Beasts – Trade edition

http://amzn.to/2CUiYiZ