The New Weird Anthology – Notes and Introduction

When The New Weird came out in early 2008, Ann and I frankly expected much more of a firestorm. It's not that we wanted one–it's that the original arguments about the term had been so polarizing, with some writers and critics refusing to even look at the term seriously after a time, that we expected, especially from some of the more insular and territorial, some kind of primeval roar of disapproval.

Instead, the book sold well, received mostly excellent reviews, and sometimes created a lively bu