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Utter Fabrication: Historical Accounts of Unusual Buildings and Structures
"It takes time for a space to become a place. I'd never quite pinned down at what point during the gradual accretion of events and memories that houses became more than the sum of their parts, but I'd put down enough supposed hauntings to have developed a feel for when a place had turned."
- Evan Dicken, "Every House a Home"
No one understands strange places like people who have been there. Mad Scientist Journal has brought together twenty-two tales of people who have visited places both beautiful and horrifying. Some places heal, some places destroy, some places just want to see the world. Haunted houses share a neighborhood in these pages with dimensional rifts, hidden skyscrapers, and abandoned spacecraft.
Included in this collection are stories from Ali Abbas, Nyri Bakkalian, S. E. Casey, Julian Dexter, Evan Dicken, Carolyn A. Drake, Dorian Graves, Diana Hauer, Georgie Hinojosa, Michael M. Jones, Gwendolyn Kiste, M. Lopes da Silva, Christine Lucas, Audrey Mack, Lyndsie Manusos, Alanna McFall, Alexander Nachaj, Timothy Nakayama, Betty Rocksteady, Ian M. Smith, Kathryn Yelinek, and E. R. Zhang. Includes art by Ray McCaughey, Kristen Nyht, Scarlett O'Hairdye, and Luke Spooner.
- Evan Dicken, "Every House a Home"
No one understands strange places like people who have been there. Mad Scientist Journal has brought together twenty-two tales of people who have visited places both beautiful and horrifying. Some places heal, some places destroy, some places just want to see the world. Haunted houses share a neighborhood in these pages with dimensional rifts, hidden skyscrapers, and abandoned spacecraft.
Included in this collection are stories from Ali Abbas, Nyri Bakkalian, S. E. Casey, Julian Dexter, Evan Dicken, Carolyn A. Drake, Dorian Graves, Diana Hauer, Georgie Hinojosa, Michael M. Jones, Gwendolyn Kiste, M. Lopes da Silva, Christine Lucas, Audrey Mack, Lyndsie Manusos, Alanna McFall, Alexander Nachaj, Timothy Nakayama, Betty Rocksteady, Ian M. Smith, Kathryn Yelinek, and E. R. Zhang. Includes art by Ray McCaughey, Kristen Nyht, Scarlett O'Hairdye, and Luke Spooner.
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First published September 19, 2017
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October 1, 2017
I normally take anthologies with a grain of salt - they are usually hit or miss with a few notable moments. However, this anthology was really great, with mostly high points. The theme is so interesting - spaces that do not align as you would expect with the physical world. Of course, this gave it sort of a paranormal slant, but they book is focused on the places themselves, which I think really sets it apart from the usual paranormal short stories. Be aware: there are dark and horror-tinged moments but I was ok with them.
While many of the stories were interesting and unique, I was particularly charmed by Alanna McFall’s Can’t Lock Me Down, and I was really pulled into the writing and premise of E.R. Zhang’s Sector 5.
If you enjoy eerie writing and appreciate a diverse collection of authors and writing styles, I strongly recommend this anthology - I will be looking forward to see what they do next!
While many of the stories were interesting and unique, I was particularly charmed by Alanna McFall’s Can’t Lock Me Down, and I was really pulled into the writing and premise of E.R. Zhang’s Sector 5.
If you enjoy eerie writing and appreciate a diverse collection of authors and writing styles, I strongly recommend this anthology - I will be looking forward to see what they do next!
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