WALK ON THE WEIRD SIDE (an unthemed, charity anthology of weird fiction and verse.) All proceeds to benefit NecronomiCon-Providence.
Contributors include: Nadia Bulkin, S. P. Miskowski, Kristi DeMeester, Matthew M. Barlett, Ann K. Schwader, Mike Griffin, Craig L. Gidney, Farah Rose Smith, Pete Rawlik, Ashley Dioses, Nathan Carson, Jon Padgett, Rebecca J. Allred, Starry Wizdom, Rhys Hughes, John Claude Smith, Michael Wehunt, Anna Tambour, Christopher Slatsky, Scott Thomas, Tom Lynch, Cody Goodfellow, Robert Levy, Jayprakash Satyamurthy, Philip Fracassi, Maura McHugh.
007 - Joseph S. Pulver SR. - Introduction 009 - Nadia Bulkin – "Empire Down" 019 - S.P. Miskowski – "140 x 76 (A Tour of Griffith Park)" 025 - Kristi DeMeester – "A Sound from the Earth" 027 - Matthew M. Bartlett – "The Two-Wheel System" 035 - Ann K. Schwader – "Haunted Innsmouth" 037 - Michael Griffin – "Everyone Gathers at Haystack Rock" 055 - Craig L. Gidney – "Eidolon Realty, LLC" 061 - Farah Rose Smith – "As Unbreakable as the World" 069 - Peter Rawlik – "The Final Days of Der Zirkus LAvenza" 081 -Ashley Dioses – "Daemonolatry" and "A Sea of Snow and Frost" 083 - Daniel Braum – "Goodnight Kookaburra" 095 - Nathan Carson – "Divine Providence" 099 -Jon Padgett – "A Little Delta of Filth" 109 - Rebecca J. Allred – "Lambda 580" 115 - Alistair Rennie – "The Fear Seeker" 123 - Starry Wizdom - "Night Gaunts, Too" (On reading sonnet XX in H.P. Lovecraft’s *Fungi from Yuggoth* cycle) 125 - Rhys Hughes – "The Bannister" 137 - John Claude Smith – "Eouem Chumkpaa" 145 - Ashley Dioses – "Hollow King" 147 - Michael Wehunt – "The Loved One" (being among the Thousand Forms of Nyarlathotep) 148 - Michael Bukowski (Illustration for Michael Wehunt text) 151 - Anna Tambour – "The Godchildren" 165 - Christopher Slatsky – "The Anthroparian Integration Technique" 173 - Scott Thomas – "The Red Gryphon" 179 - Lynda E. Rucker – "Stolen" 193 - Tom Lynch – "Release" 201 - Cody Goodfellow – "He Opens a Window" 211 - Robert Levy – "This is Love" 213 - Jayaprakash Satyamurthy – "The Night Of Maya" 219 - Philip Fracassi – "ID" 241 - Ann K. Schwader – "Tomb-Feasters" 243 - Maura McHugh – "Impossible to Feign" (less)
I don't think I've ever given an anthology a 5 star rating. That's because anthologies are hit-or-miss for me. If I like more than half of the stories, then I'll rate it at least 3 stars - I'd probably have rated this 3.5 stars so let's round up to 4. I definitely liked more than half of the stories in this collection. There is something here for everyone - all flavors of weird. My favorites were those by Jayprakash Satyamurthy, Philip Fracassi, Kristi DeMeester, Mike Griffin, Craig L. Gidney, Christopher Slatsky, Scott Thomas, and Peter Rawlik.
Buy this anthology and (financially) support the weird. Don't be a stronzo, be a weirdo!