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Tales of Pain and Wonder
| Author: | Caitlín R. Kiernan |
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Subterranean Press, 2008 Gauntlet Press, 2000 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Fantasy / Horror |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Contemporary Fantasy Lovecraftian/Cthulhu Mythos Weird (Horror) |
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Synopsis
Through a cycle of interconnected narratives, Kiernan unflinchingly explores a surreal world where the fantastic and the mundane are never separated by more than the insubstantial thickness of a shadow. From the murderous backstreets of New Orleans to an abandoned shipyard of the Hudson River, from sun-weary Los Angeles to a maze of dank and forgotten tunnels beneath Manhattan, these stories present a landscape at once alien and undeniably familiar.
Including such acclaimed tales as "Estate" (selected for The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror), "Postcards from the King of Tides" (selected for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror), "In the Water Works" (the basis of Kiernan's award-winning second novel, Threshold), and "Tears Seven Times Salt" (to be reprinted in The Century's Best Horror), Tales of Pain and Wonder is destined to stand as a modern classic of weird and supernatural fiction.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Pain, Wonder, and Caitlín R. Kiernan (Tales of Pain and Wonder) - essay by Douglas E. Winter
- xi - Preface (Tales of Pain and Wonder) - essay
- 1 - Anamorphosis - (1996) - novelette
- 21 - To This Water (Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1889) - (1996) - novelette
- 41 - Bela's Plot - (1997) - short story
- 55 - Tears Seven Times Salt - (1996) - short story
- 69 - Superheroes - (1997) - short story
- 83 - Glass Coffin - [Salmagundi Desvernine] - (1999) - short story
- 99 - Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun - [Salmagundi Desvernine] - (1997) - novelette
- 117 - Estate - (1997) - short story
- 131 - The Last Child of Lir - (1997) - short story
- 149 - A Story for Edward Gorey - (1997) - short story
- 161 - Salammbô - (1999) - short story (variant of Salammbo)
- 177 - Paedomorphosis - (1998) - short story
- 191 - Postcards from the King of Tides - (1998) - short story
- 211 - Rats Live on No Evil Star - (1999) - short story
- 223 - Salmagundi - [Salmagundi Desvernine] - (1998) - short fiction
- 235 - In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888) - [Dancy Flammarion] - (2000) - short story
- 249 - The Long Hall on the Top Floor - (1999) - short story
- 261 - San Andreas - (2000) - short fiction
- 279 - Angels You Can See Through - (2000) - short fiction
- 289 - Lafayette - (2000) - short story
- 305 - ...Between the Gargoyle Trees - [Salmagundi Desvernine] - (2000) - short fiction
- 321 - Epilogue: Zelda Fitzgerald in Ballet Attire - (2000) - poem
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