The Weird
A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
Tor/Forge · Print & ebook · May 8, 2012
From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries.
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- Genres
- Fantasy Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies, Horror
- Published
- Tor/Forge, May 8, 2012
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From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities.
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You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
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Come here for
- strange, dark story shapes
- layered genre-bending across stories
Expect
- anthology pacing, not a single through-line
- edgy, prestige-leaning atmosphere
Where it sits
| Fantasy Anthologies | 55% |
|---|---|
| Horror | 41% |
| Short Story Anthologies | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Sci-Fi Short Stories
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- May 8, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Fantasy Anthologies