Isolation: The Horror Anthology

by Dan Coxon (Editor), Joe R. Lansdale, Paul Tremblay, Tim Lebbon, M.R. Carey

Overview

Paul Tremblay, Ramsey Campbell, and other modern masters of horror explore just how scary it is to be alone in this horror anthology featuring 20 horror short stories!

Lost in the wilderness, or alone in the dark, isolation remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology from Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award finalist Dan Coxon calls on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the challenges that we must face alone: survivors in a world gone silent; the outcast shunned by society; the quiet voice trapped in the crowd; the lonely and forgotten, screaming into the abyss.

Featuring short horror stories by:
• Nina Allan
• Laird Barron
• Ramsey Campbell
• M.R. Carey
• Chịkọdịlị Emelumadu
• Brian Evenson
• Owl Goingback
• Gwendolyn Kiste
• Joe R. Lansdale
• Tim Lebbon
• Alison Littlewood
• Ken Liu
• Jonathan Maberry
• Michael Marshall Smith
• Mark Morris
• Lynda E. Rucker
• A.G. Slatter
• Paul Tremblay
• Lisa Tuttle
• Marian Womack
 
Experience the chilling terrors of isolation!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781803360690
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	09/27/2022
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dan Coxon is an award-winning editor and writer based in London. His anthology This Dreaming Isle was shortlisted for both a Shirley Jackson Award and a British Fantasy Award, and his debut collection Only the Broken Remain was nominated for two British Fantasy Awards (Best Collection & Best Newcomer). His fiction has appeared in Black Static, Nightscript, The Lonely Crowd, Unthology, Not One of Us, Nox Pareidolia, Beyond the Veil and Flame Tree’s Terrifying Ghosts anthology. His non-fiction has appeared everywhere from Salon to The Guardian. He is an editor at award-winning publisher Unsung Stories.
 

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

The Snow Child Alison Littlewood 11

Friends for Life Mark Morris 31

Solivagant A. G. Slatter 59

Lone Gunman Jonathan Maherry 83

Second Wind M. R. Carey 103

Under Care Brian Evenson 127

How We Are Chikodili Emelumadu 139

The Long Dead Day Joe R. Lansdale 163

Alone is a Long Time Michael Marshall Smith 169

Chalk. Sea. Sand. Sky. Stone. Lynda E. Rucker 187

Ready or Not Marian Womack 201

Letters to a Young Psychopath Nina Allan 221

Jaunt Ken Liu 245

Full Blood Owl Goingback 269

The Blind House Ramsey Campbell 281

There's No Light Between Floors Paul Tremblay 295

So Easy to Kill Laird Barron 305

The Peculiar Seclusion of Molly McMarshall Gwendolyn Kiste 333

Across the Bridge Tim Lebbon 345

Fire Above, Fire Below Lisa Tuttle 373

Acknowledgements 389

About the Authors 390

About the Editor 399

Editorial Reviews

"Each well-written tale hits home with how scary it can be to be alone. Read it alone if you dare but beware of the isolation!" - San Francisco Book Review (4/5 Stars)

"One of the most chilling and frankly upsetting short stories I have ever read" - Ginger Nuts of Horror on Gwendoline Kiste's The Peculiar Seclusion of Molly McMarshall

"Each well-written tale hits home with how scary it can be to be alone. Read it alone if you dare but beware of the isolation!"-San Francisco Book Review (4/5 Stars)

"A good, timely, collection of short fiction, and one that fans of the genre should enjoy" - Eggplante


PRAISE FOR DAN COXON

"There is so much with This Dreaming Isle to marvel at, from the inception of the remarkable concept from editor Dan Coxon, to the beautifully haunting image that wraps itself around the book… it’s a celebration of fabulous writing, it’s an ingenious collection and concept, all of the writers turn in stunning works of eerie, creepy goodness, and lastly it’s a celebration of the rich history we have here on our little island of storytellers, raconteurs, myths and folklore."
–STORGY 

"Whether you read these tales in the city, countryside, or by the coast, you will be left a little less comfortable than you were before. Like the Pan Book of Horror Stories, I’m certain this finely edited paperback will become a cult classic." 
–Sabotage Reviews

"I challenge anyone not to find at least one tale in This Dreaming Isle that speaks to them, that touches their heart or sets it racing. This is a gorgeous book. It is wreathed in terror and enchantment and it presents the supernatural as it should be—wild, inexplicable, beautiful, but never, ever safe."
–Fantasy-Faction

"a very well put together anthology, which I think Dan Coxon has done an excellent job with."
–British Fantasy Society

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