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Tales of Pain and Wonder

Tales of Pain and Wonder

by Caitlín R. Kiernan and Richard A. Kirk
Publication Date: 01/03/2008

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This collection of twenty-two short stories by the author of Daughter of Hounds and Alabaster, originally published in 2000, firmly established Caitl?n R. Kiernan as one of the preeminent voices in dark fantasy today. 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'
ISBN:
9781596061446
9781596061446
Category:
Fantasy
Publication Date:
01-03-2008
Publisher:
Subterranean Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
235.97x159.26x31.75mm
Weight:
0.72kg

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