Apparitions [Paperback]

Gary Braunbeck (Author), Christopher Conlon (Author), Joel Lane (Author), Barbara Roden (Author), Michael Kelly (Editor), Erin Wells (Illustrator), Steve Upham (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2009

Experience the watery secrets of Venice's black canals. Investigate the forests and hillocks of the untamed English countryside. Visit a Bulgarian resort that holds a dark secret. 13 tales of apparitions, phantoms, ghosts, and wraiths, from modern masters of the macabre.

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About the Author

Michael Kelly's publications include two short story collections, Scratching the Surface, and Undertow and Other Laments; Songs From Dead Singers (as editor); and a novel, Ouroboros, co-written with Carol Weekes. His recent fiction has sold to Campus Chills, Postscripts, Supernatural Tales, and Tesseracts 13.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Undertow Publications; 1st edition (October 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981317707
• ISBN-13: 978-0981317700
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,353,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Kelly (1963) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He is the author of Undertow and Other Laments, as well as co-author of the novel Ouroboros. His short fiction has recently appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21, PostScripts, Space & Time, and Supernatural Tales. Michael is a Shirley Jackson Award nominated editor for Apparitions. He also runs Undertow Publications, and its flagship publication, Shadows & Tall Trees. His most recent book is Chilling Tales (as editor).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Gothic Ghost Stories, January 23, 2010

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This review is from: Apparitions (Paperback)

Writer/editor Michael Kelly brings together an elegant and exquisitely entertaining collection of otherworldly excursions into shadow and darkness. Christopher Conlon opens the anthology with a moody contemporary gothic tale, "A Certain Slant of Light", about a past-haunted poet who awakens to grisly evidence that she has unexpectedly given birth to...something. Joel Lane explores the predatory nature of Venice, Italy in "High Water", followed by Jessica Reisman's flash fiction," Incantation", that reveals a supernatural natural world. Guilt proves to be a fertile ground for ghosts in Paul Finch's "Men of Old", ghost hunters find far more than they were searching for in Patricia J. Esposito's "Finishing the Dig", murderous siblings play deadly games in Michael R. Colangelo's "Behind the Black", and a writer's personal ghosts emerge through her stories in Gemma Files' "The Jacaranda Smile". In Iain Rowan's "There Stand the Dead", a young man does far more than just see dead people, and ghosts infest a dude ranch in Barbara Roden's "Home on the Range". Ghosts sometimes appear before death in Simon Bestwick's "The Suicide Chair", Gary Braunbeck's tale, "Whisper My Name", is a study of supernatural and sexual passion, and a grieving father's search for his missing daughter ends with an unexpected discovery in Gary McMahon's "Proof". Closing the anthology is Steve Duffy's riveting and very modern update of the classic Victorian ghost story concerning a terrifying midnight encounter on a cold winter's night. No matter what the weather might be in your part of the world, you will feel the chill of APPARITIONS. Brrr