Book Info
Name of Book : When Things Get Dark
Author : Ellen Datlow
Publisher : Titan Books
Publication Date : 28 Sep 2021
No. of Pages : 352
Format : E Book
Why did I choose the book?
When Things Get Dark edited by Ellen Datlow was available on Netgalley for an honest review. Who wants to miss a good horror book and that too by Ellen Datlow. So, had to read it without wasting any time.
Where to get the book?
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Author Introduction
Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy and horror short fiction for forty years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short stories and novellas for tor.com . In addition, she has edited about one hundred science fiction, fantasy and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of The Year Series, The Doll Collection, Mad Hatters and March Hares, The Devil and The Deep : Horror Stories of the Sea, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Edited by, and Final Cuts : New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles.
She has won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 II Post Nero Black Spot Award for excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for " Outstanding Contribution to the Genre ", was honored with the lIfe Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgement of superior achievement over an entire career, and honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention.
She lives in New York and co - hosts the monthly Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at KGB Bar.
Blurb
- Funeral Birds ( M. Rickert) - A friend's funeral and some spilled secrets.
- For Sale by Owner ( Elizabeth Hand ) - 3 women decide to sleep over in a secluded mansion which turned into a nightmare.
- In The Deep Woods: The Light Is Different There ( Seanan Mcquire) - A woman after her divorce meets some new friends in her summer home.
- A Hundred Miles and A Mile ( Carmen Marie Machado) - Lucy finally understands who she is.
- Quiet Dead Things ( Cassandra Khaw) - A curse on the town of Cedarville taking the residents one by one.
- Something Like Living Creatures ( John Langan) - A mother and her daughters try a Satanic ritual.
- Money of the Dead ( Karen Heuler) - What if your dead ones come back? Will you feel burdened or relieved?
- Hag ( Benjamin Percy) - Feed the hag or it will feed upon you.
- A Trip To Paris ( Richard Kadrey) - A widow takes some harsh steps to cover up her deeds.
- The Party ( Paul Tremblay) - Two friends visiting an office party are offered more than what they were thinking.
- Refinery Road ( Stephen Graham Jones ) - To what extent a person can go to save a friend?
- The Door in the Fence ( Jeffrey Ford) - A well in the backyard of a house has magical powers.
- Pear of Anguish ( Gemma Files) - Two girls on the road to discover themselves.
- Special Meal ( Josh Malerman) - Do you know math?
- Sooner or Later, Your Wife Will Drive Home ( Genevieve Valentine) - What is fear for a woman, is it darkness or men?
- Tiptoe ( Laird Barron) - A boy investigating missing persons in his town makes a haunting discovery.
- Skinder's Veil ( Kelly Link) - Even death needs a house to live in.
- Take Me, I Am Free ( Joyce Carol Oates) - A woman offers her baby girl for sale.
My Opinion
An Excellent Collection of Horror
When Things Get Dark edited by Ellen Datlow is a collection of 18 Anthology Short Horror Stories. I downloaded to book from Netgalley with high hopes as there are some of my favorite authors who have contributed their stories. And, the book has excelled my expectations. This book came up as one of my favorite books of 2021. The stories are so good and has everything from crime to horror. If you are looking to read something with the lights off then add this to your TBR.
If I talk about my favorite stories, Funeral Birds by M. Rickert, Quiet Dead Things by Cassandra Khaw and A Trip to Paris by Richard Kadrey are some amazing gems in the book.
I would, definitely give 5 stars to the book. Also, thanks to Netgalley for providing me an opportunity to read and review the book.
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