Kaaron Warren

Every nation of the globe has unique tales to tell, whispers that settle in through the land, creatures or superstitions that enliven the night, but rarely do readers get to experience such a diversity of these voices in one place as in A World of Horror, the latest anthology book created by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard, and beautifully illustrated by artist Steve Lines.Enclosed within its pages are twenty-two all-new dark and speculative fiction stories written by authors from around the world that explore the myths and monsters, fables and fears of their homelands.Encounter the haunting things that stalk those radioactive forests outside Chernobyl in Ukraine; sample the curious dishes one may eat in Canada; beware the veldt monster that mirrors yourself in Uganda; or simply battle mountain trolls alongside Alfred Nobel in Sweden. These stories and more are found within A World of Horror: Enter and discover, truly, there's no place on the planet devoid of frights, thrills, and wondrous imagination

Australian author Kaaron Warren is widely recognized as one of the leading writers today of speculative and dark short fiction. She's published four novels, multiple novellas, and well over one hundred heart-rending tales of horror, science fiction, and beautiful fantasy, and is the first author ever to simultaneously win all three of Australia's top speculative fiction writing awards (Ditmar, Shadows, and Aurealis awards for The Grief Hole).Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to her work, the second in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover--or learn more of--the distinct voice of Kaaron Warren, as beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich.Included within these pages are: - Six short stories, one written exclusively for this book - Author interview - Complete bibliography - Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD (former humanities chair and professor of the year, Seton Hill University) - ... and more Enter this doorway to the vast and fantastic: Get to know Kaaron Warren.Table of Contents includes: - Introduction by Eric J. Guignard - Kaaron Warren: A Biography - Guarding the Mound (fiction) - Guarding the Mound: A Commentary - Born and Bread (fiction) - Born and Bread: A Commentary - Death's Door Caf (fiction) - Death's Door Caf A Commentary - The Wrong Seat (fiction) - The Wrong Seat: A Commentary - Sins of the Ancestors (fiction) - Sins of the Ancestors: A Commentary - Crisis Apparition (fiction) - Crisis Apparition: A Commentary - Why Kaaron Warren Matters by Michael Arnzen, PhD - In Conversation with Kaaron Warren - Tips for Finalizing Your Short Story: An Essay by Kaaron Warren - A Bibliography of English Language Fiction for Kaaron Warren

Winner, Best Horror Novel, 2016 Aurealis Awards Winner, Best Novel, 2016 Shadow Awards Winner, Best Novel, 2016 Ditmar Awards There are many grief holes. There's the grief hole you fall into when a loved one dies. There's another grief hole in all of us; small or large, it determines how much we want to live. And there are the geographical grief holes, the buildings that attract sorrow and loss and are filled with ghosts. Theresa sees these ghosts better than most, but can she figure out how to close the holes?

The Apex Book of World SF, edited by Lavie Tidhar, features award-winning science fiction and fantasy short stories from Asia, Eastern Europe, and around the world.The world of speculative fiction is expansive; it covers more than one country, one continent, one culture. Collected here are sixteen stories penned by authors from Thailand, the Philippines, China, Israel, Pakistan, Serbia, Croatia, Malaysia, and other countries across the globe. Each one tells a tale breathtakingly vast and varied, whether caught in the ghosts of the past or entangled in a postmodern age. Among the spirits, technology, and deep recesses of the human mind, stories abound. Kites sail to the stars, technology transcends physics, and wheels cry out in the night. Memories come and go like fading echoes and a train carries its passengers through more than simple space and time. Dark and bright, beautiful and haunting, the stories herein represent speculative fiction from a sampling of the finest authors from around the world.Table of Contents: S.P. Somtow(Thailand)-"The Bird Catcher"Jetse de Vries(Netherlands)-"Transcendence Express"Guy Hasson (Israel)-"The Levantine Experiments"Han Song (China)-"The Wheel of Samsara"Kaaron Warren (Australia/Fiji)-"Ghost Jail"Yang Ping (China)-"Wizard World"Dean Francis Alfar (Philippines)-"L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars)"Nir Yaniv (Israel)-"Cinderers"Jamil Nasir (Palestine)-"The Allah Stairs"Tunku Halim (Malaysia)-"Biggest Baddest Bomoh"Aliette de Bodard (France)-"The Lost Xuyan Bride"Kristin Mandigma (Philippines)-"Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-realist Aswang"Aleksandar Ziljak (Croatia)-"An Evening In The City Coffehouse, With Lydia On My Mind"Anil Menon (India)-"Into the Night"Melanie Fazi (France, translated by Christopher Priest)-"Elegy"Zoran Zivkovic (Serbia, translated by Alice Copple-Tosic)-"Compartments""From S.P. Somtow's World Fantasy Award-winning "The Bird Catcher," a restrained horror tale of a young boy's friendship with Thailand's most infamous human "monster," to "Wizard World," Galaxy Award winner Yang Ping's story of high-tech gamers, this extraordinary anthology of 16 tales introduces English-speaking readers to some of the world's best writers of sf, horror, fantasy, and metafiction. Contributors include Jamil Nasir (Palestine), Aleksandar Ziljak (Croatia), Guy Hasson (Israel), Kaaron Warren (Australia/Fiji), and Jetse de Vries (Netherlands). VERDICT This literary window into the international world of imaginative fiction, the first in a new series, is sure to appeal to adventurous sf fans and readers of fiction in translation."-Library Journal, August 2009"The great thing about Tidhar's collection is that it is full of such masterpieces. You do have to get used to having your mind warped as if by some powerful psychedelic. You'll definitely feel that way after Zoran Zivkovic and his Godot-like explorations. Or after Guy Hassan's thought experiment about the nature of mind and thought. But once you get used to the idea, you can settle in and enjoy the ride."-42SciFi-Fantasy.com, Randy Lazarus

Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of such strange creatures — animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting into animals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictable like nature itself, these beings are manifestations of our secret hearts, our desire to belong to both worlds: one tame and civilized, the other unfettered and full of wild impulse. Here are stories that will make you wish you could howl at the moon until your heart bursts with longing or feel yourself shedding your human body as easily as a snake sheds its skin. Beware the night...it might not kill you, but it will certainly steal you away!