Rien Gray

Imagine a world in which nature has lost patience with humanity. The wild is done waiting for humans to change their ways. Nature is ready to take matters into her own hands… And she is angry.In this new anthology, twenty two diverse authors explore what nature's vengeance might be like, and how humanity could adapt and change, giving these stories of climate change and disasters a center of hope. Within these pages, you will meetA grandmother who promises both bitterness and love.A desperate husband seeking to supernaturally win back his wife.Cafe patrons facing down vigilante trees.The last remaining flight attendants in Singapore after a climate apocalypse.The recipient of a mysterious gift, who might change or doom the future.And many more.Here, nature has a voice; what will you do once you hear what she says?

There's a haunting in Cameron Ciris's blood, and the city they live in is hungry for every drop. Chicago is like every other American metropolis: built on a foundation of death. Little surprise that when a loving couple in a low-rent apartment cannibalize each other, the police write it off as a bizarre murder-suicide. Cameron-local fixer and addict in recovery-volunteers to take up the case as a favor to their neighborhood, the 49th Ward. A year ago, Cameron overdosed on a hot new party drug and picked up an extra passenger, an entity that forces them to perform rituals written in blood. Being possessed is Cameron's new normal, but as more cannibalized victims turn up, so does an eldritch doppelganger of Cameron's old dealer, hunting them through nightmares and hallucinations. Cameron tracks the molding remnants of their dealer from block to block, discovering a malicious growth that promises to spread through Chicago and give it a whole new shape. With a body not quite their own, Cameron faces the question lurking throughout the urban sprawl: who gets devoured, and who gets to feast?Problem is, they're getting real goddamn hungry.