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in October I fell in love with the cover artwork of the new anthology published
by Undertow Books, “Aickamn’s Heirs”. Of course, I was already
in love with Yaroslav Gerzhedovich’s
works so that might have helped a little. I mentioned then that I am unfamiliar
with Robert Aickman’s writing and
although this situation didn’t change in the meantime (I ordered the new
editions of his four short stories collections released by Faber & Faber however) my interest in “Aickman’s Heirs” keeps burning.
Not only because of that haunting, beautiful cover artwork, but also because of
the presence on the table of contents of some of my favorite writers, such as Lynda E. Rucker, Helen Marshall or John Langan.
Coming Spring of 2015, Aickman’s Heirs, edited by Simon Strantzas, an
anthology of strange, weird tales by modern masters of weird fiction, in the
milieu of Robert Aickman, the master of strange and ambiguous stories. Editor
and author Strantzas, an important figure in Weird fiction, has been hailed as
the heir to Aickman’s oeuvre, and is ideally suited to edit this exciting volume.
“Change of Scene” by Nina
Allan
“Seven
Minutes in Heaven” by Nadia Bulkin
“Infestations”
by Michael Cisco
“Two
Brothers” by Malcolm Devlin
“Seaside
Town” by Brian Evenson
“Neithernor”
by Richard Gavin
“Least
Light, Most Night” by John Howard
“Underground
Economy” by John Langan
“Vault
of Heaven” by Helen Marshall
“The
Lake” by Daniel Mills
“Camp”
by David Nickle
“Drying
Season” by Lynda E. Rucker
“The
Book That Finds You” by Lisa Tuttle
“A
Delicate Craft” by D.P. Watt
“A
Discreet Music” by Michael Wehunt
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