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.
• In “The Wife Who Didn’t Eat,” a modest Japanese farmer’s prayer to the gods comes true . . . much to his dismay.
• In “Things I Do For Love,” entwined lives in an Indonesian village are upended by as diabolical and otherworldly a device as a simple whisper.
• In “Sick Cats in Small Spaces,” a vacationing Australian family come upon a ghost town where the actual ghosts are bottled and kept.
Also 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 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!
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• Introduction: Diversity in Fiction by Eric J. Guignard
• Mutshidzi by Mohale Mashigo (South Africa)
• One Last Wayang by L Chan (Singapore)
• Things I Do For Love by Nadia Bulkin (Indonesia)
• On a Wooden Plate, On a Winter’s Night by David Nickle (Canada)
• Country Boy by Billie Sue Mosiman (United States of America)
• The Wife Who Didn't Eat by Thersa Matsuura (Japan)
• The Disappeared by Kristine Ong Muslim (Philippines)
• The Secret Life of the Unclaimed by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Nigeria)
• How Alfred Nobel Got His Mojo by Johannes Pinter (Sweden)
• Sick Cats in Small Spaces by Kaaron Warren (Australia)
• Obibi by Dilman Dila (Uganda)
• The Nightmare by Rhea Daniel (India)
• Chemirocha by Charlie Human (South Africa)
• Honey by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Ukraine)
• Warning: Flammable, See Back Label by Marcia Douglas (Jamaica)
• Arlecchino by Carla Negrini (Italy)
• The Man at Table Nine by Ray Cluley (England)
• The Mantle of Flesh by Ashlee Scheuerman (Australia)
• The Shadows of Saint Urban by Claudio Foti (Italy)
• Warashi’s Grip by Yukimi Ogawa (Japan)
• The White Monkey by Carlos Orsi (Brazil)
• The West Wind by David McGroarty (Scotland)
• Illustrations by Steve Lines
