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 Sequel to Strange Tales, the World
Fantasy Award winner, 2004
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- Strange Tales, Volume II
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- edited by Rosalie Parker
- Stories by Joel Knight, Quentin S. Crisp,
Katherine Haynes, Stephen Holman, Mark Valentine, Adam
Golaski, Dale Nelson, Simon Strantzas, Anne-Sylvie
Salzman, David Rix, Rhys Hughes, Angela Slatter, Barbara
Roden, Roger Dunkley, Elizabeth Brown, Christopher Harman
and Hilbourne Carlone.
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- A
'Strange Tale' is a short story that explores a fantastic
idea, supernatural or psychological, with the intention
of causing, through its own logical development,
uncertainty or unease about that which the reader takes
for granted. The outward appearance of the story can vary
infinitely from the traditional to the experimental, from
the serious to the comic, but in each case the
assumptions of the reader are undermined to a degree that
they find uncomfortable. The Strange Tale is a form that
moves effortlessly between the various genres (as all
good fiction should).
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- In this
new volume, the Strange Tales on offer range from the
dark realism of 'What Water Reveals' by Adam Golaski
through to the surreal 'The Concise Picaresque Adventures
of the Wanderlust Bridge' by Rhys Hughes. From the
subtlety of 'The Fairy Killer' by Quentin S. Crisp to the
horror of 'Sejanus' Daughter' by Hilbourne Carlone (Don
Tumasonis). From the urban horror of 'Calico Black,
Calico Blue' by Joel Knight, to the rural strangeness of
'Pastor Arrhenius and The Maiden Brita' by Dale Nelson.
From the traditionally told 'Llanfihangel' by Elizabeth
Brown to the range of contemporary documentation offered
in 'The Magpies' by David Rix.
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- Within
this collection of seventeen new stories you are sure to
discover some that will cause you to wonder what worlds
might exist beyond the apparently everyday.
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- Strange Tales, Volume II is a sewn hardback
book of 327+vi pages with silk ribbon marker, head and
tailbands, and d/w.
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- Contents:
- 'Calico
Black, Calico Blue' by Joel Knight
- 'The
Fairy Killer' by Quentin S. Crisp
- 'She
Lights the Little Candle' by Katherine Haynes
- 'Mister
Poppy' by Stephen Holman
- 'Carden
in Capaea' by Mark Valentine
- 'What
Water Reveals' by Adam Golaski
- 'Pastor
Arrhenius and The Maiden Brita' by Dale Nelson
- 'The
Other Village' by Simon Strantzas
- 'What
the Eye Remembers' by Anne-Sylvie Salzman
- 'The
Magpies' by David Rix
- 'The
Concise Picaresque Adventures of the Wanderlust Bridge'
by Rhys Hughes
- 'Sourdough' by Angela Slatter
- 'The
Hiding Place' by Barbara Roden
- 'Mea
Tulpa' by Roger Dunkley
- 'Llanfihangel' by Elizabeth Brown
- 'Dinckley Green' by Christopher
Harman
- 'Sejanus' Daughter' by Hilbourne
Carlone
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- ISBN
978-1-905784-05-9.
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- Price:
£30/$50 inc. p&p.
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- The
above illustration is the dustjacket vignette. The book
also includes a frontispeice by Mike Kerins.
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- See also
the original Strange
Tales volume.
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- See also
Strange Tales,
Volume Three.
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- Special offer: buy
all three volumes together for just
£70/$125.
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- Many
thanks to Elizabeth Brown who has allowed us to upload a
pdf of her story Llanfihangel from
Strange Tales II. You will need
Adobe Acrobat to be able to view the story. We have also
made available the Preface the the
anthology.
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- Reviews for the new anthology:
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- 'Like
all of Tartarus's output, the Strange
Tales volume is beautifully produced and is a
pleasure to read and put on the shelf. Tartarus books
aren't cheap, but quality rarely is. ' Ian McMillan,
Yorkshire
Post
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- '...a
very rewarding reading experience producing that pleasant
uneasiness and discomfort that any admirer of "strange"
tales is seeking in dark fiction of good quality.' Mario
Guslandi, The
Agony Column.
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- 'Editor
Rosalie Parker has a keen eye for profound tales of
terror." Andrew McQuade, Gorezone
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- From Strange Tales
II, 'The Other Village' by Simon Strantzas
and 'Calico Black, Calico Blue' by Joel Knight have been
selected for Best
New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones. 'What Water
Reveals' by Adam Golaski has also been selected for
Horror:
The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition, edited by Stefan
Dziemianowicz.
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updated 4th November 2009
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