Status
Available
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Series
Collection
Publication
Subterranean (2011), Edition: First, 350 pages
Description
"Illustrations in the limited edition by J.K. Potter."
Media reviews
Subterranean Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 is more short story collection than anthology, with no greater agenda, in the end, than to collect together a few good short stories.
In Subterranean Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, there are some very different styles of story in this anthology of the weird and unnatural. There will be something for everyone and there will be a favourite among the tales that will stick in the mind for long after it has been read.
The editor has chosen stories across a broad fantasy landscape, from science fiction to contemporary to historical to secondary-world. Although there are no elves or dragons, there are werewolves and vampires. For the most part, these tales are light dark fantasy, with even a humorous tone in some
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cases, but they encompass both the subtle and the overwhelming. This is mostly fantasy for grownups, for readers who appreciate the varieties of narrative voice, the play of language and the unexpected twist of plot, but most of all the full range of the genre. Show Less
Subterranean Press founder Schafer follows 2008's Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy with a superb anthology of 11 twisty stories. [. . .] Each tale has an element of the unexpected, playing delightfully on themes of individuality and unsettled outcomes.
User reviews
LibraryThing member JeremyPreacher
I am a big fan of fantasy and not so big a fan of horror, so I mostly liked the less dark of this definitely dark collection. They were all pretty solid - "The Passion of Mother Vajpai" and "Not Last Night but the Night Before" were particularly brilliant, in my view. It's a good collection of
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authors, and if "Dark Fantasy" is an imperfect intersection of genre for my personal tastes, it doesn't mean the collection isn't solid. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2011-04-30
Physical description
350 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
1596063688 / 9781596063686
Local notes
A collection of 11 short dark fantasy stories.
Wolverton station / Joe Hill --
The passion of Mother Vajpai / Jay Lake and Shannon Page --
Chivalrous / Kelley Armstrong --
Smelling danger: a Black Company story / Glen Cook --
The dappled thing / William Browning Spencer --
Not last night but the night before / Steven R. Boyett --
Hydraguros / Caitlín R. Kiernan --
The parthenopean scalpel / Bruce Sterling --
A pulp called Joe / David Prill --
Vampire Lake / Norman Partridge --
A room with a view / K.J. Parker.
Ex-library.
Wolverton station / Joe Hill --
The passion of Mother Vajpai / Jay Lake and Shannon Page --
Chivalrous / Kelley Armstrong --
Smelling danger: a Black Company story / Glen Cook --
The dappled thing / William Browning Spencer --
Not last night but the night before / Steven R. Boyett --
Hydraguros / Caitlín R. Kiernan --
The parthenopean scalpel / Bruce Sterling --
A pulp called Joe / David Prill --
Vampire Lake / Norman Partridge --
A room with a view / K.J. Parker.
Ex-library.