Short stories

What You Were Fighting For

James Sallis

The new collection of weird and intriguing tales from the author of DRIVE which reflect on his deep respect for classic science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction.

Severance / Intercourse

Robert Olen Butler

The human head remains in a state of consciousness for one and a half minutes after decapitation. In a heightened state of emotion, people speak at a rate of 160 words per minute. Inspired by this, Robert Olen Butler wrote Severance, sixty-two vignettes each exactly 240 words in length, that capture the flow of thoughts that go…

The Rivals of Dracula

Nick Rennison

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, still the most famous of all vampire stories, was first published in 1897. But the bloodsucking Count was not the only member of the undead to bare his fangs in the literature of the period. Late Victorian and Edwardian fiction is full of vampires and this anthology of scary stories introduces modern…