Tesseracts Thirteen : Chilling Tales of the Great White North

by Kilpatrick, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9781894063258
• ISBN10: 1894063252
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-30
• Publisher: Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy Pub

Summary

Tesseracts Thirteen invites you to delve into literature's shadowy side!This, the newest and most unusual of the popular and award-winning Tesseracts anthologies, utilizes the mysterious and bewitching number 'thirteen' to explore a new realm of innovative, thought-provoking and disturbing fiction. Award-winning authors and editors Nancy Kilpatrick and David Morrell have unearthed twenty-three stories of horror and dark fantasy that reflect a mélange of Canada's most exciting known and about-to-be known writers. These eerie-genre tales range from the unsettling to the sinister. Inside you will find stories featuring:The young, but not always innocent - ghosts; multiple births; comic book characters come to lifeRomance gone terribly wrong - curses; mournful spirits; bringing back the deadCreepy and twisted realities - mummies; windigos; post apocalyptic CanadaThe authors in Tesseracts 13span the country, from east to west coast, applying a particularly Canadian stamp to a classic and revered genre. Contributors include: Kelley Armstrong; Alison Baird; Rebecca Bradley; Mary E. Choo; Suzanne Church; Kevin Cockle; Ivan Dorin; Katie Harse; Kevin Kvas; Michael Kelly; Jill Snider Lum; Catherine MacLeod; Matthew Moore; Silvia Moreno-Garcia; David Nickle; Jason Ridler; Gord Rollo; Andrea Schlecht; Daniel Sernine; Stephanie Short; Jean-Louis Trudel; Edo van Belkom; Bev VincentExpert-in-the-field Robert Knowlton provides a fascinating and detailed overview of the history of horror and dark fantasy writing and publishing in Canada.