New Release – Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror
Posted by Dark Whisperer on April 14, 2009
Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror
Editor: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Wildside Press
Release Date: March 2009 (Reissue)
ISBN-10: 0809557959
ISBN-13: 978-0809557950
In ancient Egypt they were worshiped. In the Middle Ages they were crucified. From a gentle purr to a sudden scratch, enter the dark, secret world of the creature who is definitely not man’s best friend – and who likes it just fine that way. In this extraordinary collection, 24 master storytellers look into the inscrutable eyes of felis catus, and see a reflection of the frightening, the fantastic and the bizarre. From birds’ feet left at your door to a howl in the night, from a preen to a pounce, find out who they really are… if you dare.
Table of Contents:
No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be… | A.R. Morlan
Marigold Outlet | Nancy Kress
White Rook, Black Pawn | Susan Wade
Best Friends | Gahan Wilson
Skin Deep | Nicholas Royle
Homage to Custom | Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg
The Five | Douglas Clegg
The Man Who Did Cats Harm | Michael Cadnum
Not Waving | Michael Marshall Smith
Ruski | William Burroughs
Flattened Fauna Poem #37; Cats | Jane Yolen
Of a Cat, But Her Skin | Storm Constantine
Walled | Lucy Taylor
The Cat From Hell | Stephen King
Catch | Ray Vukcevich
Human Society | Steven Spruill
Scratch | Joel Lane
Nobody Knows My Name | Joyce Carol Oates
Thank You for That | Harvey Jacobs
To Destroy Rats | Martha Soukup
I Gatti di Roma | Sarah Clemens
Incidental Cats | Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Flowers for Faces, Thorns for Feet | Tanith Lee
