Exotic Gothic 2: New Tales of Taboo

Edited by Danel Olson

Dust Jacket illustration by Nicholas Royle

Limited to 350 copies

ISBN: 978-1-55310-109-3; x+318pp; Hardcover; Published Aug 31, 2008

Original Price: C$49.00 / US$49.00 / £29.00

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Be drawn into Gothic enigmas from seven continents, and struggle to find your own explanation for the inexplicable in these twenty-four original stories. Identify with bewildered, ghost-ridden characters facing (or becoming) monstrosity. Let the darkness—from a dress dummy to a rogue nuclear state—creep closer to your living experience . . . and discern the Gothic secret: the revelation of the monster's purpose.

Almost viral in its adaptability, the nouveau Gothique transforms itself in these pages, feeding off broader cultural anxieties. Skilfully violating conventions of horror and suspense—and opening the door to other genres including fantasy, historical account, and travel narrative—the freshness of its stories infects us with something unknown. Our old expectations offer no antibodies to this latest mutation.

Contents:
  • Preface: 'A Twenty-first Century Gothic' by Danel Olson
  • ASIA:
    • Remembrance by Dean Francis Alfar
    • The Arrangement by Edward P. Crandall
    • Side-Effects May Include by Steve Duffy
    • Stones by Genni Gunn
    • The Most Precious Thing in Antalya by Milorad Pavić
    • Enlightenment by John Whitbourn
  • AFRICA:
    • Blood Reader by George Makana Clark
    • Very Low-Flying Aircraft by Nicholas Royle
  • EUROPE:
    • The Barony at Rødal by Peter Bell
    • The Ice Wedding by Nancy A. Collins
    • Arkangel by Christopher Fowler
    • Tivar by Taylor Kincaid
    • Black Death by Kenneth McKenney
    • A Donkey at the Mysteries by Reggie Oliver
    • Burning Snow by Steve Rasnic Tem
    • Grvnice by David Wellington
  • NORTH AMERICA:
    • Monkey Bottom by John Bushore
    • Los Penitentes by Elizabeth Massie
    • One Thousand Dragon Sheets by Tia V. Travis
  • SOUTH AMERICA:
    • A Line Through el Salar d'Uyuni by Adam Golaski
  • AUSTRALIA:
    • Empathy by Stephen Dedman
    • Clowns at Midnight (excerpt) by Terry Dowling
    • Kulpunya by Robert Hood
  • ANTARCTICA:
    • Endless Night by Barbara Roden
  • Biographical Notes