Darker Than Weird: Fourteen Tales of Horror

Publication History

“The River Flows to Nowhere” first published in Weirdbook #33 (2016)

“Behind the Eyes” first published in Space & Time #105 (2009)

“The Man Who Murders Happiness” first published in Weirdbook #35 (2017)

“Love in the Time of Dracula” first published in The Audient Void No. 5 (2018)

“I Do the Work of the Bone Queen” first published in Whispers from the Abyss (2013)

“The Taste of Starlight” first published in Lightspeed: Year One (2011)

“The Key to Your Heart is Made of Brass” first published in Fungi #21 (2013)

“Flesh of the City, Bones of the World” first published in Fungi #21 (2013)

“The Rude Mechanicals and the Highwayman” first published in Fungi #22 (2015)

“Anno Domini Azathoth” first published in That is Not Dead (2015)

“The Thing in the Pond” first published in Weirdbook Fall Annual #2 (2018)

“Lord of Endings” first published in Lovecraft eZine (2011)

“This is How the World Ends” first published in Cthulhu's Reign (2010)

“The Embrace of Elder Things” first published in Mountains of Madness Revealed (2019)

About the Contributors

JOHN R. FULTZ is a California writer originally from Kentucky. His published novels include Seven Princes (2012), Seven Kings (2013), and Seven Sorcerers (2013), as well as The Testament of Tall Eagle (2015) and Son of Tall Eagle (2017). His short stories have appeared in Year's Best Weird Fiction, Weird Tales, Black Gate, Weirdbook, That is Not Dead, Shattered Shields, Lightspeed, Way of the Wizard, Cthulhu's Reign, and plenty of other strange places. His latest collection of dark fantasy tales is Worlds Beyond Worlds (2021).

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DON WEBB has written 25 books on subjects ranging from the Greek Magical Papyri to computer security. A former cult leader, he has placed over 11,000 images of cats on Facebook and written Lovecraftian fiction for fifty years (over twice as long as Lovecraft). His most recent book is Building Strange Temples (2020).

DAN SAUER is a graphic designer and artist living in Oregon. In 2016, he co-founded (with editor/publisher Obadiah Baird) The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy, which features his design and illustration work. Since 2017, he has worked extensively on book covers, interior art and custom typography for Hippocampus Press and other publishers. His art often takes the form of surreal collage and photomontage, as pioneered by artists such as Max Ernst, Wilfried Sätty, Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter.

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