Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4 (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Author of the fantastic and the bizarre, Jeffrey Ford’s work has won awards and acclaim across the globe for his stories of humor, horror, and unconventional beauty. “Powerful and disturbing in the best possible way” (Gawker) and “Intensely engaging” (Publishers Weekly), Ford crosses speculative genres with literary ideals, which has earned him the World Fantasy Award (seven times), the Shirley Jackson Award (four times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and France’s vaunted Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire.

Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to his work, the fourth in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover—or learn more of—the extraordinary voice of Jeffrey Ford, as beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich.

Included within these pages

• Six short stories, one written exclusively for this book

• Author interview

• Complete bibliography

• Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD (former humanities chair and professor of the year, Seton Hill University)

• … and more!

Enter this doorway to the vast and Get to know Jeffrey Ford.

Table of Contents

• Introduction by Eric J. Guignard

• About Jeffrey Ford

• A Natural History of Autumn (fiction)

• A Natural History of A Commentary

• Malthusian’s Zombie (fiction)

• Malthusian’s A Commentary

• Boatman’s Holiday (fiction)

• Boatman’s A Commentary

• The Night Whiskey (fiction)

• The Night A Commentary

• A Night in the Tropics (fiction)

• A Night in the A Commentary

• Incorruptible (fiction)

• A Commentary

• Why Jeffrey Ford Matters by Michael Arnzen, PhD

• In Conversation with Jeffrey Ford

• Scratching the An Essay by Jeffrey Ford

• A Bibliography of English Language Fiction for Jeffrey Ford