
A Flock of Shadows
13 Tales of the Contemporary Gothic
Parthian Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-909844-88-9 (ISBN)
Description
Sick of sighing at the namby-pampy vampires and hipster witches in mainstream fiction? Of the supernatural stoically resisting its own evil? Parthian and The Ghastling magazine decided to take matters into our own hands with a call to arms for some proper gothic fiction. Fall into the dreamlike realities of absinthe and madness. Meet intoxicating women and mermaids that aren't as charming as they seem...Between these pages, blurring the lines of good and evil, the monstrous reality and the monstrous imagine, are gothic stories for modern times. Here, buildings pursue their own malevolent intents; a grieving father and daughter receive an unexpected and grisly visitor; a man is unravelled by strange symbolism in a twilit park; and a botanist will stop at nothing to safeguard her borders. Which one will leave you haunted? Thirteen tales of the contemporary gothic, including work by: Alan Bilton, author of the surreal novels The Known and Unknown Sea (Cillian Press, 2014) and The Sleepwalkers' Ball (2009). Somerset Maugham Prize-winner Mark Blayney. Carly Holmes, author of The Scrapbook (Parthian, May 2014).
Jo Mazelis, author of Diving Girls (Parthian, 2002) which was short-listed for Commonwealth Best First Book and Welsh Book of the Year; Circle Games (Parthian, 2005) and Significance (Seren, September 2014).
Jo Mazelis, author of Diving Girls (Parthian, 2002) which was short-listed for Commonwealth Best First Book and Welsh Book of the Year; Circle Games (Parthian, 2005) and Significance (Seren, September 2014).
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Edition
UK ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-909844-88-9 (9781909844889)
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03/2015
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Persons
Rebecca Parfitt is a writer who has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines. She has worked in publishing for eight years. She is Editor of The Ghastling, a magazine devoted to ghost stories and the macabre which she set up in 2013 inspired by her love of the dark and peculiar. Claire Houguez is an editor and marketing officer for Parthian. She is working towards a PhD with a fiction collection capturing the neo-burlesque revival.