
Spring in the City
A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction
Xan van Rooyen(Author)
Ruadan Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 2. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-1-968143-00-8 (ISBN)
Description
Even in the shadows of skyscrapers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle that we call "the city."
Spring in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is the next anthology in Ruadán Books' "...In the City" series that takes place in different metropolises around the world during the changeable, unpredictable return of life from its cold slumber.
But what awakens is not always beautiful.In Stockholm, the vengeful goddess of spring awakens, ready to begin her hunt once again...
Faced with an impossible choice, Detroit teens must confront a malevolent entity to protect their urban neighborhood from the creature's insatiable hunger...
A journalist escapes to Cape Town to research folklore and only encounters terrifying creatures from local legends, blurring the lines between reality and nightmare...
When mysterious fireballs devastate Tel Aviv, a young girl is gifted with extraordinary powers which she must embrace to confront a prophesied cosmic entity...
Featuring new stories by: V.L. Barycz | Ross Baxter | J.R. Blanes | Die Booth | E J Delaney | Jeff Enos | Maria Haskins | Amanda Cecelia Lang | Rich Larson | Avram Lavinsky | Tim Lees | D.F. McCourt | Jonathan Papernick | Xan van Rooyen | John Joseph Ryan | Troy Seate | Su J Sokol
With a Foreword by Bram Stoker Award®-winning author Mercedes M. Yardley.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-968143-00-8 (9781968143008)
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Former technologist and world traveler, R. B. Wood is an MFA graduate from Emerson College and the founder/CEO of Ruadá n Books. Along with his editing passion, R. B. is a writer of speculative dark thrillers. Mr. Wood has had numerous titles published and is currently working on his next thriller. His shorter, weird stories have appeared in multiple anthologies and online magazines. R.B. and his wife Tina adore animals and are self-professed "crazy cat people." You can find him online via rbwood.com and on most social media platforms. Boston-based artist and writer Anna Koon has published articles for a variety of periodicals, one poem, two screenplays, and a children's book entitled Willamina, Queen of the Worms. She is the founder and director of an educational series presented to various arts organizations throughout Massachusetts. Additionally, she works as a creative coach and editor. Anna lives at the top of what was once the women's quarters of a Victorian mental institution with her husband and two whippets, Zeta Puppis and Nimble Nimbus. Learn more about her @ www.a2n2.net.