The good, the bad, and the uncanny : tales of a very weird west

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Title:

The good, the bad, and the uncanny : tales of a very weird west

ISBN:

9781954255685

Physical Description:

304 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

The disobedient devil dust-up at Copper Junction / Devil's snare / Bad / Bigfoot Gorge / Story of the century / The stacked deck / Desert justice / In the end, the beginning / Nightfall on the Iron Dragon Line / Simple Silas / Hell and Destruction are never full / The Legend of Long-Ears / The night caravan / Dreadful / Thicker than water / Barnfeather's Magical Medicine Show and Tent Extravaganza

Subject Term:

Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction.

Short stories, American -- West (U.S.)

Western stories.

Genre:

Western fiction.

Added Author:

Maberry, Jonathan,

Summary:

"Presents sixteen original and never-before-published adventures by some of today's most visionary writers who have spun wildly offbeat tales of gunmen, lawmen, magic, and weird science. These tales twist the American West into a place of darkness, shadows, sudden death, terror in the night, bold heroism, devious magic, and shocking violence. Each story blazes a new trail through very strange territory--discovering weird science, ancient evil, mythic creatures, and lightning-fast action"--

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Gunslingers. Lawmen. Snake-oil Salesmen. Cowboys. Mad Scientists. And a few monsters.The Old West has never been wilder!THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNCANNY presents sixteen original and never-before-published adventures by some of today' s most visionary writers who have spun wildly offbeat tales of gunmen, lawmen, magic, and weird science.Saddle up with Josh Malerman, Scott Sigler, Keith DeCandido, Cullen Bunn, R.S. Belcher, Greg Cox, Jeffrey Mariotte, Laura Anne Gilman, Aaron Rosenberg, Maurice Broaddus, John G. Hartness, Carrie Harris, James A. Moore, Marguerite Reed, C. Edward Sellner, Carrie Harris, and Jennifer Brody! These tales twist the American West into a place of darkness, shadows, sudden death, terror in the night, bold heroism, devious magic, and shocking violence.Each story blazes a new trail through very strange territory - discovering weird science, ancient evil, mythic creatures, and lightning-fast action.Edited by Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of GHOSTWALKERS: A DEADLANDS NOVEL, the Joe Ledger Thrillers, V-WARS, and KAGEN THE DAMNED.

Author Notes

Keith lives in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Maberry (Kagen the Damned) brings together 16 unsettling and often brutal tales exploring the darkest, weirdest aspects of the Old West. While some stories focus on man's own inhumanity and cruelty, many also bring in supernatural elements--including vampires, werewolves, and creatures from Indigenous folklore--to provide a healthy dose of external conflict and bloody violence. Standouts include Keith R.A. DeCandido's "The Legend of Long-Ears," which reimagines Calamity Jane as having a Cassandraesque gift for prophecy; Greg Cox's "Bigfoot Gorge," about a mining expedition gone horribly wrong; and Aaron Rosenberg's "The Stacked Deck," in which a gambler enters the card tournament of his life. Laura Anne Gilman spins a fable-like yarn of settlers coming to a new land in "In the End, the Beginning," and Jennifer Brody's "The Night Caravan," the only science fiction piece in the bunch, hits all the right notes as two sisters try to survive an inhospitable desert. This strong array of chilling frontier tales feels like perfect campfire story fodder. (Dec.)

Library Journal Review

The Weird West of this collection is a place where the legends of the Wild West meet the uncanny denizens of horror in settings that range from the magical lands of faerie to the days of the First World when Coyote and Changing Woman walked the Earth. The story in this collection that best exemplifies this Weird West is "The Legend of Long-Ears" by Keith R.A. DeCandido, with its blend of two larger-than-life legends of the Old West--Calamity Jane and Marshal Bass Reeves, as told by an ancient spirit of justice. Two stories with a similar theme, "Desert Justice" by Maurice Broaddus and "In the End, the Beginning" by Laura Anne Gilman, present alternative possibilities for the story of "how the West was won" and who it was, or could have been, won by. "Bigfoot Gorge" by Greg Cox is the standout of several stories in the collection that trip over the line into horror. VERDICT Recommended for readers of Charlaine Harris's "Gunnie Rose" series and Gilman's "Huntsmen" series and those who appreciated Wild, Wild West, as the stories in this collection take that wild and run with it.--Marlene Harris

Riding Along Dark Trails-Editor's Foreword	1
The Disobedient Devil Dust-up at Copper Junction	5
Devil's Snare	30
Bad	52
Bigfoot Gorge	66
Story of the Century	86
The Stacked Deck	109
Desert Justice	129
In the End, the Beginning	145
Nightfall on the Iron Dragon Line	157
Simple Silas	176
Hell and Destruction are Never Full	196
The Legend of Long-Ears	215
The Night Caravan	229
Dreadful	246
Thicker than Water	264
Bamfeather's Magical Medicine Show and Tent Extravaganza	284
Author Bios	305

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