The fourth title in the FS Books of Monsters series.
Edited by Margret Helgadottir
Cover by Daniele Serra
Here be Monsters!
They lurk and crawl and fly in the shadows of our mind. We know them from ancient legends and tales whispered by the campfire. They hide under the dark bridge, in the deep woods or out on the great plains, in the drizzling rain forest or out on the foggy moor, beneath the surface, under your bed. They don’t sparkle or have any interest in us except to tear us apart. They are the monsters! Forgotten, unknown, misunderstood, overused, watered down. We adore them still. We want to give them a renaissance, to reestablish their dark reputation, to give them a comeback, let the world know of their real terror.
Pacific Monsters is the fourth volume in a coffee table book series from Fox Spirit Books with dark fiction and art about monsters from around the world.
‘Another great monster collection! On maps, the Pacific has plenty of room for the chilling promise of “Here there are monsters,” and this collection certainly proves the truth in that, inviting readers to step away from the tame and venture into the uncharted reaches of Pacific myth and tradition.’
Charles Payseur,
reviewer of speculative short fiction, author of Fieldwork and A Friendly Ghostbusting, and author of short stories in Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, Shimmer Magazine, an
Contents:
Monster by Tina Makereti
From the Womb of the Land, Our Bones Entwined by AJ Fitzwater
The Hand Walker by Rue Karney
Grind by Michael Grey
Dinornis by Octavia Cade
The Legend of Georgie by Raymond Gates
The Weight of Silence by Jeremy Szal
Above the Peppermint Trail by Simon Dewar
Ink by Iona Winter
All My Relations by Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada
Children of the Mist by Tihema Baker
Mudgerwokee by Kirstie Olley
I Sindålu by Michael Lujan Bevacqua
Into the Sickly Light by AC Buchanan
Illustrations:
The Legend of Georgie, Ink, All My Relations by Laya Rose
From the Womb of the Land, Our Bones Entwined, Above the Peppermint Trail, Mudgerwokee by Lahela
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Monster, The Hand Walker, Grind by Kieran Walsh
The Weight of Silence, Children of the Mist, Into the Sickly Light by Eugene Smith
Monster Tales, author blog posts.
Kirstie Olley, The Dark Canvas of the Imagination
AJ Fitzwater, Spine of the Dragon
Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, All My Relations : Shark Stories
Michael Lujan Bevacqua, The Taotaomo’na of Guam
Octavia Cade, Wishful Monsters
Rue Karney, Finding the Words
Tihema Baker, My Identity