***Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award*** ***Finalist for the World Fantasy Award*** ***Finalist for the British Fantasy Award***
'The Dying Season,' by Lynda E. Rucker, Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. 'Seven Minutes in Heaven,' by Nadia Bulkin, Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award. 'Underground Economy,' by John Langan, reprinted in the Best Horror of the Year. 'Underground Economy,' by John Langan, reprinted in the Best New Horror. 'The Lake,' by Daniel Mills, reprinted in Best New Horror. 'Seaside Town,' by Brian Evenson, reprinted in Year's Best Weird Fiction. 'Seven Minutes in Heaven,' by Nadia Bulkin, reprinted in Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. 'Camp,' by David Nickle, reprinted in Wilde Stories: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction.
Edited by Simon Strantzas, "Aickman's Heirs" is an anthology of strange, weird tales by modern visionaries of weird fiction, in the milieu of Robert Aickman, the master of strange and ambiguous stories. Editor and author Strantzas, an important figure in Weird fiction, has been hailed as the heir to Aickman's oeuvre, and is ideally suited to edit this exciting volume. Featuring all-original stories from Brian Evenson, Lisa Tuttle, John Langan, Helen Marshall, Michael Cisco, and others.