Tesseracts Thirteen: Chilling Tales from the Great White North, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and David Morrell, will be published in September by Edge Books. I’ve submitted to this anthology series once or twice before, but this is the first time I’ve made it. My story “Overtoun Bridge,” which was originally released as a limited edition giveaway chapbook from CD Publications and never offered for sale, appears in a somewhat modified form.
It was a real thrill to work with David Morrell and Nancy Kilpatrick as editors. I spoke with David when he was in Houston several months ago for a Mystery Writers of America Southwest Chapter luncheon, where he told me that both he and Nancy would like to see a different approach to the ending, so we worked on that for a while until we came up with something everyone was happy with.
The book is available for preorder at Edge’s website and through Amazon (US and Canadian versions).
Tesseracts Thirteen invites you to delve into literature’s shadowy side!
This, the newest and most unusual of the popular and award-winning Tesseracts anthologies, utilizes the mysterious and bewitching number ‘thirteen’ to explore a new realm of innovative, thought-provoking and disturbing fiction. Award-winning authors and editors Nancy Kilpatrick and David Morrell have unearthed twenty-three stories of horror and dark fantasy that reflect a mélange of Canada’s most exciting known and about-to-be known writers. These eerie-genre tales range from the unsettling to the sinister. Inside you will find stories featuring:
- The young, but not always innocent — ghosts; multiple births; comic book characters come to life
- Romance gone terribly wrong — curses; mournful spirits; bringing back the dead
- Creepy and twisted realities — mummies; windigos; post apocalyptic Canada
The authors in Tesseracts 13 span the country, from east to west coast, applying a particularly Canadian stamp to a classic and revered genre. Contributors include: Kelley Armstrong; Alison Baird; Rebecca Bradley; Mary E. Choo; Suzanne Church; Kevin Cockle; Ivan Dorin; Katie Harse; Kevin Kvas; Michael Kelly; Jill Snider Lum; Catherine MacLeod; Matthew Moore; Silvia Moreno-Garcia; David Nickle; Jason Ridler; Gord Rollo; Andrea Schlecht; Daniel Sernine; Stephanie Short; Jean-Louis Trudel; Edo van Belkom; Bev Vincent
Expert-in-the-field Robert Knowlton provides a fascinating and detailed overview of the history of horror and dark fantasy writing and publishing in Canada.
