New Gods Old Monsters

As showcased in this, his first collection of short fiction, Bill Davidson has a proven gift forimagining nightmarish scenarios and getting underneath his reader's skin. Imagine a worldwhere the entire population suffers frequent and unexpected momentary fits of rage. Or howabout a world where every single living thing is dead -- apart from you. Here the reader will alsoencounter a circus plagued by enormous eight-legged fiends, forbidden texts, time slips, ancientbeings who exist...
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As showcased in this, his first collection of short fiction, Bill Davidson has a proven gift forimagining nightmarish scenarios and getting underneath his reader's skin. Imagine a worldwhere the entire population suffers frequent and unexpected momentary fits of rage. Or howabout a world where every single living thing is dead -- apart from you. Here the reader will alsoencounter a circus plagued by enormous eight-legged fiends, forbidden texts, time slips, ancientbeings who exist alongside ordinary mortals, and ordinary mortals with their hearts set onbecoming ancient beings. Blending elements of horror, fairytale, science fiction, and fantasy, BillDavidson writes stories that are occasionally gruesome, at times brutal and shocking, at othertimes strange and moving. In this short story collection, the everyday is paired with theextraordinary to supernatural effect.Includes the story 'A Brief Moment of Rage' which was chosen by Ellen Datlow to appear in 'BestHorror of the Year Vol.11' alongside work by Joe Hill and Laird Barron.