A Natural History of Hell
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| Author | Jeffrey Ford |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Short Fiction |
| Publisher | Small Beer Press |
Publication date | 12 July 2016 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 279 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-61873-118-0 |
A Natural History of Hellis a collection of thirteen stories written byJeffrey Fordand released in July 2016.[1]The collection has won the 2017World Fantasy Award for Best Collection[2]as well as the 2016Shirley Jackson Awardfor Best Single-Author Short Story Collection.[3]
Author
[edit]Jeffrey Fordis an American fantasy, science fiction, and mystery writer, born inLong Island,New York Stateon 8 November 1955.[4]He now lives inOhioand teaches writing part-time atOhio Wesleyan University.
Contents
[edit]- The Blameless: A world where exorcisms are as casual as a sweet sixteen
- Word Doll: A take on the harvest spirit/monster theme
- The Angel Seems: A town suffers the predations of a monstrous angel who offers protection in exchange for occasional poetic and indifferent murder.
- Mount Chary Galore: A bone-chilling story of three young children in a more innocent, more difficult time, and their encounter with the local wise woman.
- A Natural History of Autumn: Evil Japanese demons and their wild shenanigans.
- Blood Drive: A re-imagined America encourages both high school students and teachers carry firearms
- A Terror: Emily Dickinson takes that famed carriage ride with Death.
- Rocket Ship to Hell: A science fiction writer meets an old man in a bar who spins a truly "weird tale"
- The Fairy Enterprise: A heartless industrialist determines to manufacture an unusual sort of product, but finds the process unexpectedly demanding.
- The Last Triangle: An addict is rescued by a little old lady.
- Spirits of Salt: A Tale of the Coral Heart
- The Thyme Fiend: A young in Ohio who sees strange things. The spirits of the dead come back to resolve some mysteries in the living world.
- The Prelate's Commission: A story about trying to put a face on the devil and how the devil feels about such efforts.
References
[edit]- ^"Review on" A Natural History of Hell "By Catherine Grant".HuffPost.Feb 17, 2017.RetrievedMay 8,2018.
- ^"Word Fantasy Award 2017 Winners List".Locus.November 5, 2017.RetrievedMay 8,2018.
- ^"Shirley Jackson Award 2016:Best Single-Author Short Story Collection Winners List".RetrievedMay 8,2018.
- ^"Fishpond Book Review".RetrievedMay 8,2018.