Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5 (5)

Showcasing the finest weird fiction published in 2017, volume 5 of the Year's Best Weird Fiction is the final, triumphant volume in the acclaimed series. Editors Robert Shearman and Michael Kelly bring their knowledge and skill to this fifth and final volume of the Year's Best Weird Fiction.Michael Kelly - ForewordRobert Shearman - IntroductionKurt Fawver - The Convexity of Our YouthBen Loory - The Rock EaterBrenna Gomez - CorzoKathleen Kayembe - You Will Always Have Family: A TriptychDaniel Carpenter - FlotsamMichael Mirolla - The PossessionIan Muneshwar - Skins Smooth as Plantain, Hearts Soft as MangoClaire Dean - The UnwishKristi DeMeester - Worship Only What She BleedsDavid Peak - House of AbjectionHelen Marshall - The Way She is With StrangersJoshua King - The AnteaterJenni Fagan - When Words Change the Molecular Composition of WaterAlison Littlewood - The Entertainment ArrivesChavisa Woods - Take the Way Home That Leads Back to Sullivan StreetCarmen Maria Machado - Eight BitesEric Schaller - Red HoodRebecca Kuder - Curb DayAdam-Troy Castro - The Narrow Escape of Zipper-GirlK.L. Pereira - DisappearerCamilla Grudova - The Mouse QueenBrian Evenson - The Second DoorNadia Bulkin - Live Through ThisPaul Tremblay - Something About Birds

About the Author

Michael Kelly is the editor of Shadows & Tall Trees, and Series Editor of the Year's Best Weird Fiction. His fiction has appeared in Black Static, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Weird Fiction Review, and others. As editor he's been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award, and winner of the Shirley Jackson Award.Robert Shearman has written five short story collections, and between them they have won the World Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Edge Hill Readers Prize, and three British Fantasy Awards. He began his career in the theatre, and was resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, and regular writer for Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough; his plays have won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, the World Drama Trust Award, and the Guinness Award for Ingenuity in association with the Royal National Theatre. A regular writer for BBC Radio, his own interactive drama series The Chain Gang has won two Sony Awards. But he is probably best known for his work on Doctor Who, bringing back the Daleks for the BAFTA winning first series in an episode nominated for a Hugo Award. His latest book, We All Hear Stories in the Dark is to be released by PS Publishing next year.

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