ANTHOLOGIES
QUALIA NOUS, VOL. 2, an anthology of dark science fiction and fantasy edited by Michael Bailey and featuring artwork throughout by Pat R. Steiner. This second volume of the award-winning Qualia Nous series contains short stories, novelettes, and poetry from established authors and newcomers from around the world. Featuring the imaginations of Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, Eugen Bacon, Josh Malerman, Cynthia Pelayo, Lee Murray, Eric LaRocca, Gabino Iglesias, Linda D. Addison, Zoje Stage, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Gary A. Braunbeck, and more.
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QUALIA NOUS, VOL. 2: Hardcover
ISBN: 979-8-987932612 428 pages, 6 x 9″
$34.95
QUALIA NOUS, VOL. 2: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-987932629 428 pages, 6 x 9″
$19.95
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PRISMS, an anthology of dark science fiction and fantasy, co-edited by Darren Speegle and Michael Bailey. This anthology was previously published in limited hardcover by PS Publishing in March 2021 and re-released in trade paperback and eBook by Written Backwards. Prisms are instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained herein are nineteen transformative tales from some of speculative fiction’s most brilliant minds. So open your eyes and let the light pass through . . .
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PRISMS: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8986748870 334 pages, 6 x 9″
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CHIRAL MAD 5, the fifth and final volume in the Chiral Mad series, edited by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Michael Bailey, and illustrated by Seth Brown. Contains speculative fiction and poetry (25 of each) from the likes of Stephen King, Josh Malerman, Victor LaValle, Linda D. Addison, Zoje Stage, Christina Sng, Hailey Piper, John Langan, Tlotlo Tsamaase, and so many more. See the book cover above for a full list. Nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award.
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CHIRAL MAD 5: Hardcover
ISBN: 979-8986748801 424 pages, 6 x 9″
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CHIRAL MAD 5: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8986748818 424 pages, 6 x 9″
$19.95
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MISCREATIONS: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors, an anthology of dark speculative fiction co-edited by Doug Murano and Michael Bailey. What happens when we make monsters? What happens when we make monsters of ourselves? Grotesque beings lurch from our darkest dreams. Vicious beasts stalk our twisted pasts. Lost souls haunt our deepest regrets. They are the blood on our hands. They are the obsessions in our heads. They are the vengeance in our hearts. They are Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors. Includes a foreword by Alma Katsu and illustrations by HagCult. Nominated for both the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award.
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MISCREATIONS: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1732724464 342 pages, 6 x 9″
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ISBN: 978-1732724471 342 pages, 6 x 9″
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CHIRAL MAD 4, an anthology of collaborations. 4 short stories, 4 novelettes, 4 novellas, and 4 graphic adaptations make up this mammoth book of wonders. Every story in this anthology is a collaboration. Bram Stoker Award-winners Michael Bailey and Lucy A. Snyder even collaborated on the co-editing to bring you an incredibly diverse and entirely collaborative experience! Also includes a co-introduction by Gary A. Braunbeck and Janet Harriett. Nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award.
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CHIRAL MAD 4: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1732724440 424 pages, 6 x 9″
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ISBN: 978-0999575499 424 pages, 6 x 9″
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ADAM’S LADDER, an anthology of dark science fiction. The future of humankind as an ever-changing organism is a subject of much debate. Where is our evolutionary path leading? Will the next rung take the form of mental transcendence, will it set humankind on a course toward divinity, or will this uncertain path involve a dark and terrible reversion? Co-editors Michael Bailey and Darren Speegle present eighteen tales that explore the course of evolution, written by some of the best literary minds in the fields of science fiction and horror, such as Laird Barron, John Langan, Tim Lebbon, Lisa Morton, Brian Evenson, and Roberta Lannes. It’s your future.
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ADAM’S LADDER: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1626412675 304 pages, 6 x 9″
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YOU, HUMAN, an anthology of dark science fiction. Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Michael Bailey brings you a genre-bending anthology of dark science fiction and poetry, with fiction illustrated beautifully throughout by world-renowned artist L.A. Spooner, poetry and spot illustrations by the always-impressive Orion Zangara, and an incredible introduction on humanness by New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson. Cover artwork by George C. Cotronis. Also features the Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story “Jupiter Drop” by Josh Malerman.
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YOU, HUMAN: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-999575451 430 pages, 6 x 9″
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CHIRAL MAD 3, an anthology of psychological horror. The third act in the critically-acclaimed series contains 45 illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, over 20 stories by the likes of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Josh Malerman, Scott Edelman (his story nominated for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction), Hal Bodner (his story nominated for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction) and Richard Chizmar, as well as 20 intertwined poems by the likes of Elizabeth Massie, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Erik T. Johnson, and Stephanie M. Wytovich. Also includes an introduction on the state of horror by Chuck Palahniuk. Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology.
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CHIRAL MAD 3: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0996149358 400 pages, 6 x 9″
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THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD is the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology of dark literary fiction inspired by Chapel of the Chimes, a crematory and columbarium founded in 1909 in Oakland, California. Thousands are entombed in golden books (urns) shelved from floor to ceiling in a glowing labyrinth of nearly countless rooms. Includes an introduction by Norman Partridge (nominated for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction), illustrations by GAK, an afterword/dedication J.F. Gonzalez by Mary SanGiovanni, fiction by Brian Keene, Roberta Lannes, Christopher Golden, Michael McBride, as well as photography and an interconnecting tale by Michael Bailey.
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THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0578156750 334 pages, 6 x 9″
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QUALIA NOUS, winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award and nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology, is a literary blend of science fiction and horror. Contains short stories, novelettes, and poetry from established authors and newcomers from around the world. Features Bram Stoker Award winning stories by Usman T. Malik and Rena Mason (both tied for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction), as well as stories by Stephen King, Emily B. Cataneo, Erinn L. Kemper, Patrick Freivald, William F. Nolan, Elizabeth Massie, John R. Little, Gary A. Braunbeck, and many others. *Due to contractual obligations/limitations, the eBook does not include Stephen King’s “The Jaunt.”
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QUALIA NOUS: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0578146461 448 pages, 6 x 9″
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CHIRAL MAD 2, an anthology of psychological horror, contains twenty-eight short stories by established authors and newcomers from around the world. Features the imaginations of David Morrell, Mort Castle, P. Gardner Goldsmith, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, Ann K. Boyer, John Skipp, Gary McMahon, Lucy A. Snyder, and Thomas F. Monteleone. Also includes an intro / outro written by the book itself. Also features the Bram Stoker Award winning novelette (“The Great Pity) by Gary A. Braunbeck.
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CHIRAL MAD 2: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1494239978 424 pages, 6 x 9″
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CHIRAL MAD, an anthology of psychological horror and the first in the series, contains twenty-eight short stories by established authors and newcomers from around the world. Features the imaginations of Gord Rollo, Monica J. O’Rourke, Jon Michael Kelly, Meghan Arcuri, Christian A. Larsen, Jeff Strand, Gary McMahon, and John Palisano (his story was nominated for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction), Jack Ketchum, and many others, with an introduction by the master of anthologies: Thomas F. Monteleone.
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CHIRAL MAD: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1479152438 374 pages, 6 x 9″
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PELLUCID LUNACY, the debut anthology by Written Backwards and editor Michael Bailey, is an anthology of psychological horror featuring twenty short stories by unknown and established authors from around the world, including Kristine Ong Muslim, Amanda Larson, Lee Clark Zumpe, Amanda Pillar, Aaron J. French, and more. Winner of both the International Book Award and the USA “Best Book” Award.
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PELLUCID LUNACY: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0999575406 212 pages, 5 x 8″
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