Very pleased to report that Gemma Files’ “The Jacaranda Smile,” and Steve Duffy’s “Certain Death For a Known Person” will be reprinted in ‘The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010″ edited by Paula Guran.
Congratulations Gemma and Steve!
Editor Ellen Datlow has posted her list of Honorable Mentions and I’m very pleased to see that 5 stories from “Apparitions” made the list. The writers honorably mentioned are:
Simon Bestwick for the “The Suicide Chairs”
Steve Duffy for “Certain Death For a Known Person”
Gemma Files for “The Jacaranda Smile”
Paul Finch for “Men of Old”
Gary McMahon for “Proof”
I’d like to thank the writers for their wonderful stories and also Ms. Datlow for the mentions. Thank you.
And, as publisher of this anthology, I’m obliged to say, yes, there are still a few copies available for purchase.
Just wanted to share with you what Ms. Datlow says in her summation in Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2.
“Apparitions edited by Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications) is a very good anthology from a new imprint created by Kelly. While some of the thirteen original stories don’t actually have enough story for my taste, there are some excellent tales by Simon Bestwick, Paul Finch, Gemma Files, Steve Duffy, and Gary McMahon.”
Here, in alphabetical order, are the talented contributors to Apparitions. Erin S. Wells did the cover art, and Steve Upham did the design.
Simon Bestwick – The Suicide Chairs
Gary A. Braunbeck – Coming Soon
Michael Colangelo – Behind the Black
Christopher Conlon – A Certain Slant of Light
Steve Duffy – Certain Death For a Known Person
Patricia Esposito – Finishing the Dig
Gemma Files – The Jacaranda Smile
Paul Finch – Men of Old
Joel Lane – High Water
Gary McMahon – Proof
Jessica Reisman – Incantation
Iain Rowan – There Stood the Dead
Barbara Roden – Home on the Range
