New story in Uncertainties VIII (edited by Naben Ruthnum, Swan River Press)

Mike Thorn’s new story, “Soirée,” is included in Uncertainties VIII, edited by Naben Ruthnum for Swan River Press.

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Uncertainties is an anthology series—featuring authors from Canada, England, and the United States—each exploring the concept of increasingly fragmented senses of reality. These types of short stories were termed “strange tales” by Robert Aickman, called “tales of the unexpected” by Roald Dahl, and known to Shakespeare’s ill-fated Prince Mamillius as “winter’s tales”. But these are no mere ghost stories. These tales of the uncanny grapple with existential epiphanies of the modern day, when otherwise familiar landscapes become sinister and something decidedly less than certain . . .

Contents

“Foreword” – Naben Ruthnum

“A Curio” – R. Ostermeier

“Îkwatin // Freeze Up” – Jessica Johns

“Next of Kin” – Miriam Richer

“Taking Possession” – Rebecca Campbell

“All the Little Machines” – Rebecca Kuder

“Vanquisher” – Andrew F. Sullivan

“Soirée” – Mike Thorn

“Caretakers” – Michael Kelly

“Goodnight, Grandma Maggie” – Erica McKeen

“The Poet and the Jaguar and the Poet” – Quentin S. Crisp

“Monumental Horror Image” – Michael Wehunt

“The Theatre of Higher Judgements” – Matthew Holness

“Contributor Notes”