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Little Visible Delight Kindle Edition
Little Visible Delight is an anthology of original stories in which eleven authors of dark fiction explore some their most intimate, writerly obsessions.
The Receiver of Tales by Lynda E. Rucker
Needs Must When the Devil Drives by Cory J. Herndon
A Thousand Stitches by Kate Jonez
The Point by Johnny Worthen
Calligraphy by James Everington
This Many by S.P. Miskowski
JP by Brent Michael Kelley
Kestrel by Mary Borsellino
An Unattributed Lyric, In Blood, On a Bathroom Wall by Ennis Drake
Black Eyes Broken by Mercedes M. Yardley
Bears: A Fairy Tale of 1958 by Steve Duffy
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateDecember 5, 2013
- File size2.2 MB
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- ASIN : B00H3U3MMI
- Publisher : Omnium Gatherum
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- Publication date : December 5, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 2.2 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 170 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0615932248
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,276,988 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #10,382 in Fiction Anthologies
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- #36,237 in Short Stories Anthologies
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About the authors
S. P. Miskowski has received two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Her second novel, I Wish I Was Like You, was named This Is Horror Novel of the Year and received a Charles Dexter (A)ward as Favorite Novel of 2017 from Strange Aeons Magazine. Her books have received four Shirley Jackson Award nominations and two Bram Stoker Award nominations.
Miskowski’s stories have been published in Supernatural Tales, Black Static, Identity Theory, Strange Aeons, The Best Horror of the Year Volume Ten, Haunted Nights, The Madness of Dr. Caligari, October Dreams 2, Autumn Cthulhu, The Hyde Hotel, Darker Companions: Celebrating 50 Years of Ramsey Campbell, Human Monsters, Mother: Tales of Love and Terror, Tales from a Talking Board and Looming Low Vol I and II.
Author site:
https://spmiskowski.wordpress.com/
Dark fantasy and horror author Kate Jonez has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award ® and once for the Shirley Jackson.
She is also the chief editor at Omnium Gatherum a multiple award nominated press dedicated to publishing unique dark fantasy, weird fiction and horror.
Kate is a student of all things scary and when she isn’t writing she loves to collect objects for her cabinet of curiosities, research obscure and strange historical figures and photograph Southern California where she lives with a very nice man and two little dogs who are also very nice but could behave a little bit better.
Cory J. Herndon has written or co-written numerous novels and short stories in the Magic: the Gathering line, including the finale of the Mirrodin books, the entirety of the Ravnica Cycle, and (with Scott McGough) the Lorwyn novels (plus one novella). His first book, The Living Dead, was written under the pseudonym T.H. Lain. He's edited, designed, and written material for pen-and-paper roleplaying games including the original Star Wars D20 RPG book Ultimate Alien Anthology.
He has also created and written narratives for video games such as Guild Wars, WildStar, Unknown 9, and Threads of Time in his day job as a game developer.
Cory lives in British Columbia with his wife, author S.P. Miskowski, and very large cat named Macho.
Winner of:
Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette, 2015: "Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage"
International Horror Guild award for Best Short Story, 2000: "The Rag And Bone Men"
Shortlisted for:
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, 2012: "X For Demetrious"
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, 2010: "The Lion's Den"
International Horror Guild award for Mid-Length Fiction, 2007: "Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed"
Author of:
THE MOMENT OF PANIC (2013, PS Publishing)
TRAGIC LIFE STORIES, 2010, Ash-Tree Press
THE FIVE QUARTERS (with Ian Rodwell), 2001, Ash-Tree Press
THE NIGHT COMES ON, 1998, Ash-Tree Press
Visit Steve's Goodreads author page for more info: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/376166.Steve_Duffy
Brent Michael Kelley lives the sweet life in Northern Wisconsin, where he writes late into the night with a dog named JP sitting on his lap. When it’s warm, you’ll find him camping, biking, and kayaking with his family. Brent co-hosts a podcast called Destroy the Files with his dear friend Kate Jonez. He enjoys a condition known as “resting psycho face,” and he is keenly aware that people with that condition get strange looks when they skip or cartwheel. Brent is not stitching together a “creature” or developing a mind control serum in his basement. Swearsy realsies. Stay up to date on his perfectly legal* activities at www.brentmichaelkelley.com.
Mercedes M. Yardley is a whimsical dark fantasist who wears poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of many works including BEAUTIFUL SORROWS, PRETTY LITTLE DEAD GIRLS: A NOVEL OF MURDER AND WHIMSY (now available as a graphic novel with art by Orion Zangara), and the Stabby Award-winning APOCALYPTIC MONTESSA AND NUCLEAR LULU: A TALE OF ATOMIC LOVE.
She is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner for her realistic horror novella LITTLE DEAD RED and her magical surrealism short story "Fracture." She was a Bram Stoker finalist for her short story "Loving You Darkly" and for her ARTERIAL BLOOM anthology, for which she was editor. Mercedes lives and creates in Las Vegas with her family and menagerie of battle-scarred, rescued animal familiars.
JOHNNY WORTHEN grew up in the high desert snows and warm summer winds of the Wasatch Mountains. He graduated with a B.A. in English, minor in Classics and a Master's in American Studies from the University of Utah. After a series of businesses and adventures, including years abroad and running his own bakery, Johnny found himself drawn to the only thing he ever wanted to do -- write. And write he does. Well versed in modern literary criticism and cultural studies, Johnny writes upmarket multi-genre fiction – thriller, horror, young adult, comedy and mystery so far. “I write what I like to read,” he says. “That guarantees me at least one fan and a hectic job for my publicist.”
When not pounding on his keyboard, teaching the craft, attending conferences and conventions, Johnny Worthen can be found with his wife and boys in Sandy, Utah.
Lynda E. Rucker is an American writer born and raised in the South and currently living in Berlin, Germany. Her first collection of short fiction, The Moon Will Look Strange, was published by Karoshi Books in 2012 and reprinted by Undertow Press in 2019. Her second collection, You'll Know When You Get There, was published by Swan River Press in 2016. She has also edited an anthology, Uncertainties 3. Her short stories have appeared in such places as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Shadows and Tall Trees, Nightmare Magazine, The Dark and Supernatural Tales among others. She is a regular columnist for Black Static.
Kate Jonez writes dark fantasy fiction. CEREMONY OF FLIES published by DarkFuse is available in limited edition hard cover and ebook.Her Bram Stoker ® Award nominated novel CANDY HOUSE is available at Amazon in print and ebook.
She is also chief editor at Omnium Gatherum a small press dedicated to publishing unique dark fantasy, weird fiction or literary dark fiction in print and ebook. Three Omnium Gatherum books have been nominated for Shirley Jackson Awards.
Kate is a student of all things scary and when she isn’t writing she loves to collect objects for her cabinet of curiosities, research obscure and strange historical figures and photograph Southern California where she lives with a very nice man and a little dog who is also very nice but could behave a little bit better.
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2014Format: Kindle(Disclosure: I received a free electronic copy from the editors for review purposes.)
Little Visible Delight is my kind of anthology; the horror is quiet, thoughtful and unsettling. The anthology opens with a quotation from Wuthering Heights, from which the anthology draws its title. The literary classic makes for an apt inspiration. Contributions have been selected with an eye for quality over quantity, thus achieving that near-mythical aim of anthology editors; every story squarely hits the mark.
Each author has gone for a distinctly different take on the central theme of obsession, with hardly a well-worn trope in sight. And where the author has used a common trope, as in Cory J. Hendon’s “Needs Must when the Devil Drives” and “Bears: A Fairy Tale of 1958” by Steve Duffy, their interpretations are innovative and refreshing. Along with the theme of obsession, many of the stories share a common thread of social distance and isolation; of protagonists cast, by choice or circumstance, alone and adrift in a hostile world.
Each story ends with a brief afterword from the author which gives the reader extra insight into the story’s conception. Some readers find this intrusive; I found it interesting, and for me it enhanced my experience of their stories.
I don’t often write an anthology review which discusses every story individually, but when I do…it’s for one like this.
“Before we get to where you want to go, you have to tell me your story.”
“The Receiver of Tales” by Lynda E. Rucker.
Writers, a theme of obsession – you just know there has to be a story about stories, don’t you? In “The Receiver of Tales”, Aisha’s dubious “gift” is a double-edged sword. Most writers will be able to identify with the protagonist’s agony.
“The man I meant to kill wouldn’t be home for another thirteen and a half minutes.”
“Needs Must When the Devil Drives” by Cory J. Herndon.
I’m not going to tell you which speculative fiction trope Herndon has used here, because that would be a spoiler. This story is blackly funny in places, the darkness intensifying the deeper you get into it.
“Remember it takes a thousand stitches to make one dollar. Don’t waste any more stitches.”
A Thousand Stitches by Kate Jonez
Jonez’ perfection of Laura Beatty’s voice meant that these people felt real to me. And I cared about them.
“He was living in the last minutes of the planet and he knew it.”
The Point by Johnny Worthen
Ah, the tragic irony of a life lived waiting to die… This is the kind of story where the reader is kept constantly and deliberately unbalanced, never knowing what is fantasy and what is real
“You are still different and alone.”
“Calligraphy” by James Everington
This story has commonalities with “The Receiver of Tales”; besides the themes, it features words spontaneously appearing on human skin, and a protagonist who has removed him/herself somewhat from social interaction. The execution and conclusion, however, are distinctly different, thus preserving the delicate balance between uniqueness and cohesiveness.
“Where would the girl turn without her mom?”
“This Many” by S.P. Miskowski
Another story that resonated strongly with me; I have known women like this, and at times been a woman like this. I started out wanting to slap the protagonist, and ended up wanting to hug her.
“This is how it ought to be, and as far as I’m concerned, we can stay like this forever.”
“JP” by Brent Michael Kelley
Is JP a dog, or is JP a child? The fact that you’re never quite sure is testament to the power of this story.
“A girl as silent as a shadow, named for a harsh sound.”
“Kestrel” by Mary Borsellino
Ultimately, a curiously uplifting story about the value of pain.
“You always knew he’d be the last to go. But you knew he’d go.”
“An Unattributed Lyric, In Blood, On a Bathroom Wall” by Ennis Drake
An unconventionally structured story, which is always fun when done well (and this is done very well), on one of the blackest obsessions of all.
“She thought of her baby and waited for the cracks.”
“Black Eyes Broken” by Mercedes M. Yardley
Sometimes the message is best found between the lines… As the author elaborates in the afterword, this is a story about love and the broken, told with an admirable economy of words
“I’ve been dancing to their tune. All my life, Mama. Now the music’s stopped, and there isn’t a chair left for me to sit in.”
“Bears: A Fairy Tale of 1958” by Steve Duffy
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears” meets an obsession with anthropomorphism meets David Lynch in what is my favourite story in the anthology.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2014Format: KindleVerified PurchaseLove the cover art for this book! I enjoyed every story in this anthology in different ways. Some were more subdued than others, but each one focused on an obsession in one way or another. A particular favorite was "This Many" by S.P. Miskowski. The story is about a woman who is generally obsessed about her daughter, but the woman also has OCD habits that truly exemplify the obsession and the outcome is every mother's nightmare. The stories are well-written. I recommend this anthology for fans of psychological horror.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2014Format: KindleFrom the popularity of movies like Fatal Attraction to the TLC reality series My Strange Addiction, it’s no surprise that we’re fascinated by the extreme forms love, hate, desire, fear, and need take. Little Visible Delight is an anthology of darkly twisted obsession tales written by eleven talented novelists from the Omnium Gatherum Media stable.
Like most anthologies, the stories are varied in tone, pacing, and style. A couple of them stand out for their literary echos: A Thousand Stitches by Kate Jonez and The Point by Johnny Worthen. I particularly enjoyed these two for the thought-provoking themes that stayed with me long after I’d read them.
The one that still keeps me up all night is JP by Brent Michael Kelly. You’ll never look at people who carry little dogs everywhere the same way again.
The most difficult for me to relate to was An Unattributed Lyric, In Blood, On a Bathroom Wall by Ennis Drake. The story form is on the experimental side, and it explores the futility of trying to capture the human experience in literature. Perhaps it hits a little too close to home.
A special bonus and one of my favorite things about this analogy are the authors’ notes at end of each story that explain their inspiration and how particular themes continually reoccur—obsess them, really—as writers.
Perfect for late night reading, Little Visible Delight is sure to take the reader on paths seldom traveled. Flashlight under the covers recommended.
Little Visible Delight is published by Omnium Gatherum Media and is available in paperback and eBook.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2014Format: KindleVerified PurchaseAll that talent gathered in one volume and it is hardly worth reading. I can point to two pieces that I felt were worth my time. Mercedes Yardley's all too brief tale of desolation and despair, with its hidden seed of hope, and, oddly enough, Ennis Drake's brief essay on authors who have successfully suicided. It is ironic that this follows his rather average (for him) story. I don't recommend this book.